Texas: Parker

David Ortez writes about Gene Locke pandering to the soccer crowd at a Houston Dynamo game and posts a scan of his low cost campaign flyer his staff was handing out to the fans.

The literature falsely claimed "Annise Parker says she won’t “fund more museums and stadiums …*”" which is not what Annise said, or believes, but facts don't seem to matter to team Locke at this stage of the campaign. Parker has stated very clearly her position on additional spending while in the middle of dwindling income. Obviously Locke is clueless on this issue as well as soccer games.

Roy Morales now has 18% of the vote. And Annise Parker is leading with 29% of the vote. Locke is losing ground, and Brown is losing to the biker crowd.

Parker has just entered the room and the media is all over her. People are excited. The staff have smiles all over their faces.

Look for Morales to continue to gain, but not much. More later.

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A special legislative committee just voted 5-1 to recommend to the full House that it accept the the $555 million in federal unemployment money that Gov. Rick Perry earlier today said he would reject because it came with strings attached.

Waco-based economist Ray Perryman told the House select committee on Federal Economic Stabilization Funding that "we're probably better off taking the money."

Because the state's unemployment fund is projected to run dry later this year, Perryman said: "We will have to raise unemployment tax rates during an economic downturn."

Only committee Vice Chair Myra Crownover, R-Denton, voted against the recommendation.

"I see no reason to rush a vote at this time," she said.