Okay…so I’ve told you of my challenges of folks thinking I am still affiliated with the Delasandro campaign. I address that here.

I got a call from a Steve Archer in Washington (as he put it) on my voicemail on Saturday, concerning “Tim’s campaign.”

Well, I had just posted what my position in supporting Timothy was, and I thought maybe he was somebody from the press (more…)

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On September 16, 2009, the Brazos County Republican Club had a meeting that, from all accounts, made many leaders of the local Party sick to their stomachs…almost literally.

But first, know this: The Brazos County Republican Club is NOT the Brazos County Republican Party.

Read that again. It is VERY important. You could get the wrong idea or opinion if you don’t make that distinction.

Let me be clear (A little Obama-lingo there for those of you in the RNC and NRCC): These are two separate entities. The Club is a gathering of Republicans, the Party is the official party affiliated with the national party that holds the primaries, recruits candidates, doesn’t get invited (more…)

Thursday night, February 18, the Bryan-College Station Chamber of Commerce, along with WTAW Radio and KBTX TV, hosted a State Representative District 14 candidate’s forum at the College Station Hilton. I discuss the Senate District 5 race here. And I discuss the actual event here.

The audio of the forum is at WTAW. To make it easy on you (WTAW seems to be set only for news readers right now), I have uploaded a copy that you can download or listen to, and provide that at the bottom of this post.I do have my own recording of the forum and the interactions afterward.

The candidates and incumbent were all in attendance. They were (more…)

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I was talking to my banker on Friday, February 18, the day after the Texas Senate District 5 Candidate’s Forum. He summed it up this way: “Ogden is an elitist.”

Steve Ogden looking bored while asking Ben Bius a question

That’s the impression I got, too. And my banker wasn’t even at the forum – though he has lived in this community for decades and has served at the highest level in the Chamber of Commerce. It’s an impression of Ogden that does not need to be perpetuated and rewarded by sending him back to Austin. Steve Ogden seems to represent that which we have been deploring for (more…)

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So I took my son to the candidates’ forum Thursday night, February 18. Figured it was a good exercise for him, and a chance for me to get to know the candidates. I discuss the House District 14 part of the forum here, and the Senate District 5 forum here.

The event was broadcast on WTAW and simultaneously streamed on their web site (I have linked the audio in the posts mentioned above), as well as webcast on the KBTX TV web site, though a search of their site for “forum” doesn’t show it now…perhaps the lack of an audience doesn’t make for good TV? (more…)