{"id":171706,"date":"2012-03-14T18:10:57","date_gmt":"2012-03-14T23:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=171706"},"modified":"2012-03-15T17:31:36","modified_gmt":"2012-03-15T22:31:36","slug":"combs-endorses-simpson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=171706","title":{"rendered":"Combs Stops in Longview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?attachment_id=171790\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-171790\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2012\/03\/thumb_texas-stateof-seal-21.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"thumb_texas-stateof-seal-2\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-171790\" \/><\/a>LONGVIEW \u2014 State Comptroller Susan Combs spoke at the Citizens National Bank in Longview Wednesday, covering a range of topics and taking questions from residents. According to KETK, topics included Medicaid funding, the effect of endangered species on potential oil production, and funding for women\u2019s health. One subject brought up by the audience was how taxpayer money is being used. Combs remarked that the people on hand really care about their community. She added, \u201cAnd the point is that your community won\u2019t thrive and expand if you\u2019re not being careful and prudent with your government spending.\u201d She said it was \u201cgreat to hear from\u201d those on hand. <\/p>\n<p>Combs also announced her strong support of Republican State Representative David Simpson of Longview in his bid for re-election. \u201cRepresentative David Simpson earned my high regard because of his dedication to fiscal responsibility and transparency, cutting waste, and finding real fiscal solutions for the state of Texas,\u201d said Combs. Simpson faces Tommy Merritt in the Republican primary; Merritt was unseated by Simpson in the 2010 election. Combs made an appearance at the Tyler Area Chamber of Commerce this morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONGVIEW \u2014 State Comptroller Susan Combs spoke at the Citizens National Bank in Longview Wednesday, covering a range of topics and taking questions from residents. According to KETK, topics included Medicaid funding, the effect of endangered species on potential oil production, and funding for women\u2019s health. One subject brought up by the audience was how &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=171706\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Combs Stops in Longview<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-171706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-01 14:29:24","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=171706"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":172104,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171706\/revisions\/172104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=171706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=171706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=171706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}