Burnt Orange Report

And Strama did what this past session? Oh, that's right. Jack shit.

Zimmerman had already announced once, but no one noticed - so he did it again!

For the lowdown on what a nutjob this guy is, go over to inthepinktexas.com and read the 'comments' section on the Zimmerman write up to learn what a psycho this guy is.

And if you are a Mark Strama fan - pray, pray, pray that this guy gets the Republican nomination. It would be as close a guarantee to re-election as the androgenous wonder can get up in District 50.

Zimmerman really strikes you that he is a mental case who should be in a group home that has no knives or sharp objects.

Mark Strama did an awesome job in helping to defeat Mary Denny's Voter ID bill. Not to mention he knocked off Jack Stick. You think the Republicans would grant him any hearings or let any of his bills out of committee? You've got to be freaking kidding me. That would require a level of civility and an ability to govern, things Craddick and his Republican minions have never been accused of.

"You think the Republicans would grant him any hearings or let any of his bills out of committee?"

So by your own admission the people of this district would be better served by a Republican given the current political environment. I like the honesty here.

I guess by VoterID bill you mean the bill that would have clamped down on voter fraud? Damn, glad he helped stop that dire threat.

Don't freaking twist my words around. Killing good bills sponsored by Democrats is prcisely the reason Republicans have continuously failed to accomplish anything for the past 5 special sessions. They control the calendar and yet nothing continues to get done. Yeah, some good Republican "leadership" has done the state.

And I guess by would have clamped down on voter ID fraud you mean make it more difficult for minorities to vote?

I've known Don for a few years now through the Republican Liberty Caucus. He's principled and passionate, I'm sorry that all some commenters have as criticism are "nutjob" and "psycho," but that's the Internet.

I'm sorry you don't like the Zs Karl, but not really :) I mean, BOR writers are not his target market, so if you liked them and said so I'd worry more. They're meant to draw attention to his last name and differentiate him from the current result-less crowd that we have in Austin. It's sad to say, but we need to shake some things up in Austin and I think Don Zimmerman is just the guy to do that.

It's funny, Don put in some work against red light cameras and put his neck out a bit by helping the ACLU on ID card issues and this is the way the Left repays him.

I'll remember that.

I find it hilarious that Republicans would try to direct the anger that many justifiably feel toward the Legislature at Mark Strama ... and try to replace him with one of their mindless goose-stepping clones.

It is the useless, utterly ineffective GOP leadership in Texas that has engendered such exasperation and hand-wringing.

Mark will wipe the floor with this guy.

"And I guess by would have clamped down on voter ID fraud you mean make it more difficult for minorities to vote?"

No, but it's disappointing to see that you are such a racist that you assume those committing voter fraud are minorities.

One of the things Mark did was help eliminate the double taxation issue with a Municipal Utility District that was a big deal with some of the most Republican members of the district. You may think local issues don't show a level of accomplishment but in that district, it's a big deal. It's also one that Jack Stick pledged to solve when we was still a State Rep when the Republicans gained power but didn't do Jack Shit about.

And please, if Republicans are upset at Austin, they only have their party to blame, not the Democrats, considering the Democratic Education plan had crossover Republican support and was the only Ed bill with a decent chance of passing both chambers before the Republican leadership bitchslapped it out of session.

Hey Kent:

Give me one example of voter fraud in Texas that would have been prevented had the voter-ID bill become law? Guess what? You can't, and niether could Mary Denny.

Any by the way, when Phillip pointed out the bill would make it harder for minorities to vote, he was quoting...let me see here...who could it be...the US Department of Justice.

Jerk.

WARNING, WARNING...

Rob Booth is another libertarian Republican wack job. He's also from Houston and older. Gross.

Has anyone ever met one of these black helicopter types? I mean, it's like they're from another dimension. Even Republicans seem to recoil in their presence.

Running as Libertarians seems to have not gotten them the attention they crave. It kinds reminds me of middle school, you know, the disturbed person in the back of the classroom that nobody liked but was always saying 'pay attention to me' in some strange way.

Ever wonder what happened to that strange person? Well, he probably became a Republican Liberty Caucus member.

Democrats have the Lyndon Larouche contingency and Republicans have the Liberty Caucus. We all have our crosses to bear.

Zimmerman is a small-government guy. That means he opposes red-light cameras and biometric IDs (popular with liberals) and he opposes higher taxes (popular with conservatives).

As for the double-taxation issue in the Municipal Utility District in HD-50, as it happens, Zimmerman and Strama are working together on that, in conjunction with the City of Austin. The deal isn't finished yet, but Strama has done a good job of moving forward the effort Zimmerman started, and Mayor Will Wynne has been a huge part of that effort also. (Zimmerman is president of the MUD district.)

Obviously, for a yellow-dog D, any time a D is replaced with an R, you're going to be unhappy. But if you think Zimmerman is your worst nightmare, well, your nightmares are pretty tame.