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Dallas Morning News once again 'recommends' Mabrie Jackson

Editorial: We recommend Mabrie Jackson in House runoff

Wednesday, March 24, 2010
The Dallas Morning News Editorial Board

The Republican runoff campaign for the Texas House from West Plano has been a contest over who has the more legitimate claim to the term conservative.

Both Mabrie Jackson and Van Taylor have signed the nationally known "taxpayer protection pledge" against new taxes and posted it on their Web sites. (Taylor touts the fact that he signed his first, on Nov. 19, as his first act as a candidate.)

As for guiding principles, Jackson, 45, vows to "keep the government out of my pocketbook and out of my house" if elected from the House District 66.

Taylor, 37, maintains that he is the sole "really, truly, deeply convicted conservative" of the two and that his "singular goal" would be that kind of representation.

If conservative-minded Republicans need a tiebreaker between the two for the April 13 runoff, it won't be a weak résumé for either. Taylor, for example, is an Iraq war veteran with a career in real estate finance and banking.

What voters won't find among Taylor's credentials are two important things Jackson can claim: deep roots in Plano and a long record of public service to the community, both as an officeholder and civic leader. With a record as a former Plano City Council member, Jackson was the top vote-getter at the ballot box March 2, with 41 percent of the primary tally, compared with 33 percent for Taylor. (Candidate Wayne Richard ran third.)

Another tiebreaker is Jackson's solutions-oriented approach to governing and the priorities she has set, including economic development, public education and keeping up with growth through forward-looking transportation and water policies. The state also must do better fighting child abuse, she says.

Jackson, formerly in marketing for EDS and a manager for Microsoft, has lived in Plano since grade school in 1970. Taylor moved to the district after losing a race for Congress from Central Texas in 2006.

One recent comment by Taylor might give voters yet another tiebreaker: He told this newspaper that he would "starve state government."

That's a handy catchphrase, but it says nothing constructive about how to educate children, pave roads or boost the business climate.

The winner of the runoff has no Democratic opponent in November.

link to editorial at The Dallas Morning News....

This entry was posted on March 24th, 2010 at 08:12:09 pm and is filed under News Clippings, Politics, State of Texas, Elections.

6 comments

Comment from: Mike O [Visitor] Email · http://datatroll.wordpress.com/
Great! Most conservatives have long used the DMN recommendations...for who NOT to vote for.
03/25/10 @ 00:39
Comment from: Gini [Visitor] Email
That's great! Now voters in HD66 will know for sure who NOT to vote for.
03/25/10 @ 09:04
Comment from: No Incumbents 2010 [Visitor]
People are still hurting economically and we can't afford a tax increase. So it is an insult to our intelligence when even a "conservative" cannot identify a single state spending program that can be cut or eliminated amid an unprecedented state budget deficit. Candidates like these foster voter apathy and disillusionment.
03/25/10 @ 10:07
Comment from: Thom Baird [Member] Email
Van Taylor is so conservative and frugal that he has sent me five mailers in the last seven days. He is also sending them to voters who do not live in House District 66. He is apparently trying to run for something other than the Texas House and get his name out there for a Congressional race in the future. Any one who spend money like a drunken sailor to get a job that pays $600 per month cannot be trusted with your money.
03/25/10 @ 14:44
Comment from: anon [Visitor] Email
The funny part is that Van acted so appalled that Mabrie sent out a mailer pointing out his track record of lies and fabrications, all of which were shown to be true.

Now Van's conducting borderline illegal but most certainly ethically questionable push polling. I get an anti-Mabrie mailer every day. He's got no track record, so he's in full attack mode.

I guess if your only experience is spending millions to try to buy elections, you start comparing endorsements from the Texas State Teachers' Association and the Parent PAC to being an Obama supporter.

I prefer Mabrie's conservative AND Republican values over Van's liberal spending and misleading campaign tactics.
03/26/10 @ 09:55
Comment from: Tracy [Visitor] Email
I also find Mr. Taylor's negative attacks on Mrs. Jackson very offensive. He claims that she ran negative information regarding him. Well, if truth about Mr. Taylor is negative, that's what you get. I find his repeated attacks very distasteful. Mrs. Jackson is supported by a Parents PAC? That is true - it's the PTA! At least she is talking about REAL issues - transportation,water, education expenses. I haven't heard ONE thing from Mr. Taylor about these critical issues in Plano. Maybe that is because he hasn't been here long enough to understand our local problems.
03/26/10 @ 21:38

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