Daily Archives: 11/04/2010

(Community Matters) They aren’t waiting even 48 hours.  Dick Armey who helped fund and found the Tea Party is now issuing demands for repealing health reform and regulation.  No surprise that his clients include pharmaceutical & insurance companies, as well the fossil fuel industry.

(Community Matters) It occurs to me: we should factor in the impact of the  anonymous direction of hundreds of millions of dollars into individual Republican races (from unidentified sources) by Karl Rove (et al) before over reacting to what we think the election results mean.  Definitely, what some of the results mean is that post Citizens United, election landscapes have changed.

Plenty happy to hear of D wins in Western states since Tuesday evening

not at all happy to hear Rs in House & Senate prioritizing Obama’s defeat over all else – this is bullshit and will be met aggressively

(Community Matters) Sold out house for last night’s Entrepreneurs Foundation’s Annual Texas Hold ‘Em Poker Tournament – over 200 supporters at $500/person or at $7.5k corporate tables – plus our underwriter: The Dachis Group and sponsors: Ernst & Young, Hill Partners, Square One Bank, Ticket City & Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.  Major kudos to our co-chairs: Brett Hurt (Bazaarvoice), Chris Pacitti (Austin Ventures), Jeff Dachis (The Dachis Group) and Tom Ball (Austin Ventures).

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not to mention all our corporate table sponsors including Bazaarvoice, Eastern Advisors, HomeAway, RGM Advisors, Rack Space, Silicon Labs, Thomas Weisel Partners and Troux Technology

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