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Texas lawmakers set agenda for 2009 Legislative Session
Monday, November 10, 2008
by Katherine Stolp
KEYE
The 81st Texas legislative session begins in just two months.
Starting Monday, lawmakers began filing hundreds of bills. They only have 140 days starting on January 13th to…
Watson intervened to end impasse between union, Cap Metro management
Monday, November 10, 2008
In Fact Daily
A three-day old strike by union bus drivers and mechanics against Capital Metro came to an abrupt end Friday night, as members of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1091 and…
Report details mansion security lapses
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
by Tony Plohetski, David Shieh
Austin American-Statesman
A key member of Gov. Rick Perry's protection detail didn't do enough to protect the historic Governor's Mansion from an arsonist, including failing to tell supervisors about broken security cameras…
Watson wows Democratic faithful
Thursday, June 12, 2008
by W. Gardner Selby
Austin American-Statesman
Second only to Nueces County delegates tossing out beach balls for activists to smack around the Austin Convention Center, the most surprising sideshow at the Texas Democratic Party's convention may…
Democrats gather for state convention
Friday, June 06, 2008
by Kelley Shannon
Associated Press
Backers of Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton showed up en masse Friday for the start of the Texas Democratic Party's state convention and an attempt to unify after the…
Watson: Every kid is our cause
Friday, June 06, 2008
by Gary Scharrer
Houston Chronicle
State Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin, and former Austin mayor also welcomed convention delegates while highlighting some of the Democrats' priorities - such as education, health care, the environment and investing…
Speech to Texas Democratic Convention
Thursday, June 05, 2008
Thank you.
Isn't it a great day to be in Austin, Texas?
And isn't it a great time to be a Texas Democrat?
Welcome, all of you, to your state…
Statement on TxDOT Sunset Report
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
For years, politics have played far too big a role in transportation issues. Needless battles have overwhelmed efforts to address our state's ever-worsening congestion. And information has too often been…
TCEQ Letter on E-Waste Rules
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
Chairman H.S. Buddy Garcia
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
MC 100
P.O. Box 13087
Austin, TX 78711-3087
Dear Chairman Garcia:
I understand that the Commission…
MSNBC and Me
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
by Kirk Watson
So . . . That really happened.
On Tuesday night, after an important and historic victory in the Wisconsin Presidential Primary by Senator Barack Obama, I appeared on the
Speech to the Texas Association of Chicanos in Higher Education
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Thank you for inviting me to speak to you today. You're doing so much to lay the groundwork for Texas' prosperity in the 21st Century.
The secret, which…
The Next Wave: Speech to Environmental Defense
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Thank you very much for having me here tonight. And thanks for the nice honor of it. It feels a little weird being honored by Environmental Defense, since so much…
Letter to TxDOT Regarding Budget Cuts
Sunday, December 09, 2007
Amadeo Saenz
Texas Department of Transportation
125 E. 11th St.
Austin, TX
78701-2843
Dear Amadeo:
Recent reports by various media sources have addressed the proposed funding cutbacks…
Speech to Hispanic Scholarship Consortium
Wednesday, December 05, 2007
Thank you for inviting me to speak to you. But most of all, I want to thank this Hispanic Scholarship Consortium for all the work you do. In opening higher…
Former Austin mayor touts healthy downtowns
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
by Brian E. Clark
WisBusiness.com
MADISON - The key to a vibrant downtown is making people believe it is the “living room” of a community, according to Kirk Watson, a former mayor of Austin, Texas.…
