Daily Archives: February 19, 2007

The Fightin


The Fightin

Icy Weather and the Burn Piles


Icy Weather and the Burn Piles


Please don

Fewer Viewers Means Oscars Need To Get More


Fewer Viewers Means Oscars Need To Get More

As Far As I Can Tell He


As Far As I Can Tell He

Flipping The Bird At America


Flipping The Bird At America

Texas Homeowners Still Paying Highest Taxes and Insurance Proportionately in the Nation!


Texas Homeowners Still Paying Highest Taxes and Insurance Proportionately in the Nation!


One simple question: Why?


Two years ago with Gov. Perry, then Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) Commissioner Jose Montemayor, and legislators “looking the other way,” lax insurance legislation permitted the industry to double the premiums paid by Texas homeowners.


At that time and during the previous several years the insurance industry had been experiencing a “hard market” and was losing revenue. It had called upon the state informally to help with correcting the market, but few listened to industry pleas.


As in many previous years of “hard markets” the insurance industry elected to act on the problem without waiting any longer for government interaction on its behalf. It then “over-corrected” the market by the overnight doubling of homeowner insurance premiums.


In some instances, the industry decreased the coverage and still increased the premiums significantly.


The reactions by homeowners was disbelief and then anger. They contacted the offices of the Governor, TDI, and various legislators. They were told publicly by Gov. Perry and TDI Comm. Montemayor that by the next year the insurance industry would refund up to 14-percent of the increased premiums.


To date, that has NEVER occurred.


I reported the insurance incident/revolution two years ago and stated that homeowners would never see $1 of that money and that home insurance premiums forever would remain doubled. As the Bible frequently states, “So, it came to pass…”!


Currently we are nearing the end of the 1st business quarter of Year 2007 and are in a “softer market”, and the industry is reaping substantial profits. Still there is no sign of legislators or the insurance industry decreasing the premiums of home insurance to a more reasonable figure.


Periodically Gov. Perry gives the issue some lip service and leaves it up to the Legislature to consider, but no one seriously is acting on behalf of overburdened Texas homeowners.


Unless Texans pound on the gubernatorial and legislative doors and communicate via phone and letters that home insurance relief is needed NOW, no one will do anything about it and Texas homeowners will continue to pay the highest premium costs anywhere in the nation.


We either can remain the docile sheep officials want us to be, or we can move on correcting this unacceptable series of insurance events.


Peter Stern of Driftwood, Texas, <pstern@austin.rr.com>, a former Director of Information Services, university professor and public school administrator, is a political writer well-known and published frequently throughout the Texas community and nationwide. He is a Disabled Vietnam Veteran and holds three post-graduate degrees.

Letters To The Editor


To The Editor:


OUR TROOPS IN IRAQ


Relating to the House of Representatives debate of the non-binding resolution against the “troop surge” for the Iraq war and the Bush News Conference of 2/14/07:


We know from history a misrepresentation shouted loud enough and long enough becomes believed by many. This strategy is known as the “Big Lie.” The present administration has incorporated this strategic rhetoric of “Support Our Troops,” which we must do, in a perverse way to convince and coerce the American People and the U.S. Congress into submission and divert them from understanding the true facts. In-fact, this administration hides behind the slogan “Support Our Troops” while pretending to protect the lives of American troops.


America entered the invasion and war in Iraq under questionable and false pretenses and this is indisputable. The U.S. invaded with far too few troops to guarantee victory placing our troops, our children, in “harm

Tricky Ricky Does It Again


Tricky Ricky Does It Again


As Uncle Hugh used to say, “Outlaws get the best tax rate.”



Cheap Trick


Lying Tricky Ricky Perry, the governor Texans didn

Hutchison, Cornyn Choose Death


Hutchison, Cornyn
Choose Death


The showdown is over and death won.


With the assistance of U.S. anti-patriots Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison and Sen. John Cornyn, their GOP bretheren were able to gridlock a measure that would have provided debate on whether President Bush

Comptroller Distributes $609 Million In Local Sales Tax In Texas


AUSTIN

Art To Play Role In Women


DALLAS

Real Estate Center Economist Warns of Foreclosure


COLLEGE STATION

TTC, Animal ID Protestors To Invade Austin March 2


AUSTIN

North Korea Moves To End Nuclear Program


BEIJING, China

Film Fights Racial Stereotypes On Pop TV — ‘Turn Off Channel Zero’ Aims At BET, MTV, VH1 Owners


‘Turn Off Channel Zero’ Aims At BET, MTV, VH1 Owners


ATLANTA, Ga.

No Proof Iran Supplying Weapons To Iraqis, Say Bush


WASHINGTON, D.C.

U.S. House Disapproves Of Bush


WASHINGTON

South Dakota House Approves Bill Banning Abortions


WASHINGTON

California, Iowa Senates Oppose Troop Escalation


DES MOINES, Iowa

Conservation Group Asks Alaska To Keep Bear Hunting Ban


ANCHORAGE, Alaska

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