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  • Diplomacy key for transportation chair

    05/19/2008 7:42:53 AM PDT · by Tolerance Sucks Rocks · 11 replies · 199+ views
    Houston Chronicle ^ | May 18, 2008 | Peggy Fikac
    AUSTIN — Deirdre Delisi once aspired to be a diplomat, and Gov. Rick Perry may have finally granted her wish. As head of the Texas Transportation Commission, Perry's former chief of staff will test her diplomatic skills in an emotion-filled arena in which a state senator has already called her a "political hack." In an early sign of her peacemaking potential, the 35-year-old Delisi scheduled one of her first meetings as chair with that senator, Transportation and Homeland Security Committee Chairman John Carona, R-Dallas. "I was left with the impression that she genuinely wants a new and fresh start for...
  • Echoes of the Past for Governor and Gambling in Texas

    05/13/2004 8:27:38 PM PDT · by Theodore R. · 158+ views
    Austin, TX, American-Statesman ^ | 05-10-04 | McNeely, Dave
    Monday, May 10, 2004 Consider these ingredients: The governor, who once opposed the idea of gambling to raise money for the state, comes out in favor of it. A tax bill is taken apart on the House floor by restive members. The Senate is called upon to try to clean up and perhaps cure the school finance mess, while the courts stand ready to act. That was in 1991. But it seems like it's happening all over again. In 1991, Democrat Ann Richards was governor. Though she'd earlier spoken negatively about a lottery, she was backed into endorsing it in...