Lisa on Cavuto Today (11/17) at 3pm CT/ 4pm ET

Lisa will be comment on the GM IPO and how the little guy and the taxpayer are being left out in the cold. Tune in to Cavuto on Fox Business Channel

http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/your-world-cavuto/index.html

And, They Didn’t Want a Walmart

I never understood it. Austin Residents huffed and puffed themselves silly over a proposal for a massive super Walmart to be built in their aging and barren community. In a part of town that once thrived with activity, shopping, and restaurants, the little strip between Anderson Lane and Mopac was in need of a network style makeover. Where there was once Bealls, a skating rink, Hooters, and a huge sporting center surrounded by a mall, now, it was a mass of fried food drive through eateries and kids toys.

            So when Walmart stepped in to build one of their largest stores complete with groceries, a garden and automotive center, one would think residents would have been pleased. Au contraire.  Residents and Austinites were indignant and opposed to a greedy company like Walmart taking up space in their community.

            Well, you wouldn’t know they were so offended by the line of people and smiling faces over the .68c per pound turkey, or the .25c per pound navel oranges I saw today. This new Walmart created jobs and could have created more had the community not stifled its development to just products and groceries, smacking down the garden and automotive centers. As a major anchor vendor, new businesses have rented spaces in the shopping center getting traffic moving again in both directions rather than just out of the neighborhood.

            I know I’ll be shopping there. And, I know those same people who thought they were so repulsed by the idea of Walmart will be too.

The 17th Voter

Exactly a week after an “extreme” showing of conservative clout and solidarity, we found out today in Austin that conservative Dan Neil lost his run for the Texas House by a mere sixteen votes. This is one vote more than before the recount.  More stunning is that Mr. Neil still came up short by such razor thin margins after provisional and overseas votes were counted.

If anyone wants to know if their votes matter, this particular election is a billboard for the mantra that every vote counts.  Texas House District 48 is a conservative district with a moderate template. What could have been done differently? Well, for starters, spoiler Ben Easton running as a Libertarian received more than 1500 votes – an eye-popping number considering that Neil lost by only 16 votes.

I’m all for Independent candidates, but, when said candidate has run for the same office numerous times and has not garnered a significant electorate, they should graciously bow out during those clutch elections such as the 2010 race between Neil and Howard. For Easton to throw his hat in the ring this particular time only to steal away precious votes that would have gone to Neil except for the loyalty of close friends and family who threw away the power of their vote to check Easton over Neil, was a wasted opportunity for our district. Surely, Easton would have preferred Neil over Howard himself. I suppose he didn’t find the idea of her being re-elected again repulsive enough to give Neil a better chance. And, that is a shame.