I got a ride with Jane and Bill down to Austin for a lunch briefing with the governor's staff and then dessert and coffee with the governor at the mansion. Chief of staff Deidre Delisi briefed us a a varieties of issues. Then it was opened up for question. We could ask anything we like. The majority of the governor's staff were there, from Phil Wilson, the deputy chief of staff and economic development director, to Steve McCraw, Director of the Office of Homeland Security, Mike Morrissey, the Budget Director, Teresa Spears, the Campaign Operation gal, Luis Saenz, Campaign Manager, to his education policy, press, .... Steve McCrew really assured us on the issue of homeland security by securing the border, assessing the threat that the state of Texas is facing. He's very competent, let me assure those of you out there who are concerned. I think the governor has the best guy taking care of that area.

Got to see Michael Wolfe, who was a fellow delegate at the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York. He is the Republican nominee for the Harris County School Trustee in this November election.

On the way back, we stopped by the Little Czech bakery in a little town named West on interstate 35, exit 353 to be exact.