Cal Jillson

Type: Person

Name: Cal Jillson

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Your Turn — Monday, May 13, 2013

Guns on campusRe: “Time is running out for legislators,” Front Page, May 6:Whether one is an advocate for or against legislation allowing gun storage (and handling) on Texas college campuses, it is a terrible idea for our state.I am a retired college ... [Published MySanAntonio - May 13 2013]

Entities: Texas Legislature, Barry Abrams, San Antonio (Texas, United States)

First reported May 12 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Republican Party (US)

Obama strategy for immigration reform win comes with some risks

The White House plans to use an inside-outside game to pressure Congress as it seeks a political victory for President Obama on immigration reform.The inside game includes meetings with key stakeholder groups, such as one this week with Asian American ... [Published The Hill - May 12 2013]

Entities: Republican Party (US), Barack Obama, Cal Jillson

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

Rick Perry

Eclipsed by Cruz, Perry finds his ambitions overshadowed by rising star

“People prefer to bet on a rising star than a falling star.”Claremont McKenna political scientist Jack Pitney.Since Rick Perry is consistently at 1-2% in our 2016 polling we’re going to replace him with Ted Cruz for now— PublicPolicyPolling (@ppppolls) ... [Published Austin American Statesman - May 07 2013]

Entities: Ted Cruz, Rick Perry, Cal Jillson, Republican Party (US)

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

SMU's Deal with Bush Library Threatens University's Academic Independence

You know what's wrong with the Bush Presidential Center at SMU? It's not a terrible thing or place in and of itself, yet. But what's wrong already is that it represents such a lay-down by the leadership of the university. The way the thing is set up is ... [Published Dallas Observer - May 07 2013]

Entities: Cal Jillson, University of Texas, Jim Schutze

First reported May 04 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 1 reports

Tennessee lawmakers build war chests

WASHINGTON ? It's one of the folkways of Capitol Hill: Incumbents keeping large amounts of cash in their campaign accounts as a way of scaring off potential challengers. "No one knows what the next election holds," Cal Jillson, political analyst at Southern ... [Published Tennessean - May 04 2013]

Entities: John Duncan, Fundraising, Cal Jillson, Joe Carr

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 3 reports

Could The Next US President Be From Calgary?

WASHINGTON - Ted Cruz, the Calgary-born conservative darling, has made a big splash in just five months as a U.S. senator — and now he's apparently eyeing a run for president with the support of the very Tea Party crowd that has bitterly alleged U.S. ... [Published Huffington Post Canada - May 02 2013]

Entities: Ted Cruz, Calgary, Cal Jillson

First reported Apr 28 2013 - Updated Apr 28 2013 - 1 reports

Candidate won contract as panelist

When District 8 City Council candidate Rolando Briones served on the Planning Commission in 2011, he won an engineering contract from the city worth up to $500,000, though the City Charter and ethics code prohibit “city officers” from seeking such co ... [Published MySanAntonio - Apr 28 2013]

Entities: Cal Jillson, Community Service, Landholder

First reported Apr 27 2013 - Updated Apr 27 2013 - 1 reports

Agenda Texas: The Influence of Presidential Libraries

Enlarge photo by: Filipa Rodrigues/KUTGeorge W. Bush speaking at the dedication of the Bush Presidential Center on the SMU Campus in DallasWe previously talked about how the opening of the Bush Library and Museum begins the rehabilitation of the former ... [Published The Texas Tribune - Apr 27 2013]

Entities: Cal Jillson, George W Bush, Mark McKinnon, Gail Collins, George P. Bush

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 1 reports

Who cares about City elections?

The analysts and politicians were wringing their hands after the March city council elections in Los Angeles, where turnout was just 16 percent. “Awful” and “embarrassing,” said the city council president.We should be so lucky. One projection for turnout ... [Published Advocate Magazine - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: Elections, Dallas (Texas, United States), Preston Hollow, Cal Jillson

First reported Apr 21 2013 - Updated Apr 21 2013 - 1 reports

Home-grown terrorist attack threatens to disrupt Obama’s second-term agenda

The Boston Marathon terrorist attack allegedly hatched by two brothers from Chechnya is threatening to disrupt President Obama’s second-term agenda.Opponents of immigration reform — the most promising priority of Obama’s second term remaining after the ... [Published The Hill - Apr 21 2013]

Entities: Barack Obama, Michael McCaul, Acts of Terrorism

First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 1 reports

Legislators Dip Into Campaign Accounts to Boost Their Staff's Pay

This is one in a series of occasional stories about ethics and transparency in the part-time Texas Legislature.Texas taxpayers pay the salaries of the legislative staffers who work for Sen. Kirk Watson , D-Austin. Since 2006, Watson has added to those ... [Published The Texas Tribune - Apr 18 2013]

Entities: Kirk Watson, Fred Lewis, Cal Jillson

First reported Apr 16 2013 - Updated Apr 16 2013 - 2 reports

Bob Perry transformed Texas politics

Bob Perry let his checkbook do the talking for him.Quiet and unassuming — the archetype of the old-fashioned Southern gentleman — Perry, who died Saturday night at age 80, transformed politics in Texas and the rest of the United States with his big-dollar ... [Published MySanAntonio - Apr 16 2013]

Entities: Bob Perry, Dolph Briscoe, Bill Clements, Karl Rove, Cal Jillson

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Your Turn — Monday, May 13, 2013 [Published MySanAntonio - May 13 2013]
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Eclipsed by Cruz, Perry finds his ambitions ove... [Published Austin American Statesman - May 07 2013]
SMU's Deal with Bush Library Threatens Universi... [Published Dallas Observer - May 07 2013]
Tennessee lawmakers build war chests [Published Tennessean - May 04 2013]
Could The Next US President Be From Calgary? [Published Huffington Post Canada - May 02 2013]
Calgary-born Cruz ponders a presidential run [Published Metronews - May 01 2013]
Calgary-born Cruz ponders a presidential run; T... [Published Newstalk 1290 CJBK - May 01 2013]
Inside Intelligence: About the Prosecution... [Published The Texas Tribune - Apr 30 2013]
Candidate won contract as panelist [Published MySanAntonio - Apr 28 2013]
Agenda Texas: The Influence of Presidential Lib... [Published The Texas Tribune - Apr 27 2013]
Who cares about City elections? [Published Advocate Magazine - Apr 25 2013]
Inside Intelligence: About That Road Money... [Published The Texas Tribune - Apr 23 2013]
Home-grown terrorist attack threatens to disrup... [Published The Hill - Apr 21 2013]
Legislators Dip Into Campaign Accounts to Boost... [Published The Texas Tribune - Apr 18 2013]
Inside Intelligence: About Another Round of Red... [Published The Texas Tribune - Apr 16 2013]
Bob Perry transformed Texas politics [Published MySanAntonio - Apr 16 2013]
Bob Perry, Conservative Money Man, Altered Texa... [Published MySanAntonio - Apr 16 2013]
News flash: Ted Cruz is not KBH [Published Off the Kuff - Apr 09 2013]
Ted Cruz, Tea Party-Backed Senator, Blazing A T... [Published The Huffington Post \| Full News Feed - Feb 14 2013]
Mayor Castro to reflect on Obama's America at DNC [Published USA Today - Sep 04 2012]

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News flash: Ted Cruz is not KBH [Published Off the Kuff - Apr 09 2013] I know, I’m as shocked as you are . Not Ted Cruz For nearly two decades, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison delivered thousands of federal projects to Texas that added billions of dollars to the state’s economy. The leader of a bipartisan approach known ...