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FEC approves Colbert SuperPAC – hilarity AND sadness to ensue?

Posted in Campaign Finance, Good Government, tagged Campaign Finance, citizens united, Colbert Report, Comedy Central, Craig Holman, FEC, federal election commission, Karl Rove, Public Citizen, sarah palin, Stephen Colbert, SuperPACS on June 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Stephen Colbert and the FEC squared off today in Washington over the fake news anchor’s SuperPAC request. Colbert testified today in an FEC hearing in which he sought a media exemption so he can form his own Super political action committee. The Comedy Central host has been making fun of campaign finance laws for months [...]

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Dead Air for Perry

Posted in Good Government, tagged Immigration, National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials, Rick Perry, Texas on June 30, 2011 | 1 Comment »

In an interesting twist to what had been a post-session, pre-presidential run period of crowds chanting “Run, Rick, Run!” everywhere he has shown up, probably reminiscent of the Governor’s A&M yell leader years, Rick Perry was subtly called to task for anti-immigrant efforts during both the regular and special session of the 82nd legislature, then shunned by San Antonio [...]

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Energy efficiency a winner in the 82nd legislative session

Posted in Efficiency, tagged Efficient energy use, Texas on June 30, 2011 | 2 Comments »

Governor Perry has signed into law several pieces of energy efficiency legislation. These include: SB 1125 – changes how we measure our progress on energy efficiency from a percentage of growth in energy consumption to a percentage of peak energy usage. Allows for greater demand side management (DSM) by allowing loads to participate in the [...]

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