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2015 Voter’s Guide For The Texas Constitutional Amendments
Early voting starts today and lasts through October 30 with Election Day on November 3, and Texans will get to vote for or against seven proposed constitutional amendments. Hardhatters offers our views...
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In One Month, Greg Abbott And Dan Patrick Can Move To Change The Texas Ethics...
Texas House Speaker Joe Straus As we have pointed out extensively in the past, there are major ethical concerns over the campaign finance reporting being performed by past and current members of the...
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Rick Perry: The Conservative VS. Rick Perry: The Governor
As you may already know (or predicted long ago), Rick Perry is running for President, again. Rebranded with hipster glasses and a campaign logo that might make Popeye’s Louisiana Kitchen cry...
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Texas Legislators Are Spending Fast And Loose With Your Contributions
Being in the Texas Legislature is not intended to be a lucrative career. Legislators receive part-time pay. They are only in session six months every two years. It is, for all intents and purposes, a...
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Texas Ethics Commission’s Response Proves Their Ineffectiveness
Paul W. Hobby, Chairman of the Texas Ethics Commission After releasing our report on Monday covering the accounting issues of the PAC and campaign finance reports of the Texas Legislature, the Texas...
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If The Texas Ethics Commission Was The IRS, Nearly Every Texas Legislator...
Every American (with possible exception to masochists) hates filing tax returns, but we do it anyways because it’s the law. We also fill out everything very carefully and make sure our i’s are dotted...
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Houston ISD Students Can’t Read, But They’ll Get To Learn Arabic!
Houston ISD trustee, Harvin Moore Houston ISD has just announced that it is opening a new immersion school, this time for Arabic. HISD trustees approved this unanimously. “America is a really terrible...
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Brazos County Votes Purple In 2014 Primaries
Hardhatters rarely delves into local politics, but, due to our location, it’s often necessary to point out events, elections, or other information that affects us, our business, and the general...
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Texans Turn Deep Red For Abbott
Republicans won major victories nationally on Tuesday, reclaiming control of the United States Senate and picking up approximately a dozen seats in the House of Representatives. As well as the GOP did...
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Republicans Sweep Through Texas, But More Voters Stay Home
The Texas GOP woke up this morning feeling extremely positive about yesterday’s results. Wendy Davis got destroyed, Pete Gallego lost his U.S. House seat, and the Texas Senate is now one seat away from...
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Texas Spending Faster Than The Federal Leviathan
Conservatism is supposed to mean less government, especially in terms of spending. In Texas, nearly every Republican candidate takes a hard turn to the right to prove just how conservative they have...
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2014 Voter’s Guide For The Texas Constitutional Amendment, Proposition 1
On November 4th, 2014 (early voting starts October 20), Texans will have the opportunity to vote on one proposed amendment to the state’s constitution. Hardhatters offers our views on Proposition 1....
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Looking Past The Party, The Texas House Is Blue
Elections are only a few weeks away, and most polls show that Texas Republicans again will control all statewide offices and large majorities in both houses of the Legislature. On the surface,...
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What Is Your Choice In The 2014 Texas General Election?
Considering the amazing turnout we’ve had in previous straw polls, we are doing another for the Texas General Election. The voting day for the election is November 4. Please vote only once, as we will...
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What’s Rick Perry’s Record With Other Law Breaking Officials?
With Travis County DA Rosemary Lehmberg’s booking video now passing 700,000 views, one might think that this incident was as unique and rare as spotting a Bigfoot. However, it’s really quite common for...
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Checking and Balancing the Public Integrity Unit
With the news of Governor Perry’s indictment going viral, the Public Integrity Unit (PIU) of the Travis County District Attorney’s office is once again shaking up Texas politics, though more indirectly...
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Ethicizing The Ethics Commission
Benjamin Franklin once said of corruption, “Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become more corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.” Sadly, corruption in government...
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How Texas Should Bring Its Senators Closer To Home
The current map of Texas’ State Senate districts. As disconnected as the politicians in D.C. appear these days, Austin politicians are often no better. If you’re like me, you rarely, if ever, see your...
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2014 Texas Runoff Guide to the Agriculture Commissioner Race
Tommy Merritt (left), Sid Miller (right) With the 2014 Republican Primary Runoff in Texas coming up (Early Voting begins May 19), we have tried to interview every Republican candidate for every...
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2014 Texas Runoff Guide to the Railroad Commissioner Race
Ryan Sitton (left), Wayne Christian (right) With the 2014 Republican Primary Runoff in Texas coming up (Early Voting begins May 19), we have tried to interview every Republican candidate for every...
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