Texas GOP Vote

Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down with Congressional District 25 Republican candidate and former Mayor of Highland Village, Texas, Dianne Costa. This is the fourth of five parts of this interview. This segment focuses on Mayor Costa's overview of CD-25.   Read more »

Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down with Congressional District 25 Republican candidate and former Mayor of Highland Village, Texas, Dianne Costa. This is the third of five parts of this interview. This segment focuses on Mayor Costa's views on National Security and issues related to Border Security.   Read more »

The Travis County Republican Party and North Shore Republicans of Lago Vista are co-hosting a Congressional District 25 Candidate Forum and Straw Poll Sunday, September 25th at 3pm.   Read more »

While the news media coverage of the Texas wildfires is starting to die out, the situation is still hot with approximately 20 new fires a day being reported over the past two weeks. Two places that are in need of great help, but have not received much attention, are Pedernales Bend, Spicewood, and Steiner Ranch, all located in Travis County and also lie within Texas U.S. Congressional District 25. Donations to help the families who lost their homes can be sent to Grace Outreach Church (Memo: Spicewood Fire Victims) and Bee Cave Methodist Church.   Read more »

Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down with Congressional District 25 Republican candidate and former Mayor of Highland Village, Texas, Dianne Costa. This is the second of five parts of this interview. This segment focuses on Mayor Costa's experience as a mediator and problem solver.

Our nation faces many difficult choices. The next Congress will have to deal with issues like restoring jobs, eliminating the destructive effects of ObamaCare and other disasterous policies of the Obama Administration, national security issues

Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down with Congressional District 25 Republican candidate and former Mayor of Highland Village, Texas, Dianne Costa. This is the first of five parts of this interview. This segment focuses on Mayor Costa's experience of creating jobs and other economic growth while applying Conservative principles.

Jobs and economic growth are two of the most important things to be addressed by this and the next Congress. In this interview, Mayor Costa talks about her experience

Following last night's Republican Presidential Debate, the recurring theme that came up, and a topic we know is on top of the minds of all Americans, is jobs. Tonight, President Obama will compete with the New Orleans Saints vs. Green Bay Packers NFL pregame show by addressing a Joint Session of Congress to discuss his jobs and growth package expected to cost over $400 billion. However, Republicans like former mayor and Texas CD-25 candidate Dianne Costa are critical of yet more government intervention and spending, especially in the wake of zero jobs growth in August and Obama's ongoing economic malaise.  If this sounds like yet another stimulus package that's bound to fail, don't be fooled,

John Cornyn, U.S. Senator (Texas) and Dianne Costa, candidate for U.S. Representative, CD-25 (Texas) each made visits to drought stricken Texas agricultural areas last week and commented on the $5.2B in losses faced by Texas farmers and ranchers. Costa remarked that "if the current [Obama] administration would take more interest in our farmers and ranchers than they did in the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard they would ensure this drought does not cause their extinction". In Lampasas, Cornyn pledged to "work hand in glove

LAMPASAS—U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas) Thursday hosted a roundtable discussion with Texas farmers and ranchers concerning the impact the current drought is having on their businesses and livelihoods at the Lampasas Cattle Auction, Inc.:

“Our farmers and ranchers are some of the most resilient folks out there, and as Texans we’ve been through tough times before.   Read more »

This past legislative session, freshman State Representative Raul Torres (HD-33) introduced HB3149, legislation that would bring corporate efficiency to government agencies using the Lean Six Sigma method to eliminate waste and maximize efficiency. The Lean Six Sigma method is a set of tools that can be used to identify and remove the causes of defects, improve quality, and cut costs.   Read more »