Columns
Sunset Commission says Railroad Commission needs new name
By DAVE McNEELY The Texas Railroad Commission, for decades a stepping-stone to higher elective office, should change its name, says the staff of the Sunset ...
Dave McNeely, Author at Port Arthur News
Editorials
EDC plans on streets, housing worth more discussion
The Port Arthur Economic Development Corporation proposed a plan this week that might get the process started for repairing pothole-riddled roads in Port Arthur. The ...
by Dave McNeely, Thursday, November 5, 2015 8:36 am
Columns
Rick Perry: Adios, My Oval Fling’s Over
Rick Perry’s Adios wasn’t as melodic as Willie Nelson’s “Turn Out The Lights, the Party’s Over.” But it carried the same sentiment. The former Texas ...
by Dave McNeely, Thursday, September 17, 2015 9:31 am
Columns
Texas politics: Women’s health in Texas, Colorado
If reducing the number of abortions is actually the goal of Texas Republican politicians, rather than going berserk over a film designed to embarrass Planned ...
by Dave McNeely, Friday, July 24, 2015 10:13 am
Columns
Effort to start race war May do opposite
The senseless racist murder of nine members of an historic black church in Charleston, S.C., was a sad counterpoint to months of controversy of blacks ...
by Dave McNeely, Friday, June 26, 2015 8:45 am
Columns
Perry: From “Oops!” to hopes
Rick Perry’s official kickoff in Addison on June 4 for his most recent presidential race was meticulously planned, right down to having a C-130 transport ...
by Dave McNeely, Thursday, June 11, 2015 8:46 am
Greg Abbott
Texas politics: Abbott — The $94 Billion Man
While Gov. Greg Abbott revels in a $3.8 billion tax cut proposed for the next two years, it wouldn’t be a stretch to call him ...
by Dave McNeely, Thursday, May 28, 2015 10:38 am
Columns
Texas Politics: Marijuana decriminalization snuffed out
The Texas Legislature probably will adjourn June 1 without reducing the penalties for marijuana possession to the level of a traffic ticket. Proponents of the ...
by Dave McNeely, Thursday, May 21, 2015 9:52 am
Columns
Texas politics: Comptroller Hegar to the rescue?
Glenn Hegar may have ridden to the rescue — if Texas’ top leaders — and especially Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick — are wise enough to ...