Politics & Policy
November 19, 2013
Rick Perry, Mike Toomey, and the Texas Enterprise Fund
What are the potential conflicts of interest in the Texas Enterprise Fund involving a close friend of Rick Perry's?
Mike Toomey
Food & Drink
February 24, 2012
Win the Weekend: Cars Will Soon Be Driving Us and Other News to Know
A UT study on the traffic intersections of the future, the Perry gravy train is back on the track, and the Spurs lose a game on purpose.
Politics & Policy
August 15, 2011
Is the Trans-Texas Corridor the next Perry flip-flop?
He had already reversed himself on his statement that it was fine with him if New York chose to allow gay marriage; it was a matter of states’ rights. Now he is reversing himself on his HPV edict of 2007. A couple of things to remember about that episode: One
Politics & Policy
June 26, 2010
Behind the Green door
A reader and frequent commenter who calls himself “Cow Droppings” posted these remarks on Burkablog a couple of days ago concerning the Green Party issue, a subject about which I have not yet written. Let’s stipulate as fact for a second that [Mike] Toomey orchestrated Green recruitment. Question: what crime
Politics & Policy
April 22, 2010
Watchdog group puts Perry on its “worst governors” list
The group is called CREW -- for "Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington" -- and Perry was one of eleven governors to make the worst list. His compatriots, in alphabetical order, were: Haley Barbour (R-MS) Donald Carcieri (R-RI) Jim Gibbons (R-NV) Bobby Jindal (R-LA) David Paterson (D-NY) Sonny Perdue
Politics & Policy
February 1, 1999
The Capitol Gang
The power brokers at this year’s legislative session aren’t elected officials. They’re lobbyists—and we know which ones have the most clout.