Concealed Carry on Campus Has a Chance in the Senate

Blog / May 18, 2009

Check out this story I put together for the Texas Insider:

The cutoff for bills in the Texas House left many upset about how the 81st Legislature is turning out.  One measure, HB 1893, authored by Representative Joe Driver (R-Garland) would allow concealed carry license holders to carry on colleges and universities in Texas.

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Pray for Rep. Kuempel

Blog / May 14, 2009

Please keep Rep. Kuempel and his family in your thoughts and prayers as he recovers from his heart attack from earlier this weak.

On behalf of all of the Young Conservatives of Texas, Rep. Kuempel, get well soon!

From the Statesman:

State Rep. Edmund Kuempel remained in intensive care Wednesday after having a heart attack late Tuesday at the Capitol.

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Why We Support Concealed Carry on Campus

Blog / May 14, 2009

Summed up in the Texas Insider:

In January of 2008, at the University of Texas Pan American (UTPA) in Edinburg, a 22-year-old UTPA student was walking across campus to his vehicle when he was suddenly robbed and stabbed by an assailant.  In March of 2009, just across the street from the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) a tow truck driver was shot and killed. 

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Transparency in Higher Ed

Blog / May 13, 2009

Check out this new video interview with Represenative Lois Kolkhorst, brought to you by www.TexasBudgetSource.com 

 

http://tr.im/lf27 

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And people wonder why tuition has increased so much?

Blog / May 12, 2009

KTRK Houston has recently aired a series of investigative reports on the out of control spending at the University of Houston. There is no doubt in my mind that this type of fraud is going on elsewhere. Check out the videos, become informed, and demand answers from your state legislators. Let’s enact policies that drive down tuition and improve educational quality, not write universities more blank checks.

 

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