Conservative group renews pitch for new House speaker

01/07/11 Michael Quinn Sullivan is president of Empower Texans / Texans for Fiscal Responsibility, a group that advocates for less government and lower taxes. The group opposes the re-election of House Speaker Joe Straus, R-San Antonio. Here is Sullivan't take: "When...

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The Problem with Pensions: Public worker gets almost $200K/year for retirement

02/22/11 Retirement on the Central Coast--it's not too shabby, especially if you work for certain public agencies. How's retirement at the age of 57 and getting $152,825 a year for the rest of your life sound? That's the reality Ken Hampian, the former city manager of San Luis Obispo, is living, according to the California Foundation for Fiscal Responsibility. And there's also Frank Ortiz, a former Santa ...

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Editorial: What The Rapid should do now that voters have approved a bus millage

05/06/11 Proposal saw fierce opposition from a group calling itself Kent County Families for Fiscal Responsibility.

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