Episode 115: The End in Sight
With the end of the session in sight, what has the Legislature accomplished -- and what are the consequences for the 2006 elections?
Panelists:
- Harvey Kronberg, Quorum Report and News 8 Austin
- W. Gardner Selby, Austin American-Statesman
- Jaime Castillo, San Antonio Express-News
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.
W.
Gardner Selby
Since 1983, W. Gardner Selby
has covered Texas politics and government for The Beaumont
Enterprise, Dallas Times Herald, The Houston Post, San Antonio Express-News and Austin American-Statesman,
where he is currently the paper's chief political writer.
Jaime Castillo is the political editor with the San Antonio Express-News. He started with the newspaper in 1996 as a police reporter before becoming a political writer and later a member of the Austin bureau covering the state Legislature.
After serving as an assistant city editor for the El Paso Times from1999-2000, he returned to the Express-News, where he has had a hand in political coverage ever since.
The native of El Paso holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Texas at El Paso and a master's degree in Latin American studies from the University of Texas at Austin. His previous newspaper experience includes working as a copy editor at the now defunct El Paso Herald-Post and as a staff writer at the Naples (Fla.) Daily News.
