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- Burka: The Problem With Prop 1 – don’t worry, his reasons are different than mine!
- Pratt election recommendations; Dems don’t offer much
- Which candidates to vote for in Texas, according to homosexual advocacy groups
- Greg Abbott To Texas Voters : “Punch One and Be Done”
- Dems Attack Abbott on Interracial Marriage – it’s NOT interracial in the technical sense.
- Davis blasts Abbott for not saying if he’d defend ban on interracial marriage
- Davis Kicks Up a Social Media Storm in Texas
- Davis engineers a disgraceful end to publicity-stunt run for governor
- Davis Spells Out Her Path to Victory in Governor’s Race
- Hidalgo County Dems omitted Wendy Davis from push card
- Davis, Abbott divided on SE Texas issues
- Interview with GOP Lt. Gov. nominee Dan Patrick VIDEO
- New Patrick TV ad: Van de Putte ‘out of touch’ on education
- Van de Putte TV ad suggests Patrick can’t be trusted VIDEO
- Van de Putte, Patrick slam each other in new TV ads VIDEO
- As Election Day draws near, Alameel spending slows
- TX13 Candidate profile: Mac Thornberry and Mike Minter
- Texas members of US House rake in campaign cash
- FBI Report on Mass Shootings Riddled With Errors, Appears to Push Political Agenda
- Dallas Co. Judge Makes Political Gains by Exploiting Ebola Crisis
- True the Vote Releases Poll Watcher Training to Fight Voter Fraud VIDEO
- Harris Co. DA’s race a dead heat in new poll
- Former aide pleads guilty to embezzling $1.8 million from Dewhurst campaign funds, more, more – the Austin big-wheel turns to a flat in the ditch.
- Rick Perry to headline fundraiser for AG candidate in Iowa
- Perry’s first court appearance rescheduled for 7 November
- Poll: Leftists Intolerant of Conservatives, Nobody Trusts BuzzFeed
- Socialist Party Pushing $20 Minimum Wage Defends $13-An-Hour Job Listing
- —————Texas-News-In-DC—————–
- Thornberry, Lucas discuss agriculture industry challenges
- Obama taps lawyer from Tulia drug case
- Jeb Hensarling faces potential threat to gavel
- Texas congressman, Ralph Hall, released from hospital
- ————-Texas government——————–
- Gov. Perry Announces North Texas Ebola Treatment and Infectious Disease Bio Containment Facility
- Texas water regulation reform could be next step to quenching state’s thirst
- TSCRA Cattlemen’s Column: Groundwater is Groundwater
- Texas Water Development Board To Hold Key Work Session At Hardin-Simmons University
- Texas Water Development Board approves Wichita Falls loan
- Camp Swift wildfire academy this weekend, among the nation’s largest
- Texas on Lonely Side of Battle Over Ozone Pollution – we are the Lone Star State.
- Lawmaker’s business accused of ignoring payday lending ordinances
- Discrimination Against Home School Students by DPS; THSC Pushes Back
- ————Business & Economy—————–
- Texas Ranked as Having Best Business Climate, Sixth Year in Row
- Texas breaks record for jobs added in 12-month span
- Dallas Fed officials see risk in falling U.S. unemployment rate
- Oil Price Tremors Not Rattling Texas. Yet.
- Permian Basin Oil Show Day 1: ‘Bigger and better for the working man’
- Kimberly-Clark to cut more than 1,000 jobs
- New condo tower proposed for downtown Houston by Randall Davis
- Oil industry reacts to senseless death of Total CEO, more
- Cargo divisions for American Airlines, US Airways are now combined
- D/FW-based Ameriflight to acquire air cargo company
- Essay: Why Neiman Marcus picked a New York neighborhood
- America says no to Frito-Lay’s cappuccino potato chips
- Turner pulls Cartoon Network, CNN from Dish as pact deadline passes – I use DISH and would have never known without this story! We do watch the classic movies some.
- Crews start work to widen Port Freeport channel
- Commercial development booming near McAllen Convention Center
- Dallas-based guardrail maker Trinity Industries defrauded U.S., jury finds
- The Woodlands faces a crossroads at 40
- Samuel Wyly in Bankruptcy Facing $400 Million Forfeiture
- Whole Foods to debut first TV ad on World Series tonight
- Texas crop, weather for Oct. 21, 2014
- —————Statewide general——————
- Ex-Pasadena ISD cheerleader coach accused of having improper relations with student
- Ex-Houston hospital executive convicted in fraud
- San Antonio claims top-spot on the Texas Highways readers’ choice Texas Top 40 countdown
- Ministry leader: Every church, every pulpit in U.S. under attack
- Feds Capture Accused Head of Cartel Gun Manufacturing Ring in Texas
- Texas State Fair sets food, ride sales record
- Video shows Cleburne police officer shooting dog, incident under investigation VIDEO
- Butcher knife used in violent attack on VIA driver in San Antonio VIDEO
- Bees sting 20 students at Saginaw middle school
- Man Bites Police Officer in Odessa
- Big Spring Mayor Involved in Car-Pedestrian Accident
- Big Spring PD requests DPS help in accident involving mayor
- Lubbock Police Stumped For New Leads In 2004 Murder of Mom and 3 Children
- Jury Selection Tuesday in High-Profile Lubbock Murder Trial of Doctor
- Texas man admits setting 1986 fire, killing 2 boys
- South Texas teen shot by brother while watching ‘The Walking Dead’
- Harlingen native survives plane crash, both legs amputated
- Excessive force? Viral San Antonio PD video surfaces of downtown brawl VIDEO
- HAZMAT called to Humble post office after odor sickens 9
- Home invaders posing as delivery men target Houston neighborhoods
- Armored car robbery in south Houston
- El Paso police officer shot in Lower Valley
- Borderland babies exposed to tuberculosis waiting weeks for test appointment
- Serial killer suspect got 5 years prison in plea deal with Travis Co. DA Lehmberg
- Accused Serial Killer’s Ex-Wife Says He Was Never Violent VIDEO
- Caldwell ISD School Bus Crash Sends Two To Area Hospital Tuesday
- Agency confirms tornado near Gilmer
- Arraignment delayed for White House fence-jumper
- Teenage fugitive wanted in shooting involving New Braunfels police officer arrested
Political and other Texas news for 10/21/2014
October 21, 2014 by 2 Comments
“Russel Johnson, a water rights attorney…”
“…a water rights attorney”? Pardon me, but water can not have “rights”. Isn’t Mr Johnson really a water thief? After reading the quotes from Johnson, I would say that he is most interested in eliminating individual property rights.
The state of Texas, nor any “Water Dist” has the right to regulate or otherwise control my usage of my underground water.
Johnson’s “race to the bottom” remark is blatant fear-mongering. Water usage in the Ogalalla Aquifer region of Texas has created a 70 year economic boom in the Panhandle-South Plains. Without the thriving agricultural economy of the past, neither Lubbock or Amarillo would be half as prosperous as they at present.
Heavy-handed, illegal water usage regulation by tyrannical bureaucrats will only hasten the demise of irrigated agriculture in our region.
The majority of Texan’s rights are only safe if each individual Texan’s rights are honored and kept safe. IMO limiting my water usage in any form or by any scheme is illegal. The new regulation limiting the practice of double-cropping will not withstand challenge.
Landowner-farmers have a right to produce whatever crops they deem necessary to be able to make their land payments, pay their county taxes and support their families. Handcuffing them with the “one crop” rule borders on fascism.
If the general public, via the state’s authority proposed controlling any other type of business in ways that would cap their income “for the greater good”, claiming authority to enforce overbearing regulations with threats of bankrupting fines, Texas business would be up in arms.
Be sure to take notice of the portion of your real estate tax statement that goes to HPWD. i hear they will be raising their appropriation to cover possible legal bills resulting from challenges to their authority by WE the People of Texas.
Ironic, isn’t it – that we wind up paying both teams of lawyers to protect our Texas property rights? At present, supporting PWRC is our best option.
Thank you Robert, for the time you generously devoted to the property rights issue relating to water regulation on Tuesday’s radio program.
The Niemoller quote applies here;
First they came for the Socialist, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionist, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Trade Unionist…
Then they came for me— and there was no one left to speak for me.
Non ag property owners in Texas had better wake up. City dwellers are accustomed to a certain level of regulation and permitting, thus may tend to be complacent on the issue of illegal, uncompensated water usage restriction.
Every incremental right we fail to protect with our very lives, takes us one step closer to tyranny.