July 3, 2015      4:41 PM
Lite Guv Patrick uses holiday weekend to quietly dissolve so called grass roots advisory board
Same "advisory" group that called Abbott's Pre-k initiative "socialist" intended to "brainwash" children and embarrassed lite Guv on eve of vote
The
statement from Lt. Governor Dan Patrick
announcing the dissolution of the so-called Grassroots Advisory Board
can be found below. "As Lt. Governor
my office established advisory boards comprised of citizens from all walks of
life and business backgrounds to help advise me on
public policy issues," said Lt. Governor Patrick. "We will continue
working with these boards moving forward, but we are making one change in our boards structure now.
"Several
members of the grassroots advisory board have expressed a desire for greater
independence," continued Patrick.
"As such, Chair
JoAnn Fleming and I have mutually
agreed to dissolve the grassroots advisory board and work together as we have
for the last several years on a less formal basis."
"The Texas
grassroots conservative network is recognized as the nation's strongest," said
Fleming. "Maintaining our independence is necessary for the credibility of
the growing Texas grassroots movement, and as we move into the next election
cycle, we do not want our endorsements and positions to be viewed as anything
other than our own independent decisions, based on conservative, limited
government principles. We wish our Lt. Governor well and look forward to
working with him for the good of Texas as we have in the past. We don't need a
formal committee to do that."
Patrick
concluded, "I look forward to the 85th Legislature and beyond and
continuing to receive input and feedback from my friends in the grassroots. We
still have much work to do."
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