Episode 108: George Christian Speaks
More than two months into the session, it's time to see where things are going.
Plus
excerpts from an interview with the late George Christian,
longtime political wise man at the Capitol, about LBJ and Texas politics.
Panelists:
- Harvey Kronberg, Quorum Report and News 8 Austin
- Ross Ramsey, Texas Weekly
Harvey
Kronberg
Harvey Kronberg is the publisher and editor of the Quorum Report. QR
is an online news source publishing news about state government and
politics in real time. Kronberg started as a contract writer in 1989
and bought
the publication in 1998 at which point it was transformed from a biweekly
print publication to an online news service.
Ross
Ramsey
Ross Ramsey is the editor of Texas Weekly,
the premier newsletter on government and politics in the Lone Star State.
Before taking the reins at Texas Weekly in September 1998, Ramsey was Associate Deputy Comptroller for Policy with the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. He also did time as the agency's Director of Communications and as Executive Assistant to then-Comptroller John Sharp. Prior to that 28-month stint in government, Ramsey spent 17 years in journalism, reporting for The Houston Chronicle and The Dallas Times Herald and, as a Dallas-based freelance business writer, for a number of regional and national magazines and newspapers.
He also worked for seven years in broadcasting, covering news for radio stations in Denton and Dallas. Texas Weekly, now celebrating its 21st year of continuous publication, has become a favored and trusted source of information for Texas officeholders, lobbyists, political financiers, reporters and other political junkies from Humble, Texas, to the White House.
More about this topic:
- "In
Memoriam"
From LBJ School of Public Affairs, December 4, 2002
