tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post110797737672197587..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Actions speak louder than words for Rs on criminal justiceGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-1108121467497032222005-02-11T05:31:00.000-06:002005-02-11T05:31:00.000-06:00I thought after the Rs took power that it looked l...I thought after the Rs took power that it looked like TPPF was hoping to expand its influence by positioning themselves as go-to thinkers on the state's major issues. I expected them to expand their issue areas to try to play more of a Heritage-Foundation type role, not to just stick with their handful of pet issues. Like I said, I'm not complaining. I'm not sure TPPF would have taken the same tack -- decreasing reliance on incarceration -- that the leadership has taken this year.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-1108007415013643112005-02-09T21:50:00.000-06:002005-02-09T21:50:00.000-06:00I am not at all surprised that the Texas Public Po...I am not at all surprised that the Texas Public Policy Foundation doesn't have any criminal justice issues on its agenda. As long as I've followed the group, they never have. <br /><br />I've always viewed the TPPF as just another far-right-wing group with its focus on issues of main importance to the religious and ultra-conservative right, ie far-flung fiscal conservation issues and social issues important to the right wing specifically.Vincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04929728613679395905noreply@blogger.com