Posted November 8th, 2008
by gerry
in Blogs, CC Blog
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Dear Fellow Democrat,
This is our time. The tide has turned in Harris County! Not only did we elect a new President in an historic election, but together, we elected Democratic candidates up and down the ballot. Voters were open to our Democratic message of change.
Democrats made significant gains in Harris County — from our new Sheriff, Adrian Garcia, who was the highest vote getter of anyone in Harris County and will do a terrific job of running the Harris County Sheriff’s department to the 24 new Democratic judges who will bring balance and diversity to the previously all Republican Harris County countywide judiciary to the new Democratic state legislator, Kristi Thibaut, replacing a Republican incumbent. Read the rest of this entry »
While Conventional Wisdom has written Texas off as being a deeply and permanently red state, if you ask any Texas Democrat you’ll hear a completely different story. Last Sunday night, Democrats in Harris County provided us all with a glimpse of why Texas, and Harris County in particular, is turning blue sooner than you think. Read the rest of this entry »
It’s become painfully obvious to everybody in Harris County that Republican leadership has given us a corrupt county government. County Judge Ed Emmett makes excuses and refuses to take responsibility, propose ethics reforms with no teeth and no chance of passing, and then lies on his resumé about being a lobbyist. County Sheriff Tommy Thomas sends racist and pornographic e-mails, spies illegally on citizens, and is under federal investigation for deaths in our jails. County Attorney Mike Stafford has had an inappropriate personal and financial relationship with one of his staffers, and District Clerk Theresa Chang is under tax forfeiture. The list goes on and on.
(Houston, TX) — Yesterday, Democratic challenger Loren Jackson held a press conference to discuss the serious tax issues facing Harris County District Clerk Theresa Chang. According to records from the Secretary of State and Comptroller’s office, the Peter & Theresa Chang Foundation, Inc. has been under tax forfeiture since 1999 after failing to submit required tax information. Even though Chang’s organization was stripped of up its right to operate in the State of Texas, it has continued to be active, underwriting scholarships in 2007 and 2008. Read the rest of this entry »
Polls opened for early voting in Harris County at 8:00 o’clock a.m. on Monday, October 20.
ACHIEVING AN OVERWHELMING EARLY VOTE IS CRUCIAL TO THE HARRIS COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY STRATEGY FOR WINNING HARRIS COUNTY THIS YEAR.
Early votes can be cast at any one of the 36 early voting locations throughout Harris County. Unlike election day, when you must vote only in the precinct where you are officially registered, early votes can be cast anywhere throughout the county, regardless of the voter’s residence or the precinct on his or her voter registration certificate. Read the rest of this entry »
With 20 days left until the election, it seems another Republican has joined the long line of corrupt Republicans in county government.
County Attorney Mike Stafford, following in the ethical footsteps of Sheriff Tommy Thomas, County Commissioner Jerry Eversole, and D.A. Chuck Rosenthal, is on the defensive over allegations of improper personal and financial relationships with a female staffer, and using county funds to give raises and reimbursements to favored personnel. Read the rest of this entry »
So we’re nearing the 20 day mark. I used to be an athlete, so metaphorically, we’re in the last leg of this relay and we need that final surge of energy to bring us across that line to victory! This surge of course will last throughout those 20 days and many many people will be running together to finish out this marathon of an election! Read the rest of this entry »
More than 1,100 excited, enthusiastic, fired-up-and-ready-to-go Democrats attended the Johnson-Rayburn-Richards dinner Saturday night. Keynote speaker General Wesley Clark gave a rousing address describing the multiple crises of the Bush years and how they were the result of a fundamentally flawed and decidedly wrong-headed political philosophy. He emotionally urged all Democrats to work tirelessly from now through election day to impress upon their friends and neighbors the urgent and imperative need for change. Read the rest of this entry »
Harris County Democratic Party Coordinated Campaign staffer Dan Derozier, assisted by coordinated campaign general manager Bill Kelly, prepared an extraordinary video for the Johnson- Rayburn-Richards dinner. The video chronicles the travails and then the rise and accomplishments of Democrats in Harris County from 2003 to today, the excellence of the 2008 Democratic ticket in Harris County, and the tremendous prospects for victory this November. Watch the video: Read the rest of this entry »
It’s no secret that all over the country, Democrats areout-registering Republicans. We have record enthusiasm about this race and our candidates, up and down the ballot — and nowhere is this more true than right here in Harris County. But just how excited are we? Just how many Democratic voters are we registering, and engaging in the process?
A few weeks ago we held a voter registrar deputization event at our Midtown office and invited the community to come in and get trained and deputized in the registration of new voters. And just look at our turnout: Read the rest of this entry »
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