Issues

We are in our first special session of the Texas Legislature for 2017, dealing with the agenda as laid out by Governor Greg Abbott.

According to Steve Forbes, Editor of Forbes Magazine – Medicaid is our problem in reforming the failed Obamacare.

Despite the unprecedented major media and Democrats’ attacks on President Trump, and the massive outspending by the Democrats in the specials ($33 million in loss in Georgia’s Sixth District last week), our side still won.

After returning from a number of weeks in Europe and Africa, your editor has some observations.

For a moment, forget all the politics surrounding the Houston pension crisis or who gets the credit for trying to fix it.

In a word, maybe, while the conservative Senate has passed property tax relief, the keep men out of women’s bathrooms bill, a bill requiring a vote on revision bonds, a bill on school choice and budget, and a bill prohibiting sanctuary cities (coming soon) with more to come.

Last week a column entitled “Houston, Republicans Have a Problem” appeared in The Weekly Standard by veteran conservative political columnist and commentator Fred Barnes, in which he sounded the warning about the unmitigated thrashing that Republicans took in Harris County in the 2016 General Elections.

We are about 23 months and counting before the 2018 elections. In Texas, these elections will reestablish GOP domination statewide, hopefully, but the major questions are Harris County (Houston) and to a lesser extent, Fort Bend County.

President Trump has been in office for a few days, and the difference from President Obama is remarkable.

Traditionally, major business organizations ally with conservatives on important issues like taxes, spending, and anti-over regulation.