Candidate for State Attorney General, David Van Os, will be coming to my local ‘burg, Houston, on March 25th.  Van Os will be coming in a “whistlestop” campaign, to take place at Drexler’s BBQ (2300 Pierce).  It is my hope to be there, as a member of the press, or as an invited blogger.

Van Os has spent thirty years as a labor lawyer, representing a little bit of everyone, from federal employees, on down to the local tradesmen.  Van Os has long been the go-to attorney for many Texas labor unions.

Van Os is a Constitutional lawyer - that is to say, he values the constitutional republic.  This is something we desperately need in this country, let alone, this state.

Van Os is running on a platform of protection for the people.  Protection from private corporations, monopolies, unfair competition, etc…  As Mr. Van Os puts it,

Too many modern-day politicians sell out to the very evils they are supposed to protect the people against. Too many modern-day politicians protect the corporations from the people, instead of the other way around.

Van Os comes to the run for Attorney General, fresh from a 2004 bid for a seat on the Texas Supreme Court.  Van Os’s website describes his bid for the Court:

…because he wanted to restore the highest court of Texas to the people from the corporations and insurance companies to which it now belongs, and because he wanted to restore the Constitutional checks and balances that protect the rights and liberties of the people of Texas.

Van Os has pledged to fight against corporate and insurance “price gougers” (quotation marks, mine):

I am going to fight them tooth and nail on behalf of the people of this state, and when I am done, Texas will not be a safe place for them and their kind. Time is overdue for justice for the people of this State.

For more information on David Van Os, I invite you to attend his whistlestop campaign in Houston on the 25th, or to visit his website, http://www.vanosfortexasag.com .

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