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Join us for a special Sunday luncheon April 3, 2016 from 12:45-2:15 at Café Adobe in the Marq*E Entertainment Center (7620 Katy Freeway #350). Greg Travis, City Councilman, District G will be our special guest to answer questions about City of Houston politics and issues. Some topics we will discuss will include:
1) Moody’s Investors downgrading the City of Houston’s Public Improvement Refunding Bond due to unfunded pension liabilities, unbalanced budget and revenue cap.
2) Houston Housing Authorities “2640 Fountainview” affordable housing...

Saul Alinsky died about 43 years ago, but his writings influenced those in political control of our nation today… Recall  that Hillary did her college thesis on his writings and Obama writes about him in his Book. Education:       University of Chicago
Died:               June 12, 1972, Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
Books written: Rules for Radicals, Reveille for Radicals Anyone out there think that this stuff isn’t happening today in the U.S. ? How to create a social state by Saul Alinsky: There are eight levels of...

March Membership Madness kicks off with our 2016 Spring Fashion Show featuring Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar as moderator. Our fashion models include Texas State Representatives, Harris County Elected Officials, Houston City Councilmen and Harris County Judges. We thank Caruggi’s of Uptown Park and Joseph A Banks in Highland Village for the fabulous clothing collections. ~ Kathaleen Wall, Programs      

Not one vote has yet been cast in a presidential primary. Don’t let the press (or opinion polls) fool you. There are a total of 2,470 delegates that will decide our Republican presidential candidate, so 1,236 delegates are needed for a single candidate to win the nomination. Texas gets 155 total delegates. Here is a clear source for the number of delegates each state and territory gets and why (scroll down this website’s page for an interesting chart): http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P16/R-Alloc.phtml I think...

We’re pleased to welcome Ryan Sitton, Texas Railroad Commissioner to our February meeting. Commissioner Sitton will discuss the trends and issues affecting the oil and gas economy including his prospective on the future role that oil plays in the lives of people over the globe. Ryan is the founder of one of the fastest growing private companies in the world, PinnacleART and was elected Texas Railroad Commission in 2015. He is a native Texan and graduate of Texas A&M University where he...

We’re pleased to have Don Carlson speak on “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly – the Legislative Process…An Insider’s Look at what’s going on in DC., covering “2015 Legislative Roundup and A Look Ahead to Congress in 2016.” Mr. Don Carlson is the Managing Director at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Washington DC Metro Area. Don specializes in tax policy, legislative and regulatory Services. He is a trusted advisor in D.C. due to his experience with legislation, government public policy and tax law. He was...