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willie 07/28/2010 8:57:00 PM
Why r u reporting anything this racist slut says????
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07/22/2010 7:27:00 PM
Our elected officials have lost touch with the reality that we common folk face. They live in a different world-a world of privilege and no responsibility or accountability for their actions. Let’s bring them back to the real world.
First include all lobbyist and politicians (no matter what level –federal, state and local) to be covered by the RICO statues (that govern organized crime-after all there is little difference between a gangster like Al Capone or John Gotti and our elected officials-except that the gangsters are more ethical). The triple damages in awards should apply to them as well as a tripling of any criminal sentences that they would receive in any corruption trial.
Second have random financial audits against all politicians. These should be thorough and with all the pleasantness of a colonoscopy and IRS audit. All bank accounts and assets in their names, their wife’s name, children and their spouses. After all we subject millions of workers to random drug testing so this should be no biggie for them.
Third remove the statue of limitations involving all politicians and lobbyists.
Forth if they can’t pay any court settlements then off they should go to a debtor’s prison where they and their families would stay until all the judgments are paid.
Fifth we the tax payers should not be paying their health costs or pensions-they and their staffs should do this on their own.
Voting them out of office will not work; one must shame them (a forgotten reaction to mistakes and misdeeds) and put the fear of justice and accountability to them
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Stacy 07/20/2010 6:23:00 PM
On the one hand, I'm all for improving the city of Dallas to make it a cleaner, happier place. On the other hand, I don't want it done half-assed and deceptively like this. It's not entirely surprising though... When the river floods again, guess who's gonna be underwater? Oak Cliff and South Dallas; the red-headed step children of this city. Now, if the river were on the north side of downtown and Uptown and Highland Park were at risk, we wouldn't be dealing with these shenanigans. We would have had a beautiful park and thriving tourism because it would have been done right 10 years ago. Period.
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Steve Madison 07/17/2010 5:55:00 PM
I'd just like to know how the engieers think they are going to pull it off...maybe there's a way to do it but if there is, it isn't anything that's been put on the table yet.
Good luck with it though...maybe the mayor can call Pastor Broden for a prayer vigil when it floods again in say 2025.
By the way, isn't that MHH arch gorgeous!
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stanley schere 07/17/2010 5:32:00 PM
Jim,
What can you say about EBJ that hasent been said. I woulk like to keep track fo the first kayaker that takes a rin in the Trinity rapids and see how long after he or she survives.
Jim I am still doing breakfast at the Einstines on Mocking bird on Wednesday about 7:30 to 8:00 am. Would like to meet you some day. Last tables near the restromes. Stan
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Brown Bess 07/17/2010 5:32:00 PM
What's additionally infuriating is that clean air advocates have been asking EBJ to sponsor a rider that would have prohibited toxic waste from being burned in the Midlothian cement plants that affect Dallas air quality for four freakin' years, and nada. Just nada. Despite this being an issue "of special concern to her." One excuse after another. But one phone call from City Hall and she agrees to exempt this boondoGgle from all federal regs. It ain't Dem vs Rep. It's people with money vs those of us without.
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no way 07/16/2010 10:30:00 PM
Texas does not need anyone named Pastor in the House of Representatives.
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Mary Vogelson 07/16/2010 8:00:00 PM
Do the citizens of Dallas REALLY think that there is no connection between EBJ's "knuckle-under" and the pressure by Mayoe Leppert to get her consession stand contracts with the airports voided and put out for bids? The bait and switch in Dallas just gon on, and on, and on --It sounds so "ethical" of Leppert to bring up the contracts as an issue of ethical concern, then to pressure EBJ in DC the following week. Hummmmmmm.
So, Leppert, the "take $$ for all his pet projects from contractors" man is bragging that he is Mr. Pure, while EBJ an KBH get to claim they are protecting the city from flooding...
Is this a great city , or what???!!!
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catbird 07/16/2010 4:29:00 PM
I am having a Homer Simpson moment: D'OH!
Of course we must have the toll road inside the levees because we now have the new Margaret Hill Hunt Bridge and approach roads in place!
If the road goes outside the levees, then we would have to move the bridge and the roads...
How silly of me to not see that important aspect of the new legislation...
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07/16/2010 5:25:00 AM
The lack of responsiveness to voters shown by the legislators in this article point to a much greater ongoing problem with our so-called democracy: the redistricting process! It is a process that results in the gerrymandered redistricting that is common in Texas, and most of the US. It leads to legislators who do not have to respond to their constituents. Here are some of the problems:
1) It is significantly more expensive to campaign in a gerrymandered district, therefore allowing money from outside the district to more easily control the elections therein.
2) It is more difficult for a solid leader within one community to wage an election in a gerrymandered district because they have to campaign within other communities, often communities far away wherein they may be unknown. Money to campaign therefore has more power in a gerrymandered district than in a district that is more of a true, natural community.
3) It is more difficult for significant percentage of the citizens within a gerrymandered district to monitor the actions of their representative. Therefore there is greater potential for unethical, and even illegal, activity to happen.
4) The potential for a coherent community to gather around a strong community leader is virtually eliminated in a heavily gerrymandered district.
5) Gerrymandered districts increase the potential of having an entire community unrepresented with no local representation.
6) Voter apathy and lack of participation is encouraged with the frustration caused by gerrymandered districts.
Due to these consistent and widespread problems the following amendment is recommended for passage in Texas:
Impartial Redistricting Amendment to the Constitution of the State of Texas
Whereas, fair impartial districts are a boon to the good functioning of democracy; and
whereas, redistricting has been abused in Texas, and around the nation, to distort the democratic process and entrench the power of political parties; and
whereas, we believe that a simple mathematical formula for what a good district is shall be the most reliable generator of fair impartial districts for the foreseeable future,
We do hereby enact this amendment to the Constitution of the State of Texas:
1) The Secretary of State shall accept proposed district mappings for a time of six months following the availability of new deci-annual US Census data for the State of Texas. The Secretary of State shall accept proposed district mappings from any resident of Texas but may limit the number of submissions to a reasonable number and shall specify a reasonable format for receiving the district mappings so as to expedite processing.
2) At the end of that period the map shall be chosen that:
a) Has contiguous districts; and
b) Has a difference in population between the least populous and most populous districts of less than one two hundredth of the average district population, unless a more strict requirement is made by US Law in which case that shall be the requirement; and
c) Has the lowest average straight-line distance per person from the geographic centers of the districts to the people within them.
As long as we do not eliminate gerrymandered redistricting Jim Schutze will continue to have ample materiel to use in his articles regarding the damaging results of legislators apathy toward constituents.
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richard schumacher 07/15/2010 8:52:00 PM
Oh, great: *two* evil little bitches. Property owners will remember this when they start getting nasty surprises from their insurance companies, but by then KBH and EBJ will probably be safely in the private sector collecting their rewards.
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Politico 07/15/2010 8:24:00 PM
This is absolutely disgusting and makes me sick to my stomach.
EBJ and KBH and Leppert need to go.
Lets vote their ass's out and be done with them.
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Steve Madison 07/15/2010 12:54:00 PM
This whole "politics of flood control" political thing with Ms. Johnson and Ms. Hutchinson creeps me out. Do they know better than the Corps of Engineers? How can they even sleep at night knowing that they are vetoing the work of hydraulic engineers who have specifically warned of potential flooding of downtown Dallas? Why are they willing to take this risk upon themselves? I also saw Pastor Broden on Beck last night talking about the Judeo-Christian origin of the United States and how our rights come to us from God not man...especiallu not the government. I hope our politicial leadership saw it.
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Diana Powe 07/15/2010 7:00:00 AM
When the giant flood goes through downtown and people die I want the names and photographs of the dead papered all over Kay Bailey Hutchison's and Eddie Bernice Johnson's doors.
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little johnnie 07/15/2010 5:48:00 AM
HMMMMMMMM........I wonder how the Love Field Concessions controversy will turn out now?
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whodunit 07/15/2010 5:04:00 AM
Knuckle Under or the Hokey Pokey? Politicians, democrat and republican alike, speak a completely different language than the rest of us.
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catbird 07/15/2010 3:42:00 AM
Both EBJ and KAY are afradi that they will be thrown out of power during the next two elections and are doing everything they can to purchase their seats with money stolen from our children and grand children.
Pastor Stephen Broden was on Glenn Beck today and this man is going to be the next House Representative from Texas 30...EBJ and all her pork are no match for the truth.
The people know what she has been doing to them for 20 years and that help and healing are on the way...the Seat belongs to the people of TX30 - not Tom Leppart or the Citizens Council.
www.brodenforcongress.com
