Hi!
As 2011 begins, I wanted to wish you and yours a Happy New Year and let you know about events taking place ahead of, and during next week Tuesday’s noon start to the state’s legislative session.
Here’s a conservative-driven, two-day event taking place in and around the Statehouse, here’s news from another conservative group planning a capitol-based event for opening day and here’s information on the governor’s and Lt. governor’s inauguration, which takes place on 1/18, exactly a week after the Legislature convenes.
Surely many groups and individuals will be in Austin on opening day—and on any number of the other 139 days of the regular legislative session (quite possible a special session could be in play as well).
Whether in person or through various news outlets, I hope you’ll be able to stay in the loop on the variety of issues making their way through the House and Senate that affect our daily lives.
I plan to be in the Statehouse on 1/11 to greet new and returning legislators, with many subsequent visits sure to be made. As the session progresses, I’ll be closely monitoring the crafting of the state budget; and legislative redistricting, a decennial responsibility of state lawmakers that this year features the inclusion of four additional seats in the U.S. House. Whatever the new district map sorts out to be, I remain in the hunt for a seat in Congress, and with your continued help, we’ll finish what we started!
I hope you had a great holiday season — all the best to you and yours for 2011 and beyond!
