Ratliff vs Rinaldi

On February 11, 2016, The editorial board of The Dallas Morning News published a short editorial argues that the Coppell civil engineer and former 2012 Texas House Member Bennett Ratliff is a better candidate in the GOP race for Texas House of Representatives District 115 than Irving attorney and 2014 Texas House Member Matt Rinaldi.

This editorial was written directly toward the Republican voters in Texas House District 115.
The argument is very clear and assumption made is that GOP voters would be better off with Ratliff. There is a political significance of this argument because it matter a lot to the resident of Texas on who will be their Texas House Representative. The author of this article is one of the editor for The Dallas Morning News which is a reputable and credible newspaper in Dallas, Texas.

The editorial stated both Ratliff and Rinaldi are "smart and well-spoken candidates" because they both won before and both wish to improve the "Robin Hood" school finance system, and no new taxes or tolls on transportation. But other than that, the author claimed Ratliff is the better candidate. For example, flexibility, Ratliff had a "stronger record of steering bills into law" by working with both his party and the Democrats in the Texas capital. Ratliff also have experience on education funding, therefore he should be the Texas House Representative for district 115.

However, this editorial did not convince me enough personally. I think the editorial is too short and lacks details on Ratliff and Rinaldi. It also have weak and little evidences to appeal to the targeted audiences, the republican voters of district 115, and leaving them to trust their instincts on who to vote for or not vote at all.

UT regents ready to spend to be the best

If anyone is interested in University of Texas, Texas politics, money, the health and the medicine field, I think you will enjoy reading this article published by Austin-American Statesman. Not only should you read this article, you should also follow the recent news about the University of Texas System. The Board of Regents will meet in Galveston on February 11th, 2016, and they are prepared to approve more spending on three "high-priority initiatives." One of the initiative is telemedicine, a word I just learned today, which is a combination of telecommunication and clinical health care. The initiatives will be signed, accepted and guaranteed by the Permanent University Fund. Does something sounds familiar? The article also states little details about other programs and spendings. I believe that there will be a lot more money talk going around very, very soon.