You already have my recommendations, so let's just provide an executive summary.
-- Sema Hernandez:
Well, you had better not.
It's been one of my deepest privileges to be associated with this candidate, her campaign, its nationwide presence and clout (just check her Tweet feed). What she has accomplished has been against the headwinds of purposeful media ignorance, disrespect from her campaign opponent and, as usual, the Texas Democratic Party and its associated cohorts.
This piece from yesterday's Chronicle (firewalled after a few free clicks) and the accompanying video (she appears in the early part) was the best she received. If Bob O'Rourke falls just short of defeating 'Poop' Cruz in the fall, I sincerely hope it is because of the votes of people like me that he loses, and also the blog posts I will write over the next several months that will continue to expose him for the fraud that I have found him to be.
Sincerely.
-- Tom Wakely:
Plain as day. Andrew White is just bad news (as Aimee Cunningham reminds Texas women) and Lupe Valdez is just not ready. Since there will almost certainly be a runoff, then I hope one of these two fails to make it. If that happens, I'll at least be able to vote for the person not named White or Valdez in May. This is a moment when a functioning Texas Green Party would have come in extraordinarily handy in November. Alas ...
I'll return to that topic after tomorrow's primary election results get parsed. Suffice it to say that I would like to hear from prospective gubernatorial candidate Janis Richards as to whether her bid to achieve ballot access as Green will go forward. Or not. Though a relative newcomer to the HCGP, she aligned with the Old White Guard against the black woman who finally succeeded in sweeping that trash out the door a week ago, at their monthly meeting/annual election of officers. Bully on Bernadine Williams, whom I stood with a year ago against this crew. I quit on the locals after that; she did not. And she persevered. It's the Pottery Barn rule for her now, though; she must rebuild the county party apparatus (which is essentially the same as the state party) with a goal toward functionality for 2020. I just think the laws and internal obstacles regarding ballot access for 2018 are too stacked against them. Couple that with the fact that the Democratic Socialists are ascendant, and it's a hard, heavy lift even if the Greens were united.
-- Enough has been said and written about the Texas Seventh Congressional District Democratic primary in the ten days since I posted this that linking to it all would take hours. Check the #TX07 Twitter hashtag for the latest. Forces aligned against Laura Moser include not just the Clintonistas and the Pelosiites, but the Republicans as well. This should tell you all you need to know.
-- Last ... the only primary race on my ballot that I undervoted was the very last one, for Harris County chair. I have not found the incumbent, Lillie Schechter, representative of my beliefs (since I'm an ultrasoft Democrat on a good day, and a Green on my best one, this should stand to reason).
The county chair needs a day job since the political one doesn't pay. The problem here is that Schechter has been on the payroll of state senator (and CD-29 aspirant) Sylvia Garcia for several recent pay periods. This isn't breaking news for those of you connected to the local D establishment's Facebook accounts, where the apparent ethical lapse has been mentioned more than a few times. I've also been provided screenshots and CFRs that verify it.
No conflict of interest there, right?
Update: El Paso Democrats appear to have the same problem. (At least he's 'former chair'.)
It's beyond my comprehension how the people who whine about Laura Moser's husband's consulting firm handling her business can seemingly overlook this more glaring, hypocritical contradiction. Is there anybody who wants to explain this to me? I'll keep an open mind if something is not as it appears. For ... oh, another week or so. The goose's sauce should have simmered long enough to be served by then.
-- If you haven't already, go vote tomorrow. And don't wait until 6:30 p.m. to do so.
-- Sema Hernandez:
No matter what happens on March 6, 2018, I'm not going anywhere.#WeRise#TexasIndependenceDay— Sema Hernandez for Texas U.S. Senate 🌹 (@ElectSema4TX) March 3, 2018
Pase lo que pase el 6 de Marzo 2018, yo no voy a ninguna parte. #SiSePuede #Elecciones2018#TexasPrimaries https://t.co/cuSTX4NXAJ
Well, you had better not.
It's been one of my deepest privileges to be associated with this candidate, her campaign, its nationwide presence and clout (just check her Tweet feed). What she has accomplished has been against the headwinds of purposeful media ignorance, disrespect from her campaign opponent and, as usual, the Texas Democratic Party and its associated cohorts.
This piece from yesterday's Chronicle (firewalled after a few free clicks) and the accompanying video (she appears in the early part) was the best she received. If Bob O'Rourke falls just short of defeating 'Poop' Cruz in the fall, I sincerely hope it is because of the votes of people like me that he loses, and also the blog posts I will write over the next several months that will continue to expose him for the fraud that I have found him to be.
Sincerely.
-- Tom Wakely:
I'll return to that topic after tomorrow's primary election results get parsed. Suffice it to say that I would like to hear from prospective gubernatorial candidate Janis Richards as to whether her bid to achieve ballot access as Green will go forward. Or not. Though a relative newcomer to the HCGP, she aligned with the Old White Guard against the black woman who finally succeeded in sweeping that trash out the door a week ago, at their monthly meeting/annual election of officers. Bully on Bernadine Williams, whom I stood with a year ago against this crew. I quit on the locals after that; she did not. And she persevered. It's the Pottery Barn rule for her now, though; she must rebuild the county party apparatus (which is essentially the same as the state party) with a goal toward functionality for 2020. I just think the laws and internal obstacles regarding ballot access for 2018 are too stacked against them. Couple that with the fact that the Democratic Socialists are ascendant, and it's a hard, heavy lift even if the Greens were united.
-- Enough has been said and written about the Texas Seventh Congressional District Democratic primary in the ten days since I posted this that linking to it all would take hours. Check the #TX07 Twitter hashtag for the latest. Forces aligned against Laura Moser include not just the Clintonistas and the Pelosiites, but the Republicans as well. This should tell you all you need to know.
-- Last ... the only primary race on my ballot that I undervoted was the very last one, for Harris County chair. I have not found the incumbent, Lillie Schechter, representative of my beliefs (since I'm an ultrasoft Democrat on a good day, and a Green on my best one, this should stand to reason).
The county chair needs a day job since the political one doesn't pay. The problem here is that Schechter has been on the payroll of state senator (and CD-29 aspirant) Sylvia Garcia for several recent pay periods. This isn't breaking news for those of you connected to the local D establishment's Facebook accounts, where the apparent ethical lapse has been mentioned more than a few times. I've also been provided screenshots and CFRs that verify it.
No conflict of interest there, right?
Update: El Paso Democrats appear to have the same problem. (At least he's 'former chair'.)
It's beyond my comprehension how the people who whine about Laura Moser's husband's consulting firm handling her business can seemingly overlook this more glaring, hypocritical contradiction. Is there anybody who wants to explain this to me? I'll keep an open mind if something is not as it appears. For ... oh, another week or so. The goose's sauce should have simmered long enough to be served by then.
-- If you haven't already, go vote tomorrow. And don't wait until 6:30 p.m. to do so.
Bully on, as in for, Bernardine Williams? Hmm, sounds like your take is somewhat different than David's. He eventually sounded "accepting," but no more than that, esp. since David considers her part of the old guard in some ways herself, just not white.
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As for the HCGP is the same as the state party ... where are Austin's Greens at? I know Dallas is still functioning enough to have regular meetings, not that I've gotten to any.
Yes, I clearly stated I was supportive of her effort, and was a year ago when she (and I, running for a board slot) was defeated.
ReplyDeleteNo, (LOL) she was not ever part of the old guard. She was briefly co-chair of the county party; the old guard rebelled and turned her out a year ago, as referenced twice now, in favor of a Caucasian woman with a newborn who was just as influential in service over the past twelve months as when she ran for statewide office a couple of cycles ago (which is to say, not).
David and I simply (and politely) have disagreed on this topic.
Austin Greens have been mostly invisible for a long, long time. I have known of but one consistently active member of the Travis CGP over the past four to five years. There are others certainly, but they should ten times the number that they are.
*should be*
ReplyDeleteGotcha .... years ago, as in a decade ago, I saw 10-12 at a couple of Dallas meetings I attended.
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