Collier for TX HD 5

By LTC Dewey Collier (Ret.) Candidate for Texas House District 5 For nine years, House District 5 has had the same Representative. For nine years, he has asked to be sent back to Austin. For nine years, rural Texans have watched water planning expand, reservoir proposals advance, and eminent domain remain untouched at its core. Now, as the Marvin Nichols Reservoir gains renewed attention, we are finally hearing that it is “a problem.” But acknowledging a problem is not the s

Texas SB-2 redirected billions into Education Savings Accounts. What could that money have done for property tax relief and teacher healthcare parity instead?

Branding vs. Remedy There is a difference between saying you’re fighting  and actually drafting solutions. At the recent censure presentation of Cole Hefner, Rains County Republicans laid out specific votes by the incumbent that they believe conflict with Republican legislative priorities — including Democrat vice chairs with subpoena power, record-setting budgets, new state-run funds, and expanded bureaucratic programs. Then Dewey stood up and did something different. He di

Why Is the Government Funding Halal — But Charging Soldiers for Scripture?

2026 Texas House District 5 sample ballots graphic featuring Camp, Rains, Smith, Titus, Upshur, and Wood Counties with “Know Before You Vote” messaging

Most Texans have never read a case on sovereign immunity — but many have felt it. When courts dismiss cases before legality is tested, accountability disappears. What does immunity actually look like in real life, and who is supposed to be sovereign in Texas?

The 2026 Republican Primary ballot includes several propositions addressing property taxes, border security, public safety, education policy, and parental rights. You can review the full list here: 👉 2026 Republican Primary Ballot Propositions But the real issue isn’t what voters signal. It’s what legislators actually build. Property Taxes Eliminating school Maintenance & Operations (M&O) taxes statewide would cost roughly $40 billion per year if spending were frozen . That

by Dewey Collier Samuel Adams settled this argument before there was even a United States. In 1748, he warned that powerful men would twist language — that they would redefine “loyalty” to mean obedience to a person, rather than fidelity to a constitution. He wrote: “It is a very great mistake to imagine that the Object of Loyalty is the Authority and Interest of one individual Man.” That sentence should be engraved over every legislative chamber in Texas. Because what we are

At its core, the Marvin Nichols project exposes a fundamental constitutional inversion—one that Texans should no longer accept. What is the Marvin Nichols Reservoir? The Marvin Nichols Reservoir is a proposed water project that would permanently flood hundreds of thousands of acres in Northeast Texas to supply water to the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, despite existing conservation and demand-management alternatives. When the State forces one citizen to surrender land so that

Voters across East Texas tell us the same thing again and again: it feels like Austin listens to insiders more than the people back home. That concern isn’t abstract. It’s rooted in how lobbying works at the Capitol — who hires lobbyists, how political funds are used, and how clearly those relationships are disclosed to the public. That’s why our campaign has been taking a hard look at lobbying in Austin and its impact on everyday voters . How lobbying disclosure is supposed