As the Chairman of the Collin County Republican Party, one of my jobs is to promote unity among the different “flavors” of Republicans. Because city council races are historically “non-partisan,” my neutrality stand has extended particularly to these races. However, as the Collin County Democrats have clearly put forward one of their own, Ann Bacchus, [...]
Last week, we published on our website the results of a survey conducted of Republican Precinct Chairs of their preferences in the city and school district races in Plano, Frisco, Allen and McKinney, as well as the County-wide race for Collin College Trustee and the Collin College Bond Issue. We have been criticized for [...]
One of my favorite songs has a chorus which begins "I am proud to be an American ...." As I listened to Donald Trump last night, I heard a person who is who sees a vision for America and its citizens where people have opportunity to grow, learn, develop, and prosper in freedom, happiness, and [...]
Chairman George Flint's statement about the announced retirement of Congress Sam Johnson -- Today, Sam Johnson, our honored Congressman, announced that he will not be seeking re-election in 2018. In his message, which I urge each of you to read, he talked about his faith and his hope in us and our country - strong [...]
July 21, 2016 Hard to believe but today was the last day of a great convention! The Texas Delegation had their team breakfast as usual this morning, and we got to sleep an extra 30 minutes (considering I went to bed at 3:00 AM this really helped!) Congressman Jeb Hensarling opened the breakfast talking about [...]
July 20, 2016 Good morning from Cleveland!! Wednesday was by far our busiest day yet, as we started with a 3 hour breakfast meeting, attended a major event for Senator Cruz, and then heard from a solid lineup of top speakers. At breakfast I was honored to lead the United States Pledge of Allegiance [...]
July 19, 2016 A sea red shirts descended on Cleveland today as the delegates at the Republican National Convention formally voted for their Presidential nominee. At our Texas breakfast this morning we heard from the Speaker of the House and the Speaker of the House. Both Speaker of the House Paul Ryan and Texas Speaker [...]
Monday, July 18 The long wait is over as the Republican National Convention starts today. This morning the Texas Delegation attended the first of our four state breakfasts, and the room looked great with hundreds of us wearing our Texas flag shirts, blue jeans, boots and of course our Larry Mahan Milano hats. Texas Pride [...]
Greetings from Cleveland, Ohio!! I arrived here today after an 1160 mile drive from Plano. Security is evident everywhere, with officers clearly visible both on the street and on building roofs, and many streets already blocked. It took some time just to find an open street to the hotel, but I made it. So did our Texas [...]
THE WAY FORWARD I am a Ted Cruz supporter because I support those underlying values he so clearly, forcefully and eloquently defends. So, as a Ted Cruz supporter, when he ran into the brick wall in Indiana on May 3, 2016, so did I. As a result, when I was bombarded with requests for my [...]
