
AUSTIN Travis County Republican and local business owner Glenn Bass filed documents today with the Texas Ethics Commission to allow him to start his campaign for Texas House of Representatives District 48. Said Bass I believe in smaller government less government intervention and personal freedom. Its not the role of government to create jobs but see where it can get out of the way and let our small business owners do what they do best." Bass announcement stated reducing the role of government will be a key plank in his platform.
While Ill certainly be providing more specifics soon those are the basics of who I am and that will be reflected in this campaign" Bass said.
Bass entered the banking profession while in college in Dallas at the age of 19 advancing to the rank of Bank Officer by the age of 23. He left banking in 2007 after 20 years in the industry and is now President and Chief Executive Officer of The Bass Group Inc. an Austin-based business involved in several interests. Among those are Glenn Bass Productions American Q&A with Glenn Bass and Upstream Staffing & Recruiting which provides searches for Bankers and Investment Brokers.
Bass began writing a newsprint column in 1998 titled American Q&A with Glenn Bass. While it went on to appear in various publications around the state the column first ran in The Free Press a newspaper founded by a member of his family.
The family sold the newspaper prior to his entry into journalism. American Q&A featured one-on-one interviews with newsmakers from around the world as well as people from the community.
Also in 1998 he produced and hosted his first made-for-television special titled Christmas at the Governors Mansion" featuring an interview with then-Governor & Mrs. George W. Bush.
In 2001 Bass began work on Heroes & Legends of the Texas State Cemetery. Eight years in the making
this production premiered at The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum on September 17 2009.
Other community & civic involvement Basslisted on his campaign announcement include: Statewide Advisory Board for Our Texas Grandchildren Foundation for Foster Care; Board of Directors for Arc of the Capital Area; Board of Directors for Mesquite Social Services; as well as Advisory Board for Dallas CAN! Academy.