Tuesday, September 15, 2020

The Taco Tuesday Wrangle *w/TX Green Party update*



TXElects:

The Texas Supreme Court vacated a Third Court of Appeals decision removing three Green Party candidates from the ballot and ordered a halt to the Harris County Clerk’s plan to mail absentee ballot applications to all registered voters.

In the Green Party suit, the Court directed the Secretary of State to “immediately take all necessary actions to ensure these candidates appear” on the ballot.

U.S. Senate nominee David Collins, RRC nominee kat gruene and CD21 nominee Tom Wakely were ruled ineligible because they did not pay newly required filing fees that historically applied only to candidates nominated in primary elections, ostensibly to pay for the costs of those elections. The Fourteenth Court of Appeals recently ruled upheld the fees. A federal challenge is awaiting a bench trial.


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As regular Brainers know, I usually post these on Monday morning, but I had a lengthy one up on Saturday evening, so there just wasn't enough to run yesterday.  Grab yourself some la comida Mexicana and get ready to read the latest -- as in 49 days away from Election Day -- updates on the Great State's ballot issues, contested races heating up, and much more.


Opening with this, about the state's mishandling of the pandemic.


More Covid is down-post. Let's get to the latest on the election season.


Kuff was on top of the vote by mail rulings, good and bad.  Socratic Gadfly says that the wingnuttery was thick at an SD30 special election GOP candidate forum.

For a smattering of Trump v. Biden news:


Greg Abbott and The Law have had a long, strong relationship, and Texans are finally beginning to understand how bad that has been for many of them.


Dos Centavos posted about the long-awaited video release of the HPD killing of Nicolas Chavez and the firing of those involved, wondering what comes next.  Grits for Breakfast tried to make sense out of Greg Abbott's muddled messages on police funding.  Chris Hooks at Texas Monthly makes the same effort, with the same result.


Bud Kennedy at the Startlegram thinks Abbott's 'Back the Blue' pandering should be a winner in the 'burbs with the moms. ShellSeas at Living Blue in TX blogs about Abbott's long history of supporting racial injustice by using the cops as his tool. And following up on Dallas police chief Renee Hall's resignation and Mayor Eric Johnson's squabbling with city council ...


Grits seems more than a little perplexed about why Hall is out while Austin's Brian Manley is still employed.  I have still more "Cops Behaving Badly".


Because Ken Paxton is the top LEO in the state, he gets included.


*whew* That's a lot of dirty pigs for one week. Let's move on; Texas schools opened, and not all of them for remote learning.


Jef Rouner for the Houston Press experienced a range of emotions on the first day of school.

Some social justice stories:


Dee Dee Watters, writing at the HouChron, insists that we include Black trans women when we say "Black Lives Matter".

Meanwhile, as we decide whether we will vote by mail or in person, here's some reporting that suggests that waiting in line during EV or on Election Day might be best:


Grace Keyes at the San Antonio Report warns us to not take the US Postal Service for granted.

And let me close this out today with these.

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