Congressman Lamar Smith Draws Line In The Sand: NO GUEST WORKER PROGRAM (Friends This Is Getting Good!)

Jones Urges President to Better Enforce Immigration Laws: Posted by Jason Saine on 2005/10/8 16:04:04.  Lincoln Tribune Newspaper

“DeLay’s troubles and his party’s, may multiply with coming revelations about the seamy career of uber lobbyist Jack Abramoff. He is emblematic of DeLay’s faux conservatism- K Street conservatism. That is Republican power in the service of lobbyists who, in their K Street habitat, are in the service of rent seekers- interests eager to bend public power for their private advantage.”

“Since 2000 the number of registered lobbyists in Washington has more than doubled, from 16,342 to 34,785. They have not been attracted to the seat of government, like flies to honey, for the purpose of limiting government.”
 

South Texas Republicans Commentary:  No comment. 
 

An Apology To Our Readers From South Texas Republicans (Commentary)

We would like to thank Mayor Jim Craven for addressing the founding meeting of the Balcones Heights Republicans. You are going to love this. After two long years of negotiations with the city council, Mayor Craven has finally convinced the city of Balcones Heights to completely ELIMINATE his salary. That is right. Mayor Craven told us that he is there to serve and not earn a paycheck. I also fell out of my chair when he told us this news.

“The past couple of weeks has seen a near revolution among conservative Republicans, who are apoplectic about Mr. Bush’s promise to spend ‘whatever it takes’ to rebuild New Orleans while making no effort to pay for that spending with cuts elsewhere. They are also furious with their leaders in Congress.”

“Jeff Flake, a congressman from Arizona, wrote in the Wall Street Journal that ‘the Republican Congress’s failure to discipline itself is sending us all down a flower-strewn path to financial insolvency’.”

“So why are conservatives suddenly so concerned? The Katrina spending binge has come only weeks after the highway bill, which already had them hopping.” 

“The big question, of course, is whether this harrumphing actually leads to any change in America’s budge policy. Could this be a tipping point? The early signs are no, but there may be some effect on reconstructing spending.”

“But despite the conservative ranting, neither the White House nor congressional leaders have offered any concrete spending cuts.”

Gov. Perry Says Protecting Border is Federal Responsibility, but State Cannot Wait for Needed Reform -- This week Gov. Perry announced a security plan for the Texas Mexico-border region.

Perry's Border Security Plan consists of the following six action areas:

1.) Fully support local law enforcement and Operation Linebacker.

2.) Reduce violent crime along the border.

3.) Accelerate radio interoperability.

4.) Develop a Bi-lateral All-Hazards Response Plan.

5.) Leverage the expertise and experience of the National Guard to provide training and participate in response exercises.

6.) Pass legislative reforms, including the expansion of state wiretap authority.

Perry called on the federal government to hire many more border patrol agents; expand the use of technology at, and designate the entire border region in Texas a high-threat area so border communities have the same eligibility for homeland security funds as our large urban areas; and significantly expand federal detention facilities.

AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY FOUNDATION
807 BRAZOS #210 - AUSTIN, TX 78701 - 512-476-5905 - www.afptx.org
 

Our own Schuylar Crist needs your financial support to make a very important trip to our nation’s capitol February 9th-11th. The 33rd Conservative Political Action Conference is a project of the American Conservative Union Foundation along with Human Events and the Young American’s Foundation. CPAC is also founded by former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich.

He will be learning a great deal from the best conservative minds in the country such as Vice-President Dick Cheney, U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert, and Senators Mitch McConnell and George Allen. There will be hands-on sessions from grassroots activism to cutting edge media strategies. There will also be national TV, radio, and newspaper reporters covering the entire conference.

While there, Schuylar expects to:

1.) Recruit nationally recognized speakers for our Rough Riders of Bexar County Educational Series

2.) Build new relationships with national conservative organizations and individuals for South Texas Republicans, P.A.C.

3.) Utilize these contacts to gain support in terms of resources and finances for the P.A.C., and our South Texas Candidates at the state and federal levels

4.) Demonstrate the strength of the Republican Party in South Texas at the grassroots level

The costs to attend this event will be about $1,400. The package to attend all 3 conference days (including the Presidential and Reagan dinners) and gain admittance to the exhibit halls/book signings, will cost $425. The hotel room on location (Omni Shoreham in D.C.) will cost $555 (plus tax) for all 3 nights. Roundtrip airfare is expected to run about $400 (plus tax).

It takes only 28 people giving $50, 14 people giving $100, 7 people giving $200. Of course any amount you can give will put him that much closer to his goal.

Checks can be made out to Schuylar Crist, and mailed to:

9570 Autumn Shade

San Antonio, Texas

78254

You may also reach Schuylar by phone at (210) 663-6093 or via e-mail at skyskyrider@hotmail.com

To find out more about the conference, go to cpac.org
 

Thanks 4 including both sides of the Toll Road Issue. Keep up the good work I do enjoy reading, cussing and discussing the South Texas Republican weekly.

Great Job
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Joe:

We admire you for taking the stand that an informed electorate is what we need regarding the toll road issues. We understand you have taken some heat from the Republican Party. Well, I normally vote Republican but I would like A-L-L the facts before I make up my mind.
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Thanks to people with conviction and guts to do what is correct.  T-H-A-N-K-S !  From a couple in Corpus Christi!
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I just received an email from SA Toll Party. They said that you are taking a stand to report all sides of the toll issue, even though your newsletter is Republican. I truly appreciate your willingness to do that. Thank you so much.
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I am very concerned about our political system right now. Maybe the way it has always been is finally coming to light for the public to see. That is a very good thing!
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Congrats on standing tall and presenting both sides of the toll issue.
 

South Texas Republicans Commentary: Our readership shot up 65% after we broke this story Thursday morning. Thanks for the numerous e-mails about this amazing story. Here is one message from one of our readers:

“I suggest that the Republican Party in Texas immediately swings into action with LAWYERS, and recover from San Antonio and FEMA, the initial paperwork when the LA Katrina victims stated where they lived in LA. This information could be used to discredit the newly registered votes of these people. If this not agreeable, then the Republican Party should immediately go to KellyUSA and register these people as LA citizens and get them to sign Absentee Forms. This would also prevent them from registering in TX.”

Rebuilding a prosperous America (The Cause of America’s Economic Woes) Speaking to the American Trucking Association Board of Directors, San Francisco, California, October 16th, 1974
 

Keynote speaker: Tim Lambert, of the Texas Home Schoolers Coalition of Texas (http://www.thsc.org/)

Date: Thursday, November 10th

Time: Networking Reception and Dinner (on your own):  6:15pm-7:00pm
Program:  7:00pm – 8:15pm

Location:  Grady's BBQ; 4109 Fredericksburg Road

Cost: $5

Sponsorships will be available

Rough Riders of Bexar County Logo Courtesy of Robert Sanchez-www.sanchezforcongress.com
 

New:  Susan Combs for Comptroller Bexar County Grassroots Meeting

Hosted by Joe Solis, Susan Combs Bexar County Co-Chair and

Liz Rudd, Bexar County Susan Combs Grassroots Coordinator.

When:  October 19th, 2005 (6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.)

Where:  Mama Margie's (210) 561-0400, 9950 W Ih 10 , San Antonio , TX 78230-2238

Cost:  FREE (Everybody who is interested in the Combs for Comptroller Campaign is encouraged to attend. Live music after the meeting.)

SAVE THE DATE:  San Antonio Fundraising Reception for Susan Combs, Candidate for Comptroller

When:  Monday, November 14th from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Details:  Please contact Sarah at 512-327-3345 or sarah@susancombs.com

For political or non-official inquiries:
Friends of Susan Combs Committee
P.O. Box 160956
Austin, Texas 78716
Ph: 512-327-3345
Fax: 512-328-2194
www.susancombs.com
 

“The Tom Loeffler campaign took about a year of my life. We were absolutely determined that this was our chance to get a Republican congressman. So here in Comal County I started in ’77 inviting people to events for him here at home. It would be breakfast or cocktails or something just for people to come in and meet him. When he came to town, I would take him place to place for days. He stayed sometimes two or three days. We would just hit everybody that we could think of to visit. He was a delightful candidate. I never forget that after the parties he was always there to help with the cleanup and always insisted that he’d take the garbage out.”
 

Skewed results leave out the most pertinent information public needs to make informed decision

The Alamo RMA (tolling authority) has crossed the line. They have ILLEGALLY spent public money to conduct a political survey that polled registered voters and asked questions about party affiliation and a person's voting patterns (see Government Code- CHAPTER 556. POLITICAL ACTIVITIES BY CERTAIN PUBLIC ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/statutes/gv.toc.htm). What does a person's voting preferences have to do with public reaction to tolling our freeways? I'd venture to guess it's because this toll plan is truly all about politics and has very little to do with actually building or maintaining roads or with improving mobility. This toll scheme is being pushed from the very highest levels of state government to create a whole new tax on FREEways we've already paid for. 
 

Case in point, TxDOT's original plan for improvements on US 281 north of Loop 1604 was to put overpasses at the stoplights at a pricetag of $48 million. Now, to build that same stretch of road as a toll way, $83 million. Why the outlandish cost? First of all, they're going to bulldoze a perfectly good highway and repave it so they can claim they're new lanes in order to toll them. Then, to skirt around the statute about converting existing highways into toll roads, they have to build at least 6 lanes of access roads (which has been increased to 8 lanes recently).

Stick with me here. So to turn this highway into a toll way they're going to build 14 lanes of pavement only to funnel them back down to 6 lanes at Loop 1604. Does that sound like common sense traffic relief? TxDOT is clearly overlooking the simple, sensible, more cost effective solution to our congestion problems in order to push a whole new toll tax. And now with their push poll, the RMA is spending public money to "sell" the public on something they clearly don't want (in their own survey, 73% said that they DO NOT WANT TOLL LANES!). 

From Man’s Search For Meaning” (Preface to the 1984 edition)
 

“Tocqueville didn’t credit America’s success to geography, to its abundant natural resources, or even to its laws and political leaders. Rather, he largely credited what he saw as Americans’ unique ability to form associations, a habit of building bonds between citizens to both achieve something beyond ourselves and to find a fulfillment unavailable to us as individuals.”
 

The following clubs will be holding important events and South Texas Republicans encourages participation by local activists:            

Do you have event information?
You can reach Schuylar either by phone at (210) 663-6093 or via e-mail: skyskyrider@hotmail.com

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