Discussions about 2012 elections
Sounds of “Congrats Senator Cruz” were ringing across the State of Texas on Tuesday. “Senator Cruz” had just won a grueling, competitive Republican primary in a state so red that it bleeds. Obviously, he became the presumptive Senator at that moment. Meanwhile, a little known Democrat successfully won a much lower profile campaign to garner […]
Continue reading →Today is the Run-off Election for the Texas Primaries. If you missed that there is an election going on, you clearly have not watched any television with commercials in the last month. The hottest race of either Party is the contest between Lt. Governor David Dewhurst and Ted Cruz for the Republican nomination for U.S. […]
Continue reading →Now that we are in the doldrums of summer elections, my circles are starting to seriously buzz about Houston city politics in 2013. While we are only weeks away from the Texas Primary Run-offs, they are just not as much fun as the early speculation for 2013 in Houston. The bonds on the 2012 ballot […]
Continue reading →My Twitter feed was filled with anticipation of the Supreme Court decision on the President’s health plan yesterday morning. National reporters and bloggers that I follow were joking about who would “break the news first”. Then, it broke and my feed was a little lighter than I thought. First I tried the SCOTUS blog but […]
Continue reading →Last week, both Presidential candidates addressed the National Association of Latino Elected/Appointed Officials (NALEO). President Obama had just recently taken the drastic step of issuing an Executive Order supporting the “Dreamers”, immigrant children. The details are complicated but suffice it to say that it primarily addresses children who have lived in the U.S. for at […]
Continue reading →During the spring, this blogger let you know that bonds were high on the agenda for multiple local governmental entities. Now, we are moving closer to reality. HISD publicly floated their bond consideration in the news this week while Metro has truly stepped up their game. HISD reported on what they have been able to […]
Continue reading →Admittedly, this is one quirky election year. And, now, it is Political Party Convention weekend! Both the State Republican and Democratic Party’s are gathering for their bi-annual, morale boosting rallies. Normally, primary elections would be over and the conventions serve as the end of “family feuds” (my definition for primaries). People are able to put […]
Continue reading →A small number of Texans decided to vote in the primary elections. Final numbers are not yet available but suffice it to say that it is a small percentage of those registered to vote. Those who did show up to vote seemed to be in a mood as well. Both primaries had some startling results […]
Continue reading →Welcome back from the Holiday weekend. Hope you had fun. Now, PAY ATTENTION! It is PRIMARY ELECTION DAY in Texas. Early vote has ended and today is your last chance to pick those who will represent Texas in 2013 and beyond. As a reminder, many of the races do not have partisan opposition so these […]
Continue reading →Today is the last day of Early Voting. If you haven’t had time to cast your ballot over the last two weeks, you can still get it done today. Of course, you can also vote on Tuesday, May 29 from 7:00am to 7:00pm. That is the actual Election Day. While I recognize many of you […]
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