Ring in Conservation with Bell
Chris Bell is committed to creating the clean air, clean energy policies that will improve air quality for our kids and create the green-collar jobs that will rebuild the Texas energy economy.
Today TLCV-PAC is working to make sure that Chris Bell can win his runoff election December 16th against Joan Huffman. He can do it - with our help. Making your gift right now to TLCV-PAC will help in two ways:
Your gift says, "Let's elect Chris Bell to the Senate!"
Your gift says, "Let's make sure Chris Bell knows Texans expect him to stand up for environmental values once elected."
Now that's a Texas two-step that can help a good conservation leader waltz into the Texas Capitol!
Please give now. And thank you.
You know we can do it, right? The League's PAC - with generous help from lots of friends across Texas - helped re-elect pro-conservation leaders like Rep. Hubert Vo, elect pro-conservation challengers like Joe Moody, and defeat bad incumbents like Rep. Tony Goolsby. We can do it for Chris Bell, too. But only with your help.
Early voting starts in 2 weeks.
Labels: chris bell, Texas Senate
Finish the Job
We've got to send Chris Bell to the Senate, and we can do it by helping him win his runoff.
Chris Bell is committed to clean air and clean energy for the Gulf Coast and for Texas. He's going to deliver on Ike recovery efforts, and he's going to be an advocate for addressing climate change which makes hurricanes bigger and worse. His opponent will deliver more of what we've had too much of for too long: support for anti-conservation policies that help the polluters and the insurance companies get richer.
Texas needs to create the green collar jobs that will build our future clean energy economy. Joan Huffman won't be able to do that. Chris Bell is the right person for the job.
Help the League's PAC send Chris Bell to the Senate. Senator Bell will be a voice for common sense, pro-conservation change in Texas. Please give now.
Labels: chris bell, Texas Senate
Where are the "Teddy Roosevelt Republicans?"
"Sen. Jeff Wentworth, a San Antonio Republican who chairs the [jurisprudence] committee, said he had second thoughts about the recommendations after hearing from a Senate colleague and business lobbyists who asserted that the committee had overreached."Why would you do this, Senator Wentworth? Could it be that you and the other Republican leaders of the committee decided to play politics rather than address one of Texas' biggest problems? Houston Mayor Bill White is agitating for cities to have the ability to do more to regulate emissions of pollutions. And Mayor White may have higher political ambitions for statewide office. If he succeeds in being able to control Houston's air quality more, then he may have a stronger platform for running for Texas governor or U.S. Senate. That prospect appears to have gotten Texas Senate Republicans in a tizzy, and may be why they're suddenly backing away from looking at air quality.
Where are the "Teddy Roosevelt Republicans" - the true conservationists who believe that an important part of being conservative is conserving our natural resources and protecting the environment? Don't the Senate Republicans understand that terrible air quality is going to drive business away from Texas, make children sick with asthma and other conditions, and result in lost federal transportation dollars because of violations of the Clean Air Act? Don't they care about the future of Texas?
The League would love to work with pro-conservation Republicans who are ready to take on the most pressing issues facing our state. The quiet vote of the Senate committee to back away from air quality recommendations doesn't demonstrate the kind of leadership Texans need from their government at this critical time.
On Election Day, Texans can change the makeup of the Texas Senate, and the League's political committee has endorsed three challengers who will stand up for clean air: Chris Bell, Wendy Davis and Joe Jaworski.
Labels: "Teddy Roosevelt Republicans", clean air, houston, Jeff Wentworth, Mayor Bill White, Texas Senate
Senate Endorsements
Joe Jaworski is a great candidate who will deliver sound environmental leadership in the Senate. But just as importantly, he will replace Sen. "Toxic Mike" Jackson. Senator Jackson has been the opposite of a friend to the Texas environment during his tenure representing District 17, which stretches along the Gulf Coast in the areas hardest hit by Hurricane Ike. Because so many Texans have been displaced and uprooted as a result of Ike, assuring that everyone in the District has an opportunity to vote is the most important priority for electing a pro-conservation senator for District 17. Voter registration closes on Monday, October 6th, and the State of Texas has NOT decided to extend voter registration in the hurricane-impacted areas.
Mike and Ike - both are bad news for Texas.
Labels: chris bell, joe jaworski, mike jackson, Texas Senate, wendy davis
Politics and governance have a role post-Ike
The last thing Galvestonians are thinking about today is what Ike's destruction means for the rest of Texas. When your primary concerns are whether you still have a house and when you'll ever get to sleep in it, you're in no frame of mind to take the big-picture view.
But the folks managing the state's budget, insurers with a stake in this hurricane, and taxpayers and consumers face several grim realities.
In addition to Galveston, Houston and Texas' Gulf Coast, one place the impact of Ike may be felt for generations is the Texas Legislature, and the shape of the legislature will be determined on Election Day.
Labels: election day, hurricane ike, Texas House, Texas Senate
