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 Business Groups Back David Porter for Railroad Commissioner Aug 27, 2010
An exciting news day for my campaign: the Texas Association of Businesses (TAB) as well as the C Club of Houston have endorsed my candidacy for Texas Railroad Commissioner. > Read More Longview News-Journal: Railroad commission candidate stumps in East Texas  Aug 12, 2010 Republican candidate David Porter brought his campaign for Texas Railroad Commissioner to East Texas on Tuesday, telling supporters in Longview, Kilgore and Tyler he wants to protect Texas from the federal government's growing influence. "It's going to take some effort because they really want to take it over," he said. Porter is a certified public accountant now living in Giddings, but he counts his and his wife's nearly 30 years in Midland working with oil producers as experience for the railroad commission. > Read MoreWashington’s Misguided Response to the BP Spill Jul 14, 2010
In the eleven weeks since an underwater pipeline ruptured, spilling massive quantities of oil into the gulf, pressure has mounted on the Washington politicians to “do something” about it. Unfortunately, their impotent response has contributed little to the two most pressing needs: stopping the leak, and protecting our shores and gulf waters from an environmental and economic disaster. Instead, the Washington politicians have given us a sideshow masquerading as a solution: over-reacting to the first such major spill in 30 years by making repeated attempts to ban all deepwater exploration. Washington has a tendency to offer pseudo-solutions that increase their role in managing what they have already bungled. Think the federalization of emergency response following Katrina. Or in this case, consider the Obama ban on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. > Read More |
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