Texas Politics News

If you thought mandatory binding arbitration (aka a privatized justice system) is suppose to be final and binding, think again. An arbi-traitor recently awarded a rape victim $3 million against KBR. KBR is now appealing the arbitration wanting to reduce it to just $300,000. Wanna bet who is going to win this? It reminds me of the Bob Perry arbitration case here in Texas.
In 2000 Bob and Jone Cull sued Perry and his warranty company for foundation and structural failure after working almost 4 years trying to prevent litigation. After discovery and fearing Perry would drag out the appeal long enough until they died, they asked for arbitration.

Generally comparing yourself to former President Bill Clinton and your wife to Hillary would be a good thing, unless you are talking to a bunch of right wing republicans in a pachyderm club. And that is what Gene Locke did today. From the Chronicle:
If he becomes mayor, Locke told the Republican activists, the city also reaps the services of spouse Aubrey Sampson Locke.
Yep, just what Bill Clinton said when he was running for office in 1992, you get a two-for-one. I am sure that went over well. He continued:
She will get more done - I'm serious now - she will get more done and we will get more done as a team, because we will be able to take care of issues, not from a governmental standpoint, but issues ranging from taking care of our seniors to dealing with literacy with our young people, from the office of the First Lady.

Well this is refreshing. Harris County Attorney, Vince Ryan, is coming under attack by Harris County Commissioner's Court for ....uh.... doing his job.
Ryan had already signed a deal with the city to help it prosecute polluters in exchange for use of experts and monitoring equipment with which the county can build cases.
Wow. Our County Attorney is going after polluters by working with the City of Houston and sharing resources. Who can possibly argue with that?
"I think that it's your responsibility to do those things that we, Commissioners Court, ask of you, and I see that you've got the cart in front of the horse," Commissioner Jerry Eversole told Ryan.

What a load of TWIA crap, but what can you expect from an insurer of last resort when TWIA:
is a pool of all property and casualty insurers operating in the state. TWIA is governed by a nine-member board dominated by insurance company representatives.

TWIA is now being sued for not paying claims. Imagine that, an organization run by the insurance industry not paying claims. How can this ever happen in the great State of responsibility where in 2003 the republican party of Texas ushered in massive insurance reforms to lower our rates and allow insurance companies to compete?

The only thing the insurance companies are competing for is the chance to screw the consumers of Texas. With the highest rates in the nation, some right here in Harris County, insurance companies have profited handsomely even after hurricane Ike since 2003.

According to the republican party, insurance reform has worked.