Texas Statewide Candidates News
September 23, 2008
17:00
The first meeting of this campaign's steering committee was on March 12, 2005 in my wife Rachel's and my living room. Twenty long months have passed. During that time Rachel and I have met personally with thousands of our fellow Texans who once were strangers and now are friends. During that time a remarkable statewide network of grassroots volunteers and supporters has carried the message of snarko!http://www.blogger.com/profile/09317635799641286718noreply@blogger.com1
Source: David Van Os
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OPEN LETTER TO THE NEWS MEDIA
David Van Os urges the news media to pursue common sense questions about Greg Abbott's use of state property in his political campaign.
Statement of David Van Os:
The attorney general of Texas, the state's top lawyer, has publicly admitted through a spokesman that he is using, in his political campaign, videos that he produced with state property and state snarko!http://www.blogger.com/profile/09317635799641286718noreply@blogger.com0
Source: David Van Os
17:00
PRESS RELEASE
"Whether it's using mothers and children as statistics while ignoring them as individuals; building an expensive film department to glorify himself on the taxpayers' dollar; using the Ten Commandments to idolize himself; or using state property for his campaign commercials, Greg Abbott's term as attorney general of Texas has been all about Greg Abbott, not about the people."
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Source: David Van Os
17:00
Hey Greg, WRONG is WRONG, LYING is LYING, and STEALING is STEALING.
The "good guy" image of himself that Greg Abbott is spending millions of dollars to promote is phonier than a three-dollar bill. Beneath the glossy campaign ads, he's a thief and a hypocrite, and his claim to be such a nice guy is a pack of lies.
Abbott has been caught red-handed using film produced by state employees on snarko!http://www.blogger.com/profile/09317635799641286718noreply@blogger.com1
Source: David Van Os
17:00
While I support stiff penalties for sex predators, I am opposed to punishing a crime that did not result in a death with the death penalty. This makes me the exact opposite of Greg Abbott, who favors the death penalty for 'sex predators' even where the offense did not result in a death.
Applying the death penalty to a crime that did not result in death is disproportionate to the crime and thus snarko!http://www.blogger.com/profile/09317635799641286718noreply@blogger.com14
Source: David Van Os
17:00
The Bush administration prosecuted less than ten (10) employers nationwide last year for violating laws in the employment of undocumented immigrants. As a loyal Bush Republican, Greg Abbott does absolutely nothing about corporate employers who violate these laws.
Employers who pay substandard wages to attract undocumented immigrant workers harm everybody. (1) Those employers foster disrespect snarko!http://www.blogger.com/profile/09317635799641286718noreply@blogger.com5
Source: David Van Os
September 22, 2008
21:00
A good friend of mine lamented, "Even a politician with the very best intentions has to compromise integrity to the almighty dollar."
This is what the elitists of the Consultant & Donor Party WANT us to think.
It is NOT necessary to compromise integrity for the almighty dollar. I reject that premise.
Let us together reject the premise that the exercise of self-government has to entail snarko!http://www.blogger.com/profile/09317635799641286718noreply@blogger.com9
Source: David Van Os
21:00
[also published on Texas Blue, in response to On Running Races and Pointing Fingers]
Mr. Nassar,
You are so obsessed with trashing me it seems you are not capable of hearing anything that is contrary to your formula.
The state rep candidates you mention were some of the targeted races. So of course they would have a different perspective.
That is just one example of how you mix up all the snarko!http://www.blogger.com/profile/09317635799641286718noreply@blogger.com0
Source: David Van Os
21:00
PRESS RELEASE
"Greg Abbott puts his faith in the false idol of money. I'm glad to put my trust and faith in democracy and the people of Texas. He cannot buy this election." ~David Van Os
Statement of David Van Os:
"Greg Abbott is outspending me at least 50 to 1. His millions come from corporate executives who are used to buying government. My funding comes from ordinary people who want snarko!http://www.blogger.com/profile/09317635799641286718noreply@blogger.com0
Source: David Van Os
21:00
PRESS RELEASE
"Greg Abbott set up his unconstitutional voter suppression program for the same purpose that he does everything else -- to get publicity to promote himself at the taxpayers' expense."
Statement of David Van Os:
"Yesterday the federal court in Tyler ordered Greg Abbott to stop violating the voting rights of Texas citizens through his unconstitutional 'voter fraud' program.
"The snarko!http://www.blogger.com/profile/09317635799641286718noreply@blogger.com0
Source: David Van Os
21:00
PRESS RELEASE :: GREG ABBOTT SHAMEFULLY USING CHILDREN AS STAGE PROPS TO BLITZ THE AIRWAVES WITH LIES AND HYPOCRISY
"If the accused predators Abbott's arrested had the money to give him big campaign contributions, instead of being arrested they would have been honored guests at his high-dollar fundraisers." ~David Van Os
"Greg Abbott is using his millions of dollars of corporate special snarko!http://www.blogger.com/profile/09317635799641286718noreply@blogger.com1
Source: David Van Os
21:00
The San Antonio Firefighters Association announced October 13 that it has endorsed David Van Os in the race for Texas Attorney General.
David reacted, "It is an honor to be endorsed by our state's finest public servants who risk life and limb to protect the public from fires and natural disasters. I am grateful for this expression of confidence from the San Antonio Firefighters, one of the snarko!http://www.blogger.com/profile/09317635799641286718noreply@blogger.com0
Source: David Van Os
21:00
PRESS RELEASE :: Van Os Completing 254-County Tour; Proposes
Constitutional Protection from Eminent Domain and Tolling
OCTOBER 16: In the last week of his 254-county whistlestop tour, Attorney General candidate David Van Os suggests Constitutional Amendments to protect Texans from continuing abuses of eminent domain and toll roads.
Unveiling what he terms "Citizens' Protection Amendments," snarko!http://www.blogger.com/profile/09317635799641286718noreply@blogger.com4
Source: David Van Os
21:00
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
"Rural Texans have been pushed to the bottom of the ladder for way too long. Government is supposed to belong to ALL the people, not just the urban elite power brokers." ~ David Van Os
In recognition of David Van Os' demonstrated commitment to addressing the needs of rural Texas and the agricultural community, the Family Farmers United Political Action Committee has snarko!http://www.blogger.com/profile/09317635799641286718noreply@blogger.com0
Source: David Van Os
21:00
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
"If elected to serve as Attorney General of Texas, I solemnly promise that I will use every legal means available to me by that office to bring to a halt and/or invalidate the unconstitutional and illegal project known as the Trans-Texas Corridor."
~David Van Os, from written oath filed in public records at county courthouses
David Van Os' candidacy for Attorney General snarko!http://www.blogger.com/profile/09317635799641286718noreply@blogger.com0
Source: David Van Os
21:00
Throughout Greg Abbott's term as Texas Attorney General I've been appalled at his rank exploitation of children and human tragedies. During the nearly six months' time that I've been touring Texas and visiting with people in every part of our state, I have listened to many of my fellow Texans and learned many things about real people's real concerns. The time has come for me to speak out against snarko!http://www.blogger.com/profile/09317635799641286718noreply@blogger.com28
Source: David Van Os
21:00
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Government is supposed to belong to all the people, therefore the political process has to include all the people, in every county of our state. That's why I'm spending from April to October personally visiting and speaking to the public at every one of the 254 county courthouses in Texas.
Under the Texas Constitution the people are entitled to a state attorney general who snarko!http://www.blogger.com/profile/09317635799641286718noreply@blogger.com0
Source: David Van Os
21:00
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE :: October 3, 2006
DAVID VAN OS CONTINUES STATEWIDE WHISTLESTOP TOUR
Tour Hit 231st County on September 29
"Government belongs to all the people of Texas; therefore the political process must include all the people." ~ David Van Os
David Van Os continues this week on his whistlestop tour to meet with the public at all 254 county courthouses in Texas. Last week Van Os snarko!http://www.blogger.com/profile/09317635799641286718noreply@blogger.com1
Source: David Van Os
21:00
While Barnstorming the State, Van Os Challenges Abbott to Debate
Yesterday David Van Os, while in the midst of his county-to-county tour in West Texas, sent Greg Abbott a one-line letter challenging the incumbent to a public debate of the issues in this year's election for attorney general. A copy of the letter is below.
For approximately the last 5 months Van Os has been on a whistlestop tour snarko!http://www.blogger.com/profile/09317635799641286718noreply@blogger.com6
Source: David Van Os
21:00
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE :: September 22, 2006
According to widely circulated reports, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott's office dispatched a squad of armed agents with subpoenas to forcibly seize, without permission, thousands of records from the federal court's storage facility, records that were part of pending federal court cases involving possible fraudulent diagnoses of silicosis, a lung snarko!http://www.blogger.com/profile/09317635799641286718noreply@blogger.com1
Source: David Van Os
