Elect Yantis Green

Archive for June, 2010

As the only candidate for Tom Green County Commissioner  who attended every county budget hearing, I confidently praise the Tom Green County Commissioner’s Court for the hard work it’s done and for making the tough decisions mandated by hard economic times.  I watched Ralph Hoelscher, Aubrey De Cordova, Steve Floyd, Richard Easingwood and Judge Mike Brown go through the proposed budget line by line; listen to department heads, make sensible reductions in spending, and look for solutions to funding for mandated services while balancing critical services.  I don’t think this court will vote for a tax increase this year.  And kudos to the county department heads who recognized the critical state of the local economy and responded by reducing their budget requests.  I can’t vote on the FY 2011 budget, but I know how tough the process has been on everyone involved. 

Do you have a question or concern about the Tom Green County Budget? 

Please call me at 325-212-0723, or email at yantis@yantisgreen.com.  I’ll find an answer to every question you have!

Texas Conservatives & TEA Party activists scored resounding victories at the Republican Party of Texas Convention in Dallas last weekend.  Delegates swept out the previous leadership and ushered in a new era of Conservative leadership with a platform that holds GOP candidates & elected officials responsible to the party platform for the first time.  While there was a spirited, and at times rowdy, challenge for chair & vice chair, Texas Republicans clearly chose real, conservative leadership and united at the end of the convention.  Steve Munisteri is now GOP Chairman & Melinda Fredericks, who ran with Lubbock’s Tom Mechler, is Vice-chair.  Thankfully, Ron Paul was nowhere in site:  the TEA Party movement has never been about one person; it’s about cutting spending & taxes & returning the government at every level to the people.  Look for major changes in how the Texas GOP raises funds.  I know the GOP platform is on the right track because the liberal media and Texas Democrats have been attacking it since Saturday.  It’s time for Texas Conservatives to lead the nation once again.  Stay tuned!

TEA Party voters across the country are shaking up the status quo in Republican ranks today with primary races in 11 states and the Republican Party of Texas convenes in Convention this weekend in Dallas.   Today’s races in Nevada, California & Arkansas will test the strength of TEA party activists while the Texas GOP leadership, platform & rules are up for grabs.  Not since the Reagan Revolution has there been such a benchmark in the Republican Party defined by grassroots folks.  Sharron Angle is poised to take on Harry Reid in Nevada this November while Meg Whitman could become Governor of California & Carly Fiorina could take on Barbara Boxer in November. 

Some GOP insiders I’ve talked to expect TEA Party Conservatives eventually to take over the GOP much like the Christian Coalition did.  As usual, Texas Conservatives will lead the state GOP and the Texas GOP will lead the nation.  The Texas GOP Convention likely won’t be pretty; kind of like making sausage, we may not want to know how it’s made, we just want it to be great when they’re through.  Expect the Texas GOP to hold on to Conservative principles; limited government, low taxes, spending cuts, strong defense, securing the borders, free market answers to the economy and healthcare, etc. I’ll post major changes to the Texas GOP Platform here as soon as possible.