Issues

For conservatives in 2014 it is the best of times, but potentially it could be a hugely disappointing time.

Okay, let’s see, thousands of missiles have rained down on Israel, forcing much of the county into bomb shelters and disrupting everyday life as the Palestinian Hamas seeks to injure Israeli civilians.

Yes, if the Democrats were being honest, that is their policy. For years, we have been sold a bill of goods that the border was under control and it was fine to move forward with permanency for those in the U.S. illegally.

The Houston City Council, except for a few true fiscal conservatives: Oliver Pennington, Michael Kubosh, and David Martin, are on a spending spre, jacking up the budget for non-core spending, like after school care, all while neglecting public safety and infrastructure and continuing its archaic pension policies.

In Houston, we recently read about the tens of thousands of unworked cases, mainly property crimes, and some claim it’s Houston Police Department mismanagement.

Finally the primary season is over and we have our Texas ticket for 2014. Yes, it was brutal, nasty, and personal, primarily because of the issues there was not a lot of daylight. So let us review the results.

In the 2014 Republican primary runoff in Texas, our job is to pick the best candidates and tell you why.

To those paying attention and who care about success in November, disgust is the operative word for the over the top negativity in the GOP primary runoffs.

One of our problems is that Reagan Democrats have drifted away from us. Can we get them back?

There is no doubt that all eyes are on the May 27th runoff elections, but we must not lose sight of the fact that there is an election between now and then, the May 10th elections, which include some municipal elections, bond elections and the Special Election for Senate District 4 to fill the vacancy created by Senator Tommy Williams’ exit.