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Gov. Dan Patrick during a June 4, 2015 Tribune Conversation"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150809025251/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/06/04/7C2A7531_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick during a June 4, 2015 Tribune Conversation" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Marjorie Kamys Cotera</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick during a June 4, 2015 Tribune Conversation</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150809025251/https://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-30/lt-gov-patrick-will-appear-hughes-senate-fundraise/"> Lt. Gov. Patrick Will Appear at Hughes Senate Fundraisers </a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150809025251/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/reynolds-john/">John Reynolds</a> and <a href="/web/20150809025251/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/polo-rocha/">Polo Rocha</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 30 Jul 2015 23:06:00 -0500" title="2015-07-30 23:06"> July 30, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>Also, a candidate for Senate District 24 officially kicks off her campaign and Whole Foods CEO John Mackey gives $50,000 to Rand Paul super PAC.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150809025251/https://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-30/lt-gov-patrick-will-appear-hughes-senate-fundraise/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story </a> </div> </div> </article> <article> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150809025251/https://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-30/200-plus-lawyers-file-grievance-state-bar-against-/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150809025251im_/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/06/22/7C2A8838_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt="TX Attorney General Ken Paxton, speaks to media following remarks at event hosted by the Texas Public Policy Foundation regarding impact of the EPA's Clean Power Plan on June 22, 2015"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150809025251/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/06/22/7C2A8838_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="TX Attorney General Ken Paxton, speaks to media following remarks at event hosted by the Texas Public Policy Foundation regarding impact of the EPA's Clean Power Plan on June 22, 2015" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Marjorie Kamys Cotera</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">TX Attorney General Ken Paxton, speaks to media following remarks at event hosted by the Texas Public Policy Foundation regarding impact of the EPA's Clean Power Plan on June 22, 2015</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150809025251/https://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-30/200-plus-lawyers-file-grievance-state-bar-against-/"> 200-Plus Lawyers File Grievance With State Bar Against Paxton </a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150809025251/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/reynolds-john/">John Reynolds</a>, <a href="/web/20150809025251/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/matthew-watkins/">Matthew Watkins</a> and <a href="/web/20150809025251/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/sophia-bollag/">Sophia Bollag</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 30 Jul 2015 23:04:00 -0500" title="2015-07-30 23:04"> July 30, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>Also, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150809025251/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/susan-combs/">Susan Combs</a> finds new life for one of her school efficiency projects and a former Harris County GOP Chair organizes a speaking tour on "key issues threatening Christian values."</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150809025251/https://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-30/200-plus-lawyers-file-grievance-state-bar-against-/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story </a> </div> </div> </article> <article> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150809025251/https://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-30/inside-intelligence-about-those-gop-debate-invites/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150809025251im_/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/inside_intelligence-logo_1_png_260x1000_q100.png" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150809025251/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/inside_intelligence-logo_1_png_800x1000_q100.png" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150809025251/https://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-30/inside-intelligence-about-those-gop-debate-invites/"> Inside Intelligence: About Those GOP Debate Invites... </a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150809025251/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/reynolds-john/">John Reynolds</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 30 Jul 2015 23:02:00 -0500" title="2015-07-30 23:02"> July 30, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>For this week’s nonscientific survey of insiders in government and politics, we ask about scoring invites to the first GOP presidential debate, turnout expectations for the Texas GOP primary and charting futures for <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150809025251/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/rick-perry/">Rick Perry</a> and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150809025251/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/ted-cruz/">Ted Cruz</a>.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150809025251/https://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-30/inside-intelligence-about-those-gop-debate-invites/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story </a> </div> </div> </article> <article> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150809025251/https://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-30/calendar/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150809025251im_/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Capsized4_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150809025251/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Capsized4_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Todd Wiseman</cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150809025251/https://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-30/calendar/"> The Calendar </a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by Texas Weekly </li><li><time datetime="Thu, 30 Jul 2015 23:00:00 -0500" title="2015-07-30 23:00"> July 30, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>Key meetings and events for the coming week.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150809025251/https://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-30/calendar/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story </a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="rail cell w-4"> <div class="quotes"> <section class="sidebar_block"> <header> <h2><a href="/web/20150809025251/https://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-30/quotes/">Quotes of the Week</a></h2> </header> <div class="content prose"> <p class="quote">You learn that in kindergarten: You learn to work well together and play by the rules. Another thing you learn in kindergarten is to respect one another.</p> <p class="cite"><span>U.S. Sen. <strong>Lamar Alexander</strong>, R-Tenn., critical of colleague <strong>Ted Cruz</strong> for accusing Majority Leader <strong>Mitch McConnell</strong> of telling a "flat-out lie" to the members</span></p> <p class="quote">It’s kind of like what our moms all told us: Sometimes it’s not what you say, it’s how you say it. And I think that’s very clear. I think that most people understand that.</p> <p class="cite">RNC Chairman <strong>Reince Priebus</strong>, saying that "tone matters" in answering a question on whether <strong>Donald Trump</strong>'s rhetoric is damaging the party</p> <p class="quote">Let's get a pull-up bar out here and see who can do the most pull-ups.</p> <p class="cite"><strong>Rick Perry</strong>, after being asked Wednesday by reporters about the insults sent his way by GOP presidential rival <strong>Donald Trump</strong></p> <p class="quote">This is no different than what happened in Nazi Germany. No different than doing the experiments on the old men and old women and now doing them on the babies.</p> <p class="cite"><span>State Rep. </span><strong>Jodie Laubenberg</strong><span>, R-Parker, </span>speaking <span>a day ahead of Wednesday's legislative hearing on Planned Parenthood practices</span></p> <p class="quote">I can’t speak to the motive of the current commissioner for apparently endeavoring to drop his predecessor in the grease, but I would suggest he put more focus on doing his job and less on covering his derrière.</p> <p class="cite">Former Land Commissioner <strong>Jerry Patterson</strong>, reacting to a state auditor's report identifying "significant weaknesses" in contracts made under his tenure</p> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid index_bottom" style="padding-top: 1em;"> <section id="rearview" class="cell w-6"> <header> <h2><a class="plain" href="/web/20150809025251/https://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-30/rearview/">The Week in the Rearview Mirror</a></h2> </header> <article> <div class="content"> <p><strong>*Texas Weekly is going on vacation for the summer. We will not publish on the following two Fridays but we will return Aug. 21. Thanks for reading!*</strong></p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p>A state appeals court threw out one of two counts in the indictment against former Gov. <strong>Rick Perry</strong>. It threw out the count alleging that Perry coerced a public servant when he threatened to veto state funding for a unit of the Travis County district attorney's office. But the court left intact the indictment's other count, which accuses Perry of abusing his power.</p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p>U.S. Sen. <strong>John Cornyn</strong> said on the Senate floor Sunday that his colleague and fellow Texan, U.S. Sen. <strong>Ted Cruz</strong>, “is mistaken” in saying Majority Leader<strong> Mitch McConnell</strong> told a “flat-out lie” over legislative strategy. Cruz’s statement last week got him a scolding from Cornyn and other GOP leaders in the Sunday session.</p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p>The General Land Office’s contracting procedures are riddled with “significant weaknesses” that threaten the agency’s ability to ensure it is wisely spending its dollars, State Auditor <strong>John Keel</strong> said in a report made public Tuesday. The GLO agreed with the auditor’s many recommended fixes and said it was already making changes. But former Land Commissioner <strong>Jerry Patterson</strong>, who led the agency for 12 years, jabbed his successor, fellow Republican <strong>George P. Bush</strong>, for failing to push back against the audit’s findings.</p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p>In a Wednesday speech, Perry launched an offensive against banks that are too big to fail and tied the 2008 financial crisis to <strong>Hillary Clinton</strong>. Warning that the "next crash is on the horizon," Perry positioned himself as the only candidate with the economic record to to reverse an era of Wall Street run amok, enabled by complicit politicians.</p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p>Texas Attorney General <strong>Ken Paxton</strong> confirmed on Wednesday that a video filmed in Texas, which his office obtained as part of its investigation into Planned Parenthood practices, is “consistent” with other undercover videos released by an anti-abortion group. Paxton spoke at a Senate committee hearing on Planned Parenthood fetal tissue donations.</p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p><span>A House committee Thursday heard from state and county officials on trooper training and jail standards following the death of <strong>Sandra Bland</strong>. Also this week, Waller County officials released Bland’s booking video to dispel rumors that they covered up the real circumstances of Bland’s death, and the prosecutor said he appointed</span> an outside group of lawyers to review the evidence in the case to ensure that Waller County remains "an open book."</p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p>Texas’ Republican leaders and environmentalists both claimed victory Tuesday following an appeals court ruling that requires the federal government to ease limits on certain emissions for Texas and a dozen other states. Texas was among 13 states, joined by industry and labor groups, that sued over the so-called Cross-State Air Pollution Rule in 2011, challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s framework and complaining states weren't given enough time to comply.</p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p><span>Uber added Austin to a small list of cities in which it will add wheelchair-accessible vehicles to its transportation offerings. The Austin ordinance that allowed companies like Uber and Lyft to legally co-exist with traditional cab companies also required the vehicle-for-hire companies to make it easier for users to request a wheelchair-accessible vehicle. <span>Similar programs are already in place in New York, Chicago, </span><span>San Diego, Philadelphia and Portland, according to company officials.</span></span></p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p><em>Disclosure: The Texas General Land Office has been a corporate sponsor of The Texas Tribune. <em>Planned Parenthood was a corporate sponsor of The Texas Tribune in 2011. <em>Uber <i>Technologies and Lyft </i>are corporate sponsors of The Texas Tribune. </em></em>A complete list of Tribune donors and sponsors can be viewed <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150809025251/http://www.texastribune.org/support-us/donors-and-members/">here</a>.</em><span><br/></span></p> </div> </article> </section> <section id="people" class="cell w-6"> <header> <h2><a class="plain" href="/web/20150809025251/https://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-30/people/">Political People and their Moves</a></h2> </header> <article> <div class="content"> <p><strong>Steve Gilman</strong> of Houston, <strong>Beckie Stockstill Cobb</strong> of Deer Park and <strong>Yusuf Farran</strong> of El Paso have been named by Gov. <strong>Greg Abbott</strong> to the Credit Union Commission for terms set to expire on Feb. 1, 2021.</p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p><strong>Ruth Ruggero Hughs</strong> of Austin was named by Abbott to the Texas Workforce Commission for a term set to expire on Feb. 1, 2021. A lawyer in private practice, she is also the owner of a film production company. She was previously the director of defense litigation in the Texas Attorney General’s Office.</p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p>Abbott has made five appointments <span>to the Texas Council on Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) and Stroke.</span> <strong>Kyle Sheets</strong> was appointed for a term to expire Feb. 1, 2017, while <strong>Sherron Meeks</strong>, <strong>Shilpa Shamapant</strong> and <strong>Marcie Gonzalez Wilson</strong> were appointed for terms to expire Feb. 1, 2021. <strong>Melbert “Bob” Hillert, Jr.</strong> was reappointed for a term to expire Feb. 1, 2021.</p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p><strong>T. Dan Friedkin</strong> of Houston was named chairman of the Parks and Wildlife Commission for a term to expire at the pleasure of the governor. He is CEO of Gulf States Toyota, which operates dealerships in five states, and a holding company, Friedkin Companies Inc., which invests primarily in the automotive industry.</p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p><strong>Jay Steven Herrington</strong> of Palestine was named by Abbott to the Upper Neches River Municipal Water Authority Board of Directors for a term set to expire on Feb. 1, 2021.</p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p><strong>Jeff Judson</strong>, a former president of the Texas Public Policy Foundation, announced Friday he is launching a challenge to unseat House Speaker <strong>Joe Straus</strong>. In addition to his time at TPPF, Judson worked in President <strong>George H. W. Bush</strong>'s administration and on Capitol Hill for the late Sen. <strong>John Tower</strong> as well as Reps. <strong>Tom Loeffler</strong> and <strong>Tom DeLay</strong>. Straus represents House District 121 in Bexar County.</p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p>Former Lt. Gov. <strong>David Dewhurst</strong> is backing businessman <strong>Bill King</strong> in his bid for Houston mayor, King’s campaign announced Wednesday. Dewhurst and his wife, <strong>Tricia</strong>, joined a handful of area conservative leaders in a letter sent to Houston residents encouraging them to get involved in King’s campaign.</p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p>State Rep. <strong>Stuart Spitzer</strong>, R-Kaufman, announced Wednesday that he'll seek re-election to represent House District 4. Spitzer is in his first term representing the district, which takes in Kaufman County and most of Henderson County.</p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p><strong>Ted Cruz</strong>'s presidential campaign announced Tuesday that it has hired two field directors in Iowa and South Carolina. In Iowa, the campaign brought on board <strong>Jake Dagel</strong>, who most recently worked for the Iowa branch of Turning Point USA, which organizes young conservatives. In the Palmetto State, the campaign tapped <strong>Steven Wright</strong>, a former volunteer for <strong>Mark Sanford</strong>'s congressional bid.</p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p><strong>Beth Cubriel</strong> is stepping down as the executive director of the Republican Party of Texas, she announced Monday. In an email to the State Republican Executive Committee, Cubriel said she was leaving the party to work for a law firm in Austin. She began working for the party as its organizational director in February 2011 and became executive director in June 2012. Her last day is Sept. 8.</p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p><strong>Ken Cearley</strong>, s<span>tewardship manager for the Texas Agricultural Land Trust, </span>received the prestigious Sam Beasom Conservation Leader Award from the Texas Wildlife Association (TWA). He was honored in a ceremony earlier this month in San Antonio.</p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p><em>Disclosure: The Texas Public Policy Foundation and the Texas Wildlife Association are corporate sponsors of The Texas Tribune. A complete list of Tribune donors and sponsors can be viewed <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150809025251/http://www.texastribune.org/support-us/donors-and-members/">here</a>.</em></p> </div> </article> </section> </div> </div> </div> <div class="wrapper-r"> <footer id="site_footer" class="wrapper-r"> <div id="footer" class="clear grid"> <div class="cell w-3"> <div> <h2 class="visuallyhidden">Texas Weekly</h2> <p> <span class="volume">Volume <span class="value">32</span></span>, <span class="issue">Issue <span class="value">30</span></span> </p> <p><time>31 July 2015</time></p> <p>Contributors: <span class="name">John Reynolds</span> and <span class="name">Polo Rocha</span></p> </div> <div> <p><em>John Reynolds, Editor</em></p> 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