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Texans go to the polls for primary elections on March 6, the same date is also the 182nd anniversary of the fall of the Alamo. Normally, they would not be connected but this year they are in one of the hottest primary races in Texas. Incumbent Land Commissioner George P. Bush is fighting off a blast from the past. His predecessor, Jerry Patterson, wants his job back in part because of a needed but controversial revamp of the historical site. Specifically, whether to move the cenotaph – the gravestone of the Alamo defenders...Bush and his campaign team didn’t grant us...

British pop star Phil Collins on Tuesday handed over his vast collection of artifacts related to the Battle of the Alamo and the Texas Revolution to the state of Texas. Collins was in San Antonio to donate what's considered the world's largest private collection of Alamo artifacts. It includes a fringed leather pouch and a gun used by Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie's legendary knife and letters from garrison commander William B. Travis. "There's things in there that will make your mouth drop," Collins said. The 1980s pop artist and Genesis singer-drummer has joked that he spent all the money he...

......“This is a good example of why things that matter most to Texans — like the Alamo — remain Texan, just like the Christmas Mountains out in West Texas,” said Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson, referring to a misguided attempted federal land grab that drew attention back in 2008. “Texas isn't going to let government get in the way of honoring our heroes, whether it's at the Alamo or at the VLB,” Patterson said. The shrine to Texas heroes of long ago remains open. And so do the Texas Veterans Land Board’s eight Texas State Veterans Homes, which take care...

Two additional featured speakers have been announced for Saturday’s Texas Come and Take It Independence Rally. Former Republican gubernatorial candidate Debra Medina and UN Agenda 21 expert John Marler will join a parade of conservative, libertarian and motivational keynote speakers — including you, the audience — who will be heard during the rally from 2-6 p.m. Saturday at JB Wells Arena in Gonzales. Medina and Marler wil be joined by Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson, former state representative Rick Green, war hero Shilo Harris, syndicated editorial columnist George Rodriguez and Dutch immigrant Charles Nunes as the scheduled highlight speakers. Those...

AUSTIN — Texas land commissioner Jerry Patterson joked that he "would have shot" Democratic nominee for agriculture commissioner Hank Gilbert over some of the tactics used in that campaign. While introducing Republican Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples at an early voting event Monday in Austin, Patterson told Staples: "I think I would have shot him by now if I were you."

Star-Telegram Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson takes his job seriously. Fine. But he sometimes takes too seriously duties that don't fall within his job description, like being interpreter of the U.S. Constitution and official czar for Second Amendment rights. Patterson, whose title automatically makes him chairman of the School Land Board, is in charge of overseeing some state-owned property. His office has the power to invest in real estate to benefit the Permanent School Fund, which supports public education. For months now, the commissioner has been at the center of a public fight involving a 14.5-square-mile tract in West Texas...

Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson has a few choice words for your hometown newspaper. In an editorial Thursday, the Star-Telegram called the Republican land commissioner's position on the Christmas Mountains untenable, and said that "his obstinate invocation of the gun issue in the discussion borders on obsession." In a response Thursday, Patterson cites the oath he took years ago as an officer of the United States Marine Corps. He also notes in his 400-plus word letter that the "Fort Worth Star-Telegram may consider my position 'untenable' and my zeal for the Bill of Rights 'obstinate' and an 'obsession,' but I...

For Immediate Release Contact: Jerry Patterson March 29, 2007, 12 p.m. 512-740-5650 ?RUN FRED RUN? Texas Statewide Elected Officials Urge Fred Thompson to Enter Presidential Race Today, two prominent Texas statewide elected officials announced their support of the growing national movement to encourage former U.S. Senator Fred Thompson (R-TN) to seek the Republican nomination for president. While we agree there are several good candidates currently in the race, we believe Fred Thompson would add an exciting option for Republican primary voters. A recent Rasmussen poll indicated that in a general election match-up, Fred Thompson leads Senator Hillary Clinton by a...

News Patterson eCards Now Online! Using web campaigning in new ways 2006-10-04 | by MDL Jerry Patterson campaign ecards are once again available online! Similar to the emailable photo messages available during his 2002 campaign, the new ecards are now ready to send from votepatterson.com. You can choose from several photos of Commissioner Patterson, including the famous, or infamous, gun photo used in 2002 which drew national attention. If you would like to email a friend about your support, or opposition to, Commissioner Patterson, visit votepatterson.com/multimedia/ecard/

Bell predicts upset victory in state race AUSTIN (AP) - Predicting he'll stage an upset victory in the Texas governor's race next year, former congressman Chris Bell made it official Friday that he's a candidate in the March 7 Democratic primary. Bell, filing his candidacy with the Texas Democratic Party, said he feels good about his standing i n recent polls, though he acknowledged he has "a long way to go before I pull this one off." Bell, 46, served on the Houston City Council for five years and represented part of the city in the U.S. House for one...

Even before the US supreme court 'legislated' their opinion that our constitution allows government entities to take property from one citizen and profit on the 'exchange' of that property to another private individual or group, our own Texas leaders (some elected and many non-elected-TxDOT personnel) have been working overtime to assure that toll roads and the Trans Texas Corridor (TTC) are forced on Texans before too many of us become aware, stand up, and protest. Probably due to many groups protesting the TTC and toll projects allowed by law in 2003 with HB 3388, our Texas leaders came up with...

Anymouse saw and talked to Jerry Patterson walking up the road in Crawford. Born in Houston, Texas on November 15, 1946 Jerry Patterson has devoted his life to public service. He served his country as a U.S. Marine for over twenty years and served as state Senator for six. Recently, he has also served as state relations director for the American Red Cross. As State Senator from District 11, Patterson’s major legislative successes included passage of the historic concealed handgun law, a constitutional amendment allowing home equity lending, the state coastal management plan and the creation of the Texas State...

PRESS RELEASE THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: MARK LOEFFLER 512/517-8669CELL Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson seeks re-election in 2006 (AUSTIN, TX) Jerry Patterson today kept a promise he made four years ago when first campaigning for Texas Land Commissioner: he is seeking re-election. "In an agency with 170 years of history, one four year term is simply not enough to get the job done." Patterson said, "There's more work to be done and in 2006 I will be asking Texans for a chance to continue what we've started here. I made a promise to the voters and...

Rather than putting his faith in diplomacy or our legal system, Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson wants to solve an ongoing border dispute with New Mexico by sponsoring a "free-for-all brawl" between senators from the two states. At issue is more than 600,000 acres in West Texas that New Mexico legislators complain their state lost in a flawed land survey in 1859. The New Mexico Senate voted this week to sue Texas to get the land back. Some lawmakers talked about taking Texas groundwater -- or even the city of El Paso -- as compensation, according to press reports. But...

AUSTIN, Texas -- First Lt. Travis Patterson of the U.S. Marine Corps comes from a long line of men to serve in the military during wartime, but his experience has been nothing like that of his relatives. The carnage he has seen was not caused by the actions of man. It has been the result of the tsunami that ravaged the shores of the Indian Ocean. Patterson, 28, who lives in Houston, was on his way to fight in Iraq, when his ship was diverted to Sumatra, Indonesia, to help in the relief effort. Patterson prepared himself to fight, but...

Dear Senator Kerry, We are pleased to welcome your campaign representatives to Texas today. We honor all our veterans, all whom have worn the uniform and served our country. We also honor the military and National Guard troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan today. We are very proud of all of them and believe they deserve our full support. That's why so many veterans are troubled by your vote AGAINST funding for our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, after you voted FOR sending them into battle. And that's why we are so concerned about the comments you made AFTER you...

Crawford, TX, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Former U.S. Sen. Max Cleland Wednesday rebuffed an effort by a pro-Bush veteran to give him a letter critical of presidential hopeful John Kerry. Cleland was met at the ranch by Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson, a Republican elected official and Vietnam veteran, who tried to give the former senator a letter addressed to Kerry, accusing him of using his military service for political gain."You can't have it both ways," said the letter, signed by Patterson and six other veterans including two Medal of Honor recipients and a former North Vietnamese prisoner of war....

AUSTIN - A state district judge said Monday he does not have the authority to order plaques commemorating Confederate soldiers be reinstalled in the Texas Supreme Court building. The Sons of Confederate Veterans organization had sued to restore the plaques, which were removed in June 2000 under then-Gov. George W. Bush in response to objections by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. District Judge Paul Davis agreed with the Texas Attorney General's Office that state law does not give the courts jurisdiction over the plaques. Texas representatives of the NAACP could not be immediately reached for comment....

Sons of Confederate Veterans lawsuit demands display of plaques removed in 2000. Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson says he wants to find a compromise that would allow the state to restore plaques commemorating the Confederacy that were removed from the Texas Supreme Court building in 2000. The Sons of Confederate Veterans organization has sued to restore the plaques, which were removed under then-Gov. George W. Bush in response to objections by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Patterson belongs to the Confederate descendants' group, but he said he is not actively involved in the lawsuit. Patterson told...

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