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From: Peggy Venable <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 12:57 PM
Subject: This Independence Day, Let's Remind Government Who They Work For
To: Richard Martin <[email protected]>
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*Texas Weekly Roundup for the week ending June 20, 2009* News and Views from
Americans for Prosperity
- *Texas Legislature
Reconvenes<https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=js&name=js&ver=xWWCalDiPoM.en.&am=!1cqNLSaoA8C5he3iwbA2wogqKocjD5BIPTVw7M-N#1223c9d89280696a_Texas>
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- *Join us as we Take Back
America!<https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=js&name=js&ver=xWWCalDiPoM.en.&am=!1cqNLSaoA8C5he3iwbA2wogqKocjD5BIPTVw7M-N#1223c9d89280696a_Join>
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- *Learn about the future of Healthcare in
America<https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=js&name=js&ver=xWWCalDiPoM.en.&am=!1cqNLSaoA8C5he3iwbA2wogqKocjD5BIPTVw7M-N#1223c9d89280696a_Learn>
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- *Feeling the
heat?<https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=js&name=js&ver=xWWCalDiPoM.en.&am=!1cqNLSaoA8C5he3iwbA2wogqKocjD5BIPTVw7M-N#1223c9d89280696a_Feeling>
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- ***Hero of the Week
...<https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=js&name=js&ver=xWWCalDiPoM.en.&am=!1cqNLSaoA8C5he3iwbA2wogqKocjD5BIPTVw7M-N#1223c9d89280696a_Hero>
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- *Friendswood Citizens fight back against corrupt
officials<https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=js&name=js&ver=xWWCalDiPoM.en.&am=!1cqNLSaoA8C5he3iwbA2wogqKocjD5BIPTVw7M-N#1223c9d89280696a_Friendswood>
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- *Retiring Superintendent gets almost a quarter million dollars
<https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=js&name=js&ver=xWWCalDiPoM.en.&am=!1cqNLSaoA8C5he3iwbA2wogqKocjD5BIPTVw7M-N#1223c9d89280696a_Retiring>
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- *AFP Watchdog wins Journalism
Awards<https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=js&name=js&ver=xWWCalDiPoM.en.&am=!1cqNLSaoA8C5he3iwbA2wogqKocjD5BIPTVw7M-N#1223c9d89280696a_Journalism>
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- *RightOnline Conference – Join us in
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- *Come Tweet with us on
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- *Become a Citizen
Watchdog!<https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=js&name=js&ver=xWWCalDiPoM.en.&am=!1cqNLSaoA8C5he3iwbA2wogqKocjD5BIPTVw7M-N#1223c9d89280696a_Watchdog>
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- *AFP-Texas Speaker’s
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- *Support
AFP<https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=js&name=js&ver=xWWCalDiPoM.en.&am=!1cqNLSaoA8C5he3iwbA2wogqKocjD5BIPTVw7M-N#1223c9d89280696a_Support>
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- *AFP in the
News<https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=js&name=js&ver=xWWCalDiPoM.en.&am=!1cqNLSaoA8C5he3iwbA2wogqKocjD5BIPTVw7M-N#1223c9d89280696a_News>
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*We don’t work for government. Government works for us. We just need to
remind them of that from time to time. *
*Texas** Legislature reconvenes this week in Austin*
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They’re Baaaaack!
Texas legislators have been called back to Austin by Gov. Rick Perry to
finish business. Five agencies were not “approved” for continuation because
their sunset legislation did not make it through the process during the
regular session. So, the legislature reconvened July 1 for what many
anticipate will be a short session to pass those bills.
As of now, Voter I.D. and other controversial bills aren’t on the agenda.
But the Governor can add to the call during session. We will keep you posted
on what happens!
*Join us as we Take Back America!*
[image: 2]**
The July 4 “Take Back America” Tea Party in Austin promises to be a huge
event, and we hope you’ll join your fellow patriots from 2 – 4 p.m. on the
grounds of the Texas State Capitol.
At the Tea Party, speakers will be sending a message to Washington, D.C. to
*R*educe spending, *R*educe taxes, *R*educe the size of government and
*R*e-read
the Constitution. We have more than 30 conservative speakers lined up who
will talk about the major threats to our freedom and prosperity and will
teach us how to make a difference and Take Back America!
Please visit our Tea Party website,
www.austinreteaparty.com<http://capwiz.com/americansforprosperity/utr/1/KWJYKULOPY/NEGZKULOSJ/3588814011>for
more details. “Take Back America” t-shirts can also be purchased on
the
website. To view a listing of speakers, check here: Austin July 4th Tea
Party
Speakers<http://capwiz.com/americansforprosperity/utr/1/KWJYKULOPY/HRLVKULOSK/3588814011>
.
In addition to the Austin tea party July 4th, AFP State Director Peggy
Venable will be in Dallas speaking at the Independence Day celebration at
Southfork Ranch.
You don’t want to miss these two exciting events!
*Learn about the Future of Healthcare in America*
Patients First, a project of Americans for Prosperity, is co-hosting a
roundtable discussion, The Future of Health Care in America in Dallas, Texas
on Wednesday, July 8, 2009.
*Healthcare Roundtable*
*Date: Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Time: 8 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Place: Frontiers of Flight Museum, 6911 Lemmon Avenue, Dallas, TX*[image: 3]
The roundtable provides a forum for individuals from varied backgrounds to
come together and work through the challenges facing consumer-driven health
care in the new Administration.
Please join AFP along with health care experts and other health industry
leaders to discuss the latest news in consumer-driven health care, the new
administration’s plans for reform, and research and advocacy in the coming
year.
There is no registration fee for this event which includes a continental
breakfast.
Please RSVP to Robin Knox, Project Manager for Consumers for Health Care
Choices at 312-377-4000 or [email protected].
Also, be sure to check out AFP’s healthcare information website,
JoinPatientsFirst.com<http://capwiz.com/americansforprosperity/utr/1/KWJYKULOPY/OSPFKULOSL/3588814011>.
If you want to select your doctors, and don’t want you health care rationed,
or to get a bureaucrat’s approval for a medical procedure, take action now:
Sign the Hands Off Our Health Care
Petition<http://capwiz.com/americansforprosperity/utr/1/KWJYKULOPY/HGLUKULOSM/3588814011>.
You can also help by forwarding the petition to as many people as you know
by clicking
here<http://capwiz.com/americansforprosperity/utr/1/KWJYKULOPY/EXUPKULOSN/3588814011>.
*Feeling the heat? U.S. House votes to send electricity bills skyrocketing*
While cap-and-trade passed the House last week, it's a testament to the
power of free market activists that it was a difficult, down-to-the-wire,
tough fight. This bill was Speaker Pelosi's top priority, and it was
supposed to sail through the House. Instead, it barely made it across the
finish line. It took all the efforts of the White House to push it through
when the bill stalled a couple of days ago.
[image: 4]We should thank the good Texas congressional members who voted
against this cap and tax bill. They are: *Cong. Joe Barton, Kevin Brady,
Mike Burgess, John Carter, Michael Conaway, John Culberson, Chet Edwards, Louis
Gohmert, Kay Granger, Ralph Hall, Jeb Hensarling, Sam Johnson, Ken Marchant,
Michael McCaul, Solomon Ortiz, Ron Paul, Ted Poe, Ciro Rodriquez, Pete
Sessions, Lamar Smith and Mac Thornberry. *(Democrats are italicized)**
The Waxman-Markey bill will put an extra tax on everything that is
transported, manufactured, or refined, including gasoline. The bill will
send utility bills skyrocketing! It will cost Texans jobs, and it singles us
out more than any other states for punishment. Our friends at the Texas
Public Policy Foundation produced a must-read for Texans: Click here to read
it<http://capwiz.com/americansforprosperity/utr/1/KWJYKULOPY/CZRGKULOSO/3588814011>.
*Hero of the Week…*
It looks like the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency suppressed a report
criticizes widely-held beliefs about global warming. Alan Carlin is a senior
economist at the EPA and has been there for 38 years. He isn’t the typical
government “go along to get along” bureaucrat. He has boldly spoken out on
global climate change, and he doesn’t think the Obama Administration is
going to improve the environment through cap-and-trade.
Carlin has a Ph.D. in Economics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology
and a B.S. in Physics from the California Institute of Technology. Click
here<http://capwiz.com/americansforprosperity/utr/1/KWJYKULOPY/CZFZKULOSP/3588814011>to
see his website and some of his writings on so-called “man-made”
global
warming.
Unfortunately, instead of listening to their senior economist, the EPA is
working to silence him. Read Mark Tapscott’s story on this in the Washington
Examiner
here.<http://capwiz.com/americansforprosperity/utr/1/KWJYKULOPY/FRCIKULOSQ/3588814011>
*Friendswood Citizens fight City Hall – literally! *
AFP supports the “Friendswood Five” residents opposing the city’s plan to
issue debt and buy park land outside the counties the city straddles. The
Attorney General and state law doesn’t allow cities to purchase land outside
the counties where they are located. The Friendswood City Charter prohibits
issuing debt without voter approval, but voters rejected a $9 million bond
initiative recently. Now city leaders want to issue $11 million in
certificates of obligation without voter approval, and have filed action to
force voters who reject their action to post a $1 million bond to silence
taxpayers. But the Friendswood Five won’t be They outlined their objections
in court documents filed Monday in a Travis County court. Read the *Galveston
Daily News* article
here.<http://capwiz.com/americansforprosperity/utr/1/KWJYKULOPY/NHNJKULOSR/3588814011>
Also, be sure to check out the Friendswood Voters Matter blog:
http://friendswoodvotersmatter.blogspot.com<http://capwiz.com/americansforprosperity/utr/1/KWJYKULOPY/AELUKULOSS/3588814011>
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*Retiring Superintendent gets almost a quarter million dollars *
[image: 5]Outgoing Austin ISD Superintendent Pat Forgione got a big fat
check this week – for doing nothing. He’d accumulated a whopping 172
vacation days!
According to the *Austin American-Statesman*, Forgione’s contract does not
allow unused sick days and personal days to be carried over, and they are
not compensated. So why the pay-olla??? Read it all
here.<http://capwiz.com/americansforprosperity/utr/1/KWJYKULOPY/OIGLKULOST/3588814011>
AISD has a $22 million budget shortfall, but is sending the former
superintendent off with almost a quarter million dollars? The school board
should be recalled for this totally irresponsible and outrageous action!
*Question:* If the contract said Forgione could not carry over unused time,
how could he accumulate 172 vacation days, and then is this payout legal?
Forgione is going to be making $8,000-plus a month from this payout in
addition to his new job salary. Isn't that double-dipping?
People say we don't spend enough on education – in reality, we spend too
much on education overhead and not enough on teachers and classroom
instruction.
AISD school board members should be ashamed. That money could hire five
teachers!!! It could be used to help students in the classroom. AISD School
Board President *Mark Williams* and board members *Vincent M. Torres*, *Lori
Moya*, *Cheryl Bradley*, *Sam Guzman*, *Christine Brister*, *Robert
Schneider*, *Annette LoVoi* and *Karen Dulaney Smith* should explain this
irresponsible act. Weren't they watching his leave time? Should he be paying
for leave time not accumulated this year? Explain this to the taxpaying
public, please!
Here is the Austin school district’s website:
http://www.austinisd.org/inside/board/members.phtml/<http://capwiz.com/americansforprosperity/utr/1/KWJYKULOPY/DLRXKULOSU/3588814011>
You can email the school board members at [email protected] or call the
District at 512- 414-1704. *We demand answers!*
*AFP Watchdog wins Journalism Awards*
[image: 6]AFP Citizen Watchdog and local newspaper publisher Douglas Kirk
was named Photojournalist of the Year by the Houston Press Club in a recent
statewide competition.
The Houston Press Club presented Douglas Kirk with its top photojournalism
award Friday at a banquet honoring TV, Radio and Print journalists from all
over Texas.
Kirk also walked away with Second Place and Third Place wins in the Feature
Photo category, a Second Place win in the Sports Photo category, and Second
Place in the Photo Package category.
The Photojournalist of the Year Award goes to the person who does well in
other categories and presents a body of photography for the judges to
consider for the top honor.
Kirk has also won the Vic Mauldin Memorial Photography Award for advertising
given by the Texas Community Newspaper Association. Congratulations,
Douglas!
Kirk publishes the *Bulverde Standard*, which covers news in Comal County. Read
more
here<http://capwiz.com/americansforprosperity/utr/1/KWJYKULOPY/GCRVKULOSV/3588814011>.
*RightOnline Conference – Join us in Pittsburgh!*
Are you a blogger, or do you want to learn how to use the internet for
political activism? Then you don’t want to miss the next RightOnline
Conference! It happens Aug. 14–15 in Pittsburgh, PA. Make plans to attend
today. Click here for more
info.<http://capwiz.com/americansforprosperity/utr/1/KWJYKULOPY/BPUPKULOSW/3588814011>
*Come Tweet with us on Twitter!*
Follow every AFP-Texas update on our new Twitter account. Just visit
http://twitter.com/texasafp<http://capwiz.com/americansforprosperity/utr/1/KWJYKULOPY/ASGJKULOSX/3588814011>and
click “Follow.” You can also hear from AFP-TX Director Peggy Venable
on
her Twitter account by visiting
http://twitter.com/pvenable<http://capwiz.com/americansforprosperity/utr/1/KWJYKULOPY/OHVZKULOSY/3588814011>.
*Become a Citizen Watchdog!*
There’s no better way to get involved in the political process than by
becoming an AFP Citizen Watchdog. As an AFP Citizen Watchdog, you can
coordinate with other activists to follow your local, state and federal
officials and make sure they spend your tax dollars the right way.
If you’re interested in becoming an AFP Watchdog, contact Cindy Mallette at
*[email protected]* or by calling 512-476-5905.
*AFP-TX Speakers Bureau*
If you’re interested in having a representative from our organization speak
at your upcoming group meeting, e-mail *[email protected].*
*Support AFP*
Every dollar we spend in Texas, we raise in Texas. AFP-Texas counts on your
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*AFP in the News*
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