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Jan. 6, 2006 News Feature
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...alternative scenario, with Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn topping the GOP ticket, polling data showed Perry's nemesis gathering momentum with..."
Nov. 18, 2005 News Feature
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...a desire to spend more time with his family, GOP District 48 state Rep. Todd Baxter announced that he..."
Oct. 28, 2005 News Feature
Point Austin: The Prosecutor and the Pariah
Don't know about you, but I'm beginning to feel sorry for Tom DeLay
"...when DeLay and his lawyers and an army of GOP operatives are doing such a bang-up job of it,..."
Oct. 28, 2005 News Column by Michael King
Jonesin' for an Office at the Capitol
Kirk Watson formalizes plans to roll into the state
Senate; and a roundup of area House races
"...District 48: GOP Rep. Todd Baxter is making his second re-election run..."
Oct. 14, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith
Lege Notes
Odds and ends – mostly odds – from under the pink granite dome
"...for Sharp to challenge the "flat-out incompetence" of the GOP leadership under Gov. Rick Perry. "They're not getting the..."
Aug. 12, 2005 News Column
Naked City
Austin rep learns hard lesson while on vacation
"...Dukes' office arranged to pair her vote instead with GOP Rep. Todd Smith of Euless. But pairing only works..."
July 22, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith
Naked City
Let the games begin
"...call of the 2006 election season. In announcing her GOP candidacy for state comptroller last week, Susan Combs kicked..."
June 10, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith
Small Victories
The Travis Co. Lege delegation closed shop with a few achievements
"...I've been here since 1975." Barrientos pointed to the GOP's most striking failure, its inability to pass a school..."
June 10, 2005 News Column by Amy Smith
The Voucher Death Dance
The House voucher vampires get a lesson in slaying the beast
"...It's a new concept in this session of the GOP-controlled House – voting for the folks back in their..."
May 27, 2005 News Column by Amy Smith
Naked City
Minority party hijacks casino issue from religious right
"...day when House Democrats are able to trump the GOP majority, but Capitol observers last week agreed that the..."
April 8, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith
Taking Children Private
The road to privatizing Child Protective Services is getting slick and dangerous
"...are big on reform. In this legislative session alone, GOP leaders have set out to "reform" public schools, "reform"..."
April 8, 2005 News Column by Amy Smith
Naked City
State GOP can't keep members on the farm ... or out
of casinos
"...room in the party platform on gambling," says state GOP spokeswoman Sherry Sylvester. "Even for funding education, we just..."
March 25, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith
So What – Now?
The TRMPAC trial concludes, as the fight continues
over the 2002 Lege races
"...state election laws in its quest to ensure the GOP takeover of the Texas Legislature in the 2002 elections...."
March 11, 2005 News Column by Amy Smith
Riding the Late-Money Campaign Train
Last-minute campaign contributions come under fire
"...action committees may have been the clincher for incumbent GOP Rep. Todd Baxter, whose struggling campaign almost cost him..."
Dec. 10, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith
DeLay: Ethics, Shmethics
The Bug Man gets a helping hand from the GOP
caucus, ethics committee
"...corruption charges. Bonilla said he wanted to protect the GOP leadership from any "crackpot district attorney," echoing GOP dismissals..."
Nov. 26, 2004 News Feature by Michael King
The Smoke Clears In Lege Races
White contemplates recount as Strama's victory is
secured
"...behalf of the Riggs & Aleshire law firm. County GOP Chair Alan Sager also attended...."
Nov. 12, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith
Whack-a-Pol: The Finals
Stick and Baxter – and Mrs. Baxter! – get nasty in the House races
"...voting against Bush," Fero said, adding that even some GOP leaders have (privately) conceded that Stick's standing is tenuous..."
Oct. 29, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith
In Other Election News ...
Levy goes off the rails, the GOP flunks geography, Bexar County races get physical, Nader gets help from a Friend of Rick, and Kerry wins the stoner vote
"...meant for a different Jon Porter – the Nevada GOP congressman of the same name. Jon Porter of Texas..."
Oct. 22, 2004 News Feature
What's a Constable to Do?
Candidates clash over job descriptions in Precinct 3 and 5 contests
"...5 who is state-certified in civil process, is facing GOP contender Thornton Keel to take over for departing Constable..."
Oct. 15, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Plead Ignorance
In the wake of the TRMPAC indictments, the big players are scurrying for cover
"...entire cabal of Republican campaign organizations that bankrolled the GOP takeover of the Texas Legislature also seemed determined to..."
Oct. 1, 2004 News Column by Michael King
Nuke Waste: Get It While It's Hot!
Crony capitalism drops a dirty bomb on Texas
"...agenda – both against the Ds and for the GOP's benefactors. As Colin Leyden, legislative director for state Rep...."
Sept. 24, 2004 News Feature by Wells Dunbar
Tomstown Hits the Fan
Felony indictments handed down in GOP campaign cash scandal
"...laundering, a first degree felony. Warren RoBold, a national GOP fundraiser, and Colyandro were indicted on multiple counts of..."
Sept. 24, 2004 News Feature by Michael King
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...office's law enforcement deputies. Hamilton won the endorsement over GOP nominee Duane McNeill with nearly 75% of the vote...."
Sept. 10, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Election 2004
The GOP chair wages war against his own party’s right-
wing fringe; Business as usual in the Williamson County
Attorney’s office
"...of contests drawing multiple candidates for seats in key GOP precincts in the March 9 primary. On Tuesday, party..."
April 9, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith
Naked City
"...ever lived. He was a cross-dresser." – Johnson Co. GOP leader Roy Giddens Jr. defending Texas House candidate Sam..."
April 9, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Don't Exploit 9/11
"...taken a soothsayer par excellence to predict that the GOP would wrap its re-election hopes around the tragedy of..."
March 8, 2004 Postmarks
The Rest of the Races
Anti-Soifer site comes down, Hidalgo Co. turnout goes up, and Williamson Co. (as usual) veers right
"...from the 2001 legislative redistricting debacle, which gave the GOP control of the Lege. Soifer, in turn, has several..."
March 5, 2004 News Feature
Endorsements
Our endorsements for the March 9 Republican and Democratic primaries
"...by DeLay's refusal to sacrifice one of his artificial GOP fiefdoms to make room for a new South Texas..."
Feb. 27, 2004 News Feature
The Rest of the Races
"...With two Republican candidates vying to reclaim the GOP grip on House District 45, Democratic incumbent Patrick Rose..."
