Great day in the Neighborhood...

I guess my blog is getting more viewers than I expected...the little kerfuffle with Doggett on Saturday led some reporters to ask me if my blog had been the "organizing" against Doggett to cause such a protest from the Republican Party. Boy they sure do their homework;-) Happy to have anyone read this blog and I expect anything I write to be fair game on the front page of the Austin Un-American Statesman (Metro-Section, of course) anytime. So have at it Gardner...

I always give information that I think will be informative to our great activists in Austin who feel very disenfranchised in the political expression way. Yes, we can vote, but our views are rarely expressed on the news or in the local paper. I want to serve as a point of contact for ones who want some conservative solice and sanity in the uber-liberal place we live in and LOVE, called Austin, Texas. You don't have to be WEIRD or try to be weird to love Austin...many people are moving here from California because they like idea that this will be a very cool place to live. And that is great. We love Austin too! Fifth and sixth generation Texans LOVE Austin. You don't have to have your lip pierced or tatoos all over your body to love Austin or to fit in here. We are a family-friendly and solidly civic-minded city. We welcome all who want to enjoy our great city and want you to be a part of making it better for you and others.

I want anyone who reads my blog to know that there are Austinites who are conservative, who love this city and who want our city to maintain the 'cool' image we have with the rest of the world, but we need to have leadership in Austin who can understand a balance sheet, can make hard choices to manage our city in a responsible way and who shows how much they care about our city to KEEP IT WORKING FOR ALL OF US!

Yes, I will send out information to anyone who reads my blog about ways you can get involved as a responsible citizen of Austin to STAND UP and SPEAK YOUR MIND to make our city BETTER. And I would like to propose another motto (The Keep Austin WEIRD is wearing on most people a little)...AUSTIN is AWESOME! Yes, people know the difference between Austin and Boston. So when you say AUSTIN, they know the state we're from. I just think the AUSTIN is AWESOME is the NEW AUSTIN. Yes, we're unique, but we're SO MUCH MORE than Weird, Let's get with it Austin, shake the Weird and let's embrace the AWESOME! It would make a lot of people some $$ with the new bumper stickers!

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Great turn-out today!

Thanks for all the "Warriors for Liberty" (phrase that I got from Ted Cruz today)showing up at Randall's this morning. The crowd was 4-1 against the health care reforms and very vocal about it.

We need to keep up the 'transparency' for this bill and communicate with our representatives. Thanks again for all the Warriors for Liberty who came with your passion, your signs and your honor!

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Tell Doggett what you think about Health Care Reform

Lloyd Doggett will be at the Randalls at Brodie/Slaughter Saturday, August 1, from 11-12:30. We need him to hear our voices about this health care plan. He has not been listening to the citizens of Austin. BE LOUD! NO GOVERNMENT HEALTHCARE!


This is not a Republican vs Democrat issue. This is a "no government running my health care" issue. Take care of the truely needy; leave the rest of us alone and let us have our private care and our choices. Yes, there needs to be reform. but sensible reform. Many good alternatives have been suggested...but not in HR3200

Get the word out to all your Patriot friends to SHOW UP, STAND UP and SPEAK UP!

Make your signs so that they are easily read from afar and USE YOUR CREATVITY! Come have FUN with us expressing our Constitutionally protected right of public expression of our views.

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Let go my health plan!

Counter protesters from the area (San Marcos and Houston for two other cities represented) today showed up in mass across from the AFL-CIL Headquarters on Lavaca for a showdown with the pro-government health care ObamaPlan. The counter protesters outnumbered the ones standing outside the AFL-CIO HQs by 2-1. Chants and shouts rang out across the street for better part of the two hours. The crowd broke up to walk to the Republic Park a few blocks away, where the pro-Obama Plan folks were supposed to create the shape of Texas, which was supposed to represent all the people in Texas without health insurance.

Well, that little performance didn't take place. By the time all the protesters and counter-protesters mingled at the park, some discussing, some shouting in their expressions of opinion...it was a little confusing.

I found it interesting that none of the Democrats who led the rally inside the AFL-CIO Union Hall faced the crowd and spoke at the park rally. We had thought that Doggett or Watson were going to speak, but no show!

Thanks so everyone who made the trip to Austin and for everyone braving the heat to show your support of Liberty and Freedom!

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TEA Party tonight!

Join fellow conservatives at the 360 Primo tonight (Tuesday, July 21) at 5:30-7:00 pm for a cool drink and lively conversation.

360 Primo is in the Arboretum area, Great Hills Trail at Jollyville Rd., NW corner, across from Pier One and next door to Elevation Burger.

See you there!

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Executive Committee Meeting

The Travis County Republican Party will hold it's quarterly meeting on Monday, July 20 at 7 pm at the LCRA Red Bud Room, 3601 Lake Austin Blvd. at the intersection of Red Bud Trail. Sign-in for Precinct Chairs and guests will be at 6:30 pm.

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TEA on Tuesday

We've had a great participation with our summer TEA Parties at 360 Primo at the Arboretum on Tuesdays. We meet up at 5:30 until 7 pm and we've had lively conversation and nice networking. It's great to have a comfortable conservative, liberty-loving casual time together. JOIN US!

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