This is what happens after twenty years of Republican rule at the statewide level.
I've blogged about this since 2010, when Hank Gilbert challenged Todd Staples for ag commissioner. Seven years later, the problem has only gotten worse. Now Staples wants a promotion to lieutenant governor in 2014.
I'm sure this institutionalized incompetence is only because the agriculture commission is just understaffed due to cutbacks passed in Austin. After all, since we can't afford any state parks, and the only roads being built are toll roads, everybody's got to tighten their belt. Right?
How many of these has Greg Abbott's office prosecuted? Fewer than the number of statistically insignificant voter "fraud" cases, I would guess. This is the hallmark of Coathanger Ken's legacy: ignore actual fraud, pursue the monster-under-your-bed fears of the right-wing primary voter.
This is the kind of bad government conservatives should be complaining about. Instead their response is to run ever more conservative candidates against their previous darlings. That's not going to fix anything.
Instead of waiting for the TXGOP to figure out that they're part of the problem, let's vote for some solutions instead. And let's encourage those who aren't voting in off-presidential year elections that it is vital that they start doing so.
(Houston CBS affiliate KHOU's investigative reporters) analyzed state inspection records and discovered that in the last two years nearly one in three gas station inspections in our region ended in a failing grade.
In all, that represented 1,667 different gas stations ....
State inspectors found problems with (one station's) pumps three different times since the beginning of November, 2011. According to the Texas Department of Agriculture, in one case a pump charged $1.28 before delivering any gas.
I've blogged about this since 2010, when Hank Gilbert challenged Todd Staples for ag commissioner. Seven years later, the problem has only gotten worse. Now Staples wants a promotion to lieutenant governor in 2014.
I'm sure this institutionalized incompetence is only because the agriculture commission is just understaffed due to cutbacks passed in Austin. After all, since we can't afford any state parks, and the only roads being built are toll roads, everybody's got to tighten their belt. Right?
If an operator is determined to be intentionally ripping off customers, TDA will turn its findings over the Texas Attorney General’s Office.
How many of these has Greg Abbott's office prosecuted? Fewer than the number of statistically insignificant voter "fraud" cases, I would guess. This is the hallmark of Coathanger Ken's legacy: ignore actual fraud, pursue the monster-under-your-bed fears of the right-wing primary voter.
This is the kind of bad government conservatives should be complaining about. Instead their response is to run ever more conservative candidates against their previous darlings. That's not going to fix anything.
Instead of waiting for the TXGOP to figure out that they're part of the problem, let's vote for some solutions instead. And let's encourage those who aren't voting in off-presidential year elections that it is vital that they start doing so.
This is also the kind of bad government Democrats, and beyond-Democrat liberals, should be campaigning about.
ReplyDeleteIf Wendy Davis wants to be guv, she'll need to broaden her campaign game plan to appeal to suburban whites. That's exactly what issues like this do.