{"id":11965,"date":"2015-12-11T01:55:40","date_gmt":"2015-12-11T01:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=11965"},"modified":"2015-12-11T01:55:40","modified_gmt":"2015-12-11T01:55:40","slug":"get-back-into-the-game-jerry-patterson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=11965","title":{"rendered":"Get back into the game, Jerry Patterson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/RailRoadCommissioner_2_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11966\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/RailRoadCommissioner_2_jpg_800x1000_q100-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"RailRoadCommissioner_2_jpg_800x1000_q100\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/RailRoadCommissioner_2_jpg_800x1000_q100-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/RailRoadCommissioner_2_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Texas Railroad Commission is a misnamed panel that does important work for the state.<\/p>\n<p>It no longer regulates railroads. It <em>does<\/em> regulate the Texas energy industry.<\/p>\n<p>So it is with some anticipation that I read today that Railroad Commissioner David Porter won&#8217;t seek re-election next year to the three-member panel.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2015\/12\/10\/railroad-commissioner-porter-drops-reelection-bid\/\">Patterson may run for RRC.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>His decision is spurring some activity among Texas Republicans. One of them happens to be someone I happen to respect and admire very much.<\/p>\n<p>He is Jerry &#8220;The Gun Guy&#8221; Patterson, the former Texas land commissioner and a one-time state senator from the Houston area.<\/p>\n<p>Patterson is a proud Marine and Vietnam War veteran. He also has delightful self-deprecating sense of humor; he once told me he graduated in the &#8220;top 75 percent of my class at Texas A&amp;M.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Patterson also was the author during the 1995 Texas Legislature of the state&#8217;s concealed-handgun-carry law. I opposed the law at the time, but my view on it has &#8220;evolved&#8221; over time. I am not an active supporter of the concealed-carry law; I just don&#8217;t oppose it.<\/p>\n<p>Patterson did a great job running the General Land Office. He helped he GLO provide low-interest home loans for Texas military veterans.<\/p>\n<p>I cannot speak to any expertise he might have on oil and gas issues. I do, though, respect him greatly as a dedicated public servant &#8212; and I hope he decides to get back in the game.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Texas Railroad Commission is a misnamed panel that does important work for the state. It no longer regulates railroads. It does regulate the Texas energy industry. So it is with some anticipation that I read today that Railroad Commissioner David Porter won&#8217;t seek re-election next year to the three-member panel. Patterson may run for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=11965\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Get back into the game, Jerry Patterson<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,18],"tags":[1096,1881,2449,4684,4701,4970,5116],"class_list":["post-11965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-political-news","category-state-news","tag-concealed-carry-law","tag-general-land-office","tag-jerry-patterson","tag-texas-railroad-commission","tag-texas-senate","tag-u-s-marine-corps","tag-vietnam-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11965"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11967,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11965\/revisions\/11967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}