Time Warner Cable to Air Texas House Hearings

[Avalux]

In San Antonio, Channel 95 (free):

State Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio, was one of more than 100 state lawmakers who asked that cable companies televise the session, much as C-SPAN broadcasts the doings of the U.S. House of Representatives.

“Broadcasting the Legislature will make state government more open and accountable,” Castro said.

Some 300,000 cable customers in San Antonio will be able to watch proceedings on the House floor.

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/politics/texas_legislature/Time_Warner_to_air_Texas_House_hearings.html

[sonias]

1. I think this is great

About time that Time Warner and other cable companies did some public service.

Now if we can only get constituents to watch

The photo voter ID debate will be the hot ticket this session.

Coming to a cable company near you soon.

Sonia

[WolverineDG]

2. There's one hearing I'm dying to see

but the panel got dissolved last week after Hilderbran filed his "Turn CPS into a real Nazi Agency" bill. :grr:

dg

[sonias]

3. It's still going to the committee as a whole

The sub-committee got scrubbed, but not the bill. Hearing will be before the whole Human Services committee as a whole now.

AAS 3/20/09
Committee, not subpanel, to hear Eldorado testimony

State Rep. Patrick Rose, D-Dripping Springs, chairman of the House Committee on Human Services, said Thursday that he has discharged a subcommittee that he'd formed to examine last year's child welfare raid at a West Texas ranch near Eldorado owned by members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

The subcommittee never met.

Rose said that there was a lot of interest in the topic and that it didn't make sense to have people travel to Austin to testify before the subcommittee and then return to testify before the entire committee. So the entire committee will now consider legislation related to the issue.

:hi:

Sonia

[WolverineDG]

4. Do you have an idea if they're going to listen to everyone

or just CPS?

Thanks! :hi:

dg

[sonias]

5. You should be a witness

You were right in the thick of things.

I'm sure witnesses from all sides will be heard, but it if the author of the bill asks that you be invited testimony, you would probably be heard first.

Are you in contact with the Rep that filed the bill?


Sonia

[WolverineDG]

6. Hilderbran? Hell no

I wouldn't go near that fascist with a ten-foot pole.

dg

[sonias]

7. Hilderbran and fascist

Why does that go together so well?

:rofl:

I had no idea.

Then I suppose it's a bad bill, then.


Sonia

[WolverineDG]

8. OMG you should read the bill

Basically says that CPS can come in & remove your kids for any reason (no showing that the children are in imminent physical harm) & not have to find an alternative placement before dumping them into foster care (no showing that they tried to place the children with relatives or remove the alleged perp from the home). Goddamn baby snatchers!

on edit: yeah, if I do get called to testify, I've got a list of DUers I'm gonna send "F-u, I told you so" PMs to.....asshats

dg