Kuff has already endorsed Steve Brown's candidacy -- announced via Tweet -- for HD 27, the incumbent having possibly spent Thanksgiving in the Harris County jail. Former appeals court justice Morris Overstreet has declared his intention to challenge Kim Ogg and the oafish Lloyd Oliver for Harris County District Attorney in the Democratic primary (don't miss the hilarious comments on Overstreet's bid at Murray Newman's blog). And municipal court judge Ursula Hall has, via email, recently announced her pursuit of the 165th Civil District Court, held by Republican and Greg Abbott appointee Debra Mayfield. A website linked to her name advertises "cash advance, debt consolidation and more" at the Google, and Lisa Falkenberg of the Chron had this entertaining report about Hall's last bid for state district court in 2010. And Stace has even more, including the two Democrats off to a fast start to fill Sylvester Turner's vacated HD 139 chair.
But as far as my desired candidates go... I'm looking at you.
I'd run for something myself if I wasn't half-deaf and concerned that a Christian terrorist might shoot me for being an atheist. Really (scroll down just a bit from the top). Even with my history of offensive blog postings that would serve as ready-made oppo research, I'd run for office... if I could only hear the questions posed to me at a candidate forum.
Hearing-impaired atheists need representation too, you know. But since I can't run, why don't you. Yes, you.
Run as a Democrat or run as a Green. The Texas Green Party especially would welcome your candidacy. (Just don't be a flake or disingenuous about it.) The fact is that sensible, sane liberals and progressives need to run for office in order to show the multitudes of non-voters that common men and women both lack and deserve a voice in the halls of political authority. It would be great if you actually won, of course, and 2016 is a Texas Democrat's best quadrennial chance, but running as a Green sends the proper signals to an otherwise inept state party apparatus that working-class folks need a better partner than Texas Democrats have demonstrated for the past twenty years. If you're going to lose anyway, you might as well lose with your progressive principles intact, and not sold out to a duopolist, center-left, corporate/militarist money-grubbing establishment party.
Hell, if two-time loser James Cargas wants to get his ass whipped by John Culberson a third time, why can't someone with honor, distinction, and integrity do so? Like you, for example.
We have enough wealthy attorneys, business owners, and professionals holding political office and seeking it. The One Percent is already well-represented. We need more women, more people of color, more LGBT and especially more non-rich people in Austin and Washington.
Sort of like climate change, if we don't take action fast about fixing things, we might just be too late. So it's on us -- err, you -- to make the change we all want to see and need to have happen.
Don't just vote this year; make a bid. Stand for election somewhere, anywhere. You literally have nothing to lose and potentially everything for all of us to gain. The floor is fairly high, and the ceiling is... well, let's say, the roof is open to the sky. Why don't you go for it?
Take a couple of weeks and decide. The world is your oyster -- a somewhat bacteria-endangered oyster to be sure, but still yours for the taking.
But as far as my desired candidates go... I'm looking at you.
I'd run for something myself if I wasn't half-deaf and concerned that a Christian terrorist might shoot me for being an atheist. Really (scroll down just a bit from the top). Even with my history of offensive blog postings that would serve as ready-made oppo research, I'd run for office... if I could only hear the questions posed to me at a candidate forum.
Hearing-impaired atheists need representation too, you know. But since I can't run, why don't you. Yes, you.
Run as a Democrat or run as a Green. The Texas Green Party especially would welcome your candidacy. (Just don't be a flake or disingenuous about it.) The fact is that sensible, sane liberals and progressives need to run for office in order to show the multitudes of non-voters that common men and women both lack and deserve a voice in the halls of political authority. It would be great if you actually won, of course, and 2016 is a Texas Democrat's best quadrennial chance, but running as a Green sends the proper signals to an otherwise inept state party apparatus that working-class folks need a better partner than Texas Democrats have demonstrated for the past twenty years. If you're going to lose anyway, you might as well lose with your progressive principles intact, and not sold out to a duopolist, center-left, corporate/militarist money-grubbing establishment party.
Hell, if two-time loser James Cargas wants to get his ass whipped by John Culberson a third time, why can't someone with honor, distinction, and integrity do so? Like you, for example.
We have enough wealthy attorneys, business owners, and professionals holding political office and seeking it. The One Percent is already well-represented. We need more women, more people of color, more LGBT and especially more non-rich people in Austin and Washington.
Sort of like climate change, if we don't take action fast about fixing things, we might just be too late. So it's on us -- err, you -- to make the change we all want to see and need to have happen.
Don't just vote this year; make a bid. Stand for election somewhere, anywhere. You literally have nothing to lose and potentially everything for all of us to gain. The floor is fairly high, and the ceiling is... well, let's say, the roof is open to the sky. Why don't you go for it?
Take a couple of weeks and decide. The world is your oyster -- a somewhat bacteria-endangered oyster to be sure, but still yours for the taking.
