Public disclosure forms released Wednesday show that Texas lawmakers have widely varying financial situations. In an OpenSecrets blog post, Tarini Parti breaks down how many members of Congress invest in media organizations. Parti explains that this could be a conflict of interest because many members have a “vested interest…in the performance of the same organizations [...]
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Disclosure Forms Show Texas Lawmakers Invest in Media While Others Are In Debt
Posted in Good Government, tagged blake farenthold, Disclosure Reports, Kenny Marchant, Lloyd Doggett, michael burgess, Michael McCaul, OpenSecrets, Washington Post, William Flores on June 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
State Senator Attempts to Get Rid of His Own Amendment
Posted in Campaign Finance, Good Government, Texas Legislature, tagged campaign contributions, Campaign Finance, Rick Perry, Sen. Mike Jackson on June 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Texas State Senator Mike Jackson added an amendment to the ethics bill (HB 1616) only 48 hours before the regular session ended and seems to be regretting that decision. Now he wants Gov. Rick Perry to veto his own legislation. The amendment was written so that candidates would have been able to expunge from their [...]
Shareholders Fight Back Against Citizens United
Posted in Campaign Finance, Good Government, tagged Campaign Finance, citizen united, Lady Gaga, Target on June 9, 2011 | 1 Comment »
In a shareholder meeting yesterday, Target executives addressed growing concerns over political actions of the company as well as performance. Shareholders were upset over the $150,000 donation to Minnesota Forward, which is a political group that backed Tom Emmer as a gubernatorial candidate in Minnesota in 2010. Emmer is an opponent of same-sex marriage and [...]
Money and Politics Going Hand in Hand
Posted in Campaign Finance, Good Government, Texas Legislature, tagged campaign contributions, citizens united, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Harold Simmons, public citizen texas, robert reich, Stephen Colbert, texans for public justice, Texas Legislature on June 3, 2011 | 1 Comment »
In a recent NPR show, former Labor Secretary and political commentator Robert Reich addressed the potential executive order by President Obama to require government contractors to disclose their political spending. Reich wants to take the executive order a step farther by eliminating all political contributions from government contractors. Reich explains that contractors such as Lockheed [...]
It all began with an innocent phone call…
Posted in Consumers, Energy, Good Government, tagged Fuelberg, Green Dreams, pec on April 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
On April 13th, the Uptown Marble Theater at 218 Main Street in Marble Falls will present the world theatrical premiere of Green Dreams, a 50 minute documentary about the revolution at the Pedernales Electric Cooperative. Following the screening will be a meet & greet with PEC’s newly-hired CEO, R.B. Sloan. Former PEC General Manager Bennie [...]
ABC World News Covers Bokoshe Coal Ash Dump
Posted in Coal, Good Government, Toxics, tagged abc, ash, Bokoshe, Coal, coal ash, coal plant, diane sawyer, ok, Oklahoma, Poteau, Public Citizen, world news on March 29, 2011 | 5 Comments »
World News with Diane Sawyer is airing a segment tonight on the Bokoshe fly-ash dump in Oklahoma. Public Citizen first worked with the people of Bokoshe and others throughout Oklahoma back in 2008 to oppose the expansion of the Shady Point coal plant in Poteau, OK – the plant that dumps its coal ash in [...]
Green Groups in Texas highlight new revenue streams
Posted in Air Quality, Campaign Finance, Consumers, Energy, Good Government, Texas Legislature, tagged 82nd legislature, Budget, budget deficit, green revenue, Texas Legislature on March 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
While Texas Legislators are furiously looking under every couch cushion to find more revenue this bienium, the Alliance for Clean Texas today highlighted a half dozen strategies that could help Texas close its $27 billion budget deficit. As lawmakers are loathe to talk about the dreaded “T” word (tax), groups like Public Citizen, Sierra Club, [...]
Texas needs to still care about the Stimulus
Posted in Good Government, Texas Legislature, tagged ARRA, Freedom of Information, public citizen texas, stimulus, Texas Impact, Texas Legislature, Texas Open Meetings Act, texas public information act, transparency on March 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Public Citizen has been a member of a coalition that has attempted to bring more sunshine, more transparency, and more good government to the implementation on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, otherwise known as “The Stimulus.” Two years since its passage much of the funding appropriated has been spent, but there is still more [...]
What I learned at SXSW Interactive 2011
Posted in Good Government on March 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve just spent the past few days in a dizzying whirl of activity around SXSW Interactive (or SXSWi)- between ACT Lobby Day yesterday and Monday testifying in/monitoring 3 committees on 7 bills, it was tough to make it to everything I wanted, but over the weekend I had some really amazing experiences. By far, the [...]
Watch the “Story of Citizens United” video: Help rescue democracy
Posted in Campaign Finance, Good Government, tagged Annie Leonard, citizens united, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, democracy, The Story of Stuff on March 3, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Corporations aren’t people and elections shouldn’t be for sale. If you agree, you’ll love “The Story of Citizens United v. FEC,” a new 8-minute animated short by Annie Leonard, of The Story of Stuff fame. Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United ruling, we have overwhelming evidence of the damage done to our democracy. [...]
Eminent Domain: Coming to your town soon?
Posted in Air Quality, Good Government, natural gas, tagged Eminent Domain, fracking, keystone xl, Private property, Tar Sands, Texas, texas supreme court on February 27, 2011 | 4 Comments »
The Texas Supreme Court, the state’s highest civil court, will hear a controversial case over whether a company that plans to build pipeline to carry carbon dioxide and natural gas from Louisiana to site south of Houston qualifies as a “common carrier,” giving it the power of eminent domain. That means if they want to [...]
Lawrence Lessig to Speak on UT Campus Mon Feb 28, 6pm- we have your tickets!
Posted in Campaign Finance, Good Government, tagged Campaign Finance, Congress, Harvard Law School, Lawrence Lessig on February 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Lawrence Lessig, Professor at Harvard Law School, is coming to Austin to speak on the corrosive influence of Money in Politics, thanks to our good friends at the Coffee Party Austin. Seating is limited, and having a ticket will guarantee you a seat. However, if you do not get a ticket, there will be some [...]
Sunset chairman supporting Railroad Commission overhaul
Posted in Air Quality, Campaign Finance, Good Government, Sunset, tagged Texas Railroad Commission, Texas Sunset Commission on February 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Sunset Advisory Commission is putting the wheels in motion to overhaul the Texas Railroad Commission (RRC). And, the chairman of the Sunset Commission is telling two of RRC commissioners that their agency “badly broken.” Commissioner Michael Williams, the longest-serving member of the trio, has endorsed the overhaul. The Sunset Commission has recommended the Railroad [...]
State of the Union (LOL)
Posted in Good Government, tagged Editorial Cartoonists, State of the Union on January 30, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Check out the State of the Union address as seen through the eyes of editorial cartoonists. Click here to get to MSNBC’s slideshow.
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