Blog – Fredericksburg Tea Party

Resoution

Admin Admin August 14, 2019

Who can you trust? It ain’t the Speaker of the House. As the controversy surrounding Speaker Dennis Bonnen (R-Angleton) and Chairman Dustin Burrows’ (R-Lubbock) meeting with Empower Texans Michael Quinn Sullivan continues to unfold, Fredericksburg Tea Party takes action. We are calling for Rep. Bonnen’s resignation as Speaker of the House and hope you will join us by contacting your State Representative Bonnen Resolution They come in twos. Let’s play bad cop and worse cop, must have been the game Rep. Bonnen and Rep. Burrows wanted to play that day. The Fredericksburg Tea Party also doesn’t want any member of Read more…

Matt’s take on The State of The State speech from Gov. Abbott Feb 5, 2019

Admin Matt Long February 11, 2019

Last Tuesday, 8 members of The Fredericksburg Tea Party attended The State of The State presentation by Gov. Greg Abbott. The Governor opened the speech by talking about how many people were moving in to the State, about 1,000 every day! He also mentioned the low unemployment rate and large number of companies moving their businesses to our Great State. There were no great surprises. The majority of the speech was centered on the five items he labeled as “emergencies”. It is important to know that when The Governor designates an item as an “emergency”, it creates a fast track Read more…

Roy vs. Kopser

Admin Guest Author October 13, 2018

If you look only at the resume of Joseph Kopser the Democrat US House candidate for our district you might think he would hold conservative values, a WestPoint graduate, an Iraq veteran, and a small business owner – but don’t let that fool you. Some of his ads even leave out his party affiliation. He is a card carrying liberal democrat who is endorsed by Elizabeth Warren, Steny Hoyer and Planned Parenthood. He is in favor of bigger government by supporting universal healthcare, paid family leave, surrender of guns , raising the corporate income tax, higher taxes, increased fee on Read more…

Wind Power is Tax Power

Admin Guest Author

If it has to be subsidized maybe it is not that great. Charles Blain, Enpower Texans writes (Oct. 10, 2018) subsidies for renewable energy in Texas has cost taxpayers more than $13 billion the last 12 years (Texas Public Policy Foundation). Negotiations for these subsidies are exempt from public disclosure due to Texas Supreme Court decisions. Citizens in Brown, Coleman, Clay, Montague and Val Verde Counties are opposing wind farms since project sponsors like to tie up a few leases and then go after the counties and school districts for tax abatements. These local subsidies are in addition to federal Read more…

1998 ROME STATUTE

Admin Guest Author September 21, 2018

The International Criminal Court (ICC) was established by a treaty via the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court signed 17 July 1998. The Rome Statute established four cases of international crimes; genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and crimes of aggression. United Nations, 1999-2003). The statute as adopted July 1998 by a vote of 120 to 7 with 21 countries abstaining. The United States was one of the 7. Bill Clinton signed the Statute on behalf of the United States in 2000 but did not submit it to the Senate for ratification and advised George W. Bush to not Read more…