With the recent allegations against Congressman Michael McCaul over multiple days on this website I believe that it is important to bring light to a letter released by BAE today to the Editors of many Texas Newspapers. There is no constituent of Congressman Michael McCaul that knows this issue any better than BAE themselves and below is a letter from their President of Global Tactical Systems thanking Congressman McCaul for all of his hard work and continued support.
Editor,
In light of the GAO's decision to uphold a key aspect of BAE Systems' protest of the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicle contract, I wanted to take a moment to thank our community for the remarkable support we have received over the last 17 years. While it's too early to speculate exactly what this decision means for our business, we look forward to working with the Army to ensure the continued production of FMTVs and discussing options for delivery of these vehicles beyond our current contract.
One of the most important and inspiring outcomes of this protest period is the amazing support we have received from our friends and neighbors. On behalf of the more than 3,000 employees at our Sealy plant, I wanted to offer my sincere thanks to the Sealy FMTV Task Force, the Greater Houston Partnership and the hundreds of individuals who have rallied on our behalf. We also appreciate the vigorous activity by elected officials across Texas.
Specifically, I wanted to thank Sealy's U.S. Congressional Representative Michael McCaul for his ongoing and steadfast support. Congressman McCaul has worked with us tirelessly and always maintained an open door policy with him and his staff. We have enjoyed hosting the Congressman and his staffers on numerous occasions, including several visits to our facilities over the past years. Even before the Army's decision to recomplete the FMTV contract, we met with Congressman McCaul's staff in his Washington office on a number of occasions to discuss the FMTV situation and other BAE Systems programs. Our offices could not have been more engaged, and we are proud to have such a strong ally on Capitol Hill.
It is an honor to be part of this extraordinary community who shares our commitment to America's men and women in uniform.
Dennis Morris
President, Global Tactical Systems
BAE Systems
Houston, Texas
Thanks to Congressman Michael McCaul for his continued hard work on behalf of the constituents of Tx-10.
I dubbed 2007 the year of the bimbo because of the enormous amount of time dedicated on what was supposed to be news channels, and even our plain old nightly news to the saga of Anna Nicole Smith, the trials and tribulations of Paris Hilton, and the various on goings of Brittany Spears and Lindsay Lohan.
Despite the fact that our country was fighting two bloody wars and the death of such greats as Molly Ivins and Claudia Alta "Lady Bird" Johnson, one quarter to one half of the news on many nights and on many shows was wasted on the afore mentioned bimbos. 2009 is shaping up to be nearly as bad.
For the past two nights, the Rachel Maddow Show has been pre-empted to instead dedicate the full hour to Michael Jackson. Those "news" shows that haven't dedicated their entire show to Jackson, spent a quarter to a half of their time on story. Just as with the death of Anna Nicole Smith, we are getting a play by play on everything from the custody of the children to the location and details of the funeral and burial.
The coverage of Anna Nicole's death was over the top and excessive.
The coverage of Michael Jackson's death is turning out to be just as bad or possibly even worse.
Tim Russert has passed away of a heart attack at just 58 years old. Shocking, sad, at a loss for words.
Many people on both sides of the aisle and all ends of the political spectrum have expressed both positive and negative opinions about Tim Russert through the years. I, for one, have always found him to be one of the the smartest, most reassuring and legitimate voices in politics.
I've grown up with him on Meet the Press and more recently have relied on him and the rest of the NBC News team for great political coverage during this historic presidential campaign. Ian and I have our DVR set to record MTP, but don't bother with the other Sunday morning shows - his is far and away the best one (though I do have a lotta love for Shieffer as well). And the election night coverage on MSNBC never disappoints.
On the night of the Indiana primary, Tim uttered the best line of the entire campaign saying, "We now know who the Democratic nominee is gonna be."
This is incredibly sad news and it will be very difficult to fill his shoes. Brokaw maybe?
The Washington Post paints an eerie picture of Cactus, Texas, a small town that was left nearly deserted after heavy immigration raids in December.
Howard Wolf, a member of the Sunset Advisory Committee, wrote a scathing letter about the state's regulation of alcoholic beverage distribution. He claims there is a link of corruption between lawmakers, the TABC, and wholesale distributors.
In Ore City, a High School student was arrested and held on a $250,000 bond for allegedly plotting to blow up his school. The odd thing is, the student has apparently been threatening to do so for over a year - why was he arrested only now?
For what it's worth, the DMN confirmed that former Senator Phil Gramm, a long-time friend of the Governor, is Vice President of the consulting firm with which Perry discussed selling the Texas Lottery.
My West Texas reports that $913m in TX CHIP funding has been redistributed to other states since 1997, due to a mandate that requires all unused funds to be allocated elsewhere in the nation.
