Archive for the ‘State’ Category

State GOP Looks For Hay In A Needle Stack

Wednesday, August 15th, 2007

Hans Klinger, the appropriately named spokesbot for the Texas Republican Party, was in Hays County today. The mission: find fellow travelers who might agree to attend the party’s straw poll, scheduled for the end of this month in Fort Worth. At their own expense. There were six takers. Either Hans forgot ...

Accenture-ate The Negative

Wednesday, August 15th, 2007

From his well-appointed Austin office, the state’s inspector general is supposed to root out waste and abuse in the Texas health and human services system — well-appointed being the operative term here. The office’s current occupant, Brian Flood, may be forced out this week by the same man who appointed him ...