Day Before Session: JoAnn Fleming

"Strength and honor are her clothing;
She shall rejoice in time to come."
Proverbs 31:25

JoAnn Fleming addresses the pre-84th #TXLEGE Tea Party event:



Highlights:

• "These high maintenance elected officials, it's like being pecked to death by a bunch of Chickens."

• Texas electorate - 1/3 D, 1/3 R, 1/3 Tea Party;
• "We've done that with virtually no money."

• Working from the ground up provides sustainability.

• Tea Party is framing the debate.

• At TPPF last week, Workman and Estes were falling over themselves to talk about how much they agree with the Tea Party.

• We will work with R's we don't trust: "On a case by case basis."

• Hire slow, fire fast.

• "There's no going up from a C rating."

• "Someday is here."

• "There is no reason why Texas shouldn't be a leader in the liberty movement."

• Need to have a conversation about how and why we spend money.

• "Every time government grows, liberty retreats."

• Let you elected officials know what you think QUICKLY.

• Rinaldi: Kill the idea of expanding pre-K
• Statist approach to education.

• Religious liberty is under assault in the state of Texas and we need to do something about it.
• Houston and Plano.
• Geren bragged about killing religious liberty amendment.

• We are GOING to reform TxDOT.

• It's past time to untangle our finances from the Federal government.

• Don Huffines' idea of term-limiting agency heads is an idea who's long past.

• They like to delay hearings or hold them in the middle of the night
• Written testimony is a good way to get around the games.

• Byron Cook says he has a "heart" for illegals.

• A lot of Reps only care about the border when the media cares about it.