Strategic Public Affairs®

Keystone Pipeline helps EVERYONE!

elizabeth — Tue, 21 May 2013 18:44:53 +0000

What do jobs, dividends, …

Back to the Future – 1980′s Style

elizabeth — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 17:01:48 +0000

The National Geographic channel had a great three part series earlier this week – “The 80s: The Decade That Made Us.” The show was fantastic. As a kid of the 1980s, this …

Things We Take for Granted

elizabeth — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 19:50:37 +0000

How do you define technology? When you hear the word technology, you likely think of ethernet, internet, laptops, cell phones and microprocessors. We live in a world where we take for granted …

Don’t we already have Term Limits?

elizabeth — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 20:04:32 +0000

“They’re baaaaaaack.” No, I am not talking about Poltergeist IV. I am talking about term limits. It looks like the push for term limits is politically fashionable again. New organizations are popping up and legislation to limit terms in office …

The New Political Media

elizabeth — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 20:25:34 +0000

You hear it from both sides during campaign season: “Reporters love Candidate X” or “the media is not telling the whole story.” But a quickly emerging trend in politics now is that the candidates, campaigns, and elected officials have started …

Fracking…exactly how important is it?

elizabeth — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 03:09:01 +0000

The world we live in today could not exist without oil and gas. The oil and gas we are finding is more and more difficult to extract from the ground. But, fracking has made it possible to get that oil …

Our Future Is Maybe Not So Bright or Smart?

elizabeth — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 00:50:14 +0000

One of the characters in Faharenheit 451, Mildred Montag, along with most of the book’s society, mindlessly watches television on screens that cover their walls. Books are illegal and human emotions are scarce. Technology has taken the place of thinking …

Politics is Like a Box of Chocolates

elizabeth — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 20:19:30 +0000

I recently saw a blog post titled “Politics is like a Box of Chocolate.” I like that. It is true. The post was talking about different types of spending and promises (the middle of various chocolates), but I immediately thought …

Perry vs. Abbott?

elizabeth — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:35:22 +0000

DFW politics reporter Brad Watson has received some good exposure lately. First he broke news that Attorney General Greg Abbott had told donors he was running for governor in 2014. Then last week he reported that Gov. Perry said that …

New Member Sparkle

elizabeth — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 21:39:12 +0000

Today we had the honor of listening to Congressman Randy Weber speak to The Business Forum. Congressman Weber was elected this past November. While he is new to Congress, he is not a new elected official. He was a Texas …