Should I stay or should I go now?

In this article in the Austin Statesman, the author of this short blog is trying to open up the eyes of the Republicans. What should Kay Bailey Hutchison do? Should she keep on fighting the new Obama Health Care Reform, or should she give up and walk away from it all to spend more time with her family. The letters arrived from the Texas Republicans in Congress wishing Kay Bailey Hutchison stays in Washington DC. Its intended audience is the state of Texas and everyone else that is keeping up on this announcement. Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, a Republican who ran against Rick Perry, Governor of Texas, earlier this year in the primaries, shouldn't give up quite yet. The author is trying to make Texas overly concerned about what their state is doing with the reform and how they should feel about it. I think the author took in all considerations and wrote mainly on a broad topic concerning Texas. The press didn't push one sided issues while writing this article. You could look at it a bunch of different ways, one could be is that Kay Bailey Hutchison and Governor Rick Perry, who are both Republicans and maybe they just wanted to talk about the Republican side of the Senate. I don't feel this was a one-sided story, it was just something that was brought to our attention and had to be addressed. They have both played key roles with the state of Texas over the past several years and plan on continuing their services for Texas.

Governor's Mansion

In this article in the Austin American Statesman talks strongly about the governor’s mansion. This old colonial mansion has been in Texas’ history for over 150 years. The mansion was constructed in the early 1850’s. In June 2008 the mansion was set fire by arsonist. The debate that is ongoing is whether or not we should add on to the mansion. This add on would consist of an addition 3,000 square feet of living space. Rick Perry’s wife added that two-thirds of the expansion would be living space. This would be more than enough living space for the average family. "You know the mansion is a wonderful and a very appropriate landmark, and I'm going to leave it up to the Historical Commission to make the right decision about what the final structure will look like," said Perry, sounding like a politician seeking re-election and aware that voters might frown on a governor who grouses about a free house with a title including the word "mansion."
I feel that mansion should be preserved to its original state as it looked like in 1850’s. The expansion of an additional 3,000 sq. ft would just make this mansion look ridiculous. It’s like adding onto the white house because they need more living space. One thing to keep in mind is where is the funding coming from for this expansion? Probably from the tax payers that don’t even want the expansion in the first place. Previous elected officials have lived in this mansion with no concerns about it being too small. I feel that, we the people elected these higher officials to represent our state and they shouldn’t be demanding a larger house because they need more living space. Let’s leave it up to the Texas Historical Commission to decide whether or not it needs an expansion.
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