Judge Greenberg Presides over County Court at Law 5 

DALLAS, Feb. 1, 2010 – Judge Mark Greenberg, Democratic incumbent Judge of County Court at Law 5, one of Dallas County’s civil courts, will be honored with the DFW Inter Ministerial Alliance Civic Award on Friday at the organization’s Annual Banquet.  Judge Greenberg has a long track record of community service spanning his entire legal career.  He has been particularly dedicated to mentoring young attorneys and to supporting volunteer attorney programs.

“I am a passionate student of the law, and it makes me feel more connected to my profession and to others to nurture younger attorneys and also to think outside the box in order to assist those who need legal help the most,” said Judge Greenberg. Read more »

January 20th marks one full year since Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States.  While a candidate, President Obama asked us to believe.  We did and as a result we have the chance to transform America.  So - what exactly has been accomplished in the past year.  Here are 100 acts that have occurred since Barack Obama was sworn in as President.  Take a look --- Read more »

The Dallas County Democratic Party's new website makes use of Google Analytics since September 1st, 2009 to track statistics on who visits the site.  This helps us better understand our audience of Internet visitors, and try to make sure the site is most accomodating to them.  In light of the Holiday Season, we thought we would have some fun and share some of the insights that these statistics have provided.

Before the Filing Perid opened in December, the website received on average 150 to 200 unique visitors every day.  Since Filing Period began, the amount of our daily visitors have doubled.  The typical visitor spends 4 minutes and 11 seconds reading our site, and visits an average of 3.4 pages.  45% of all site visitors are new and have not been to the site before. Read more »

Democratic State Representative Allen Vaught has been chosen to receive the 2009 Legislative Action Award from the Texas Parent Teacher Association (PTA) for his work in passing the booster seat bill which was one of the PTA's top legislative priorities for the 81st Legislative Session. The Board of Directors of Texas PTA established the Legislative Action Award for the purpose of highlighting the commitment and dedication of elected officials who go above and beyond to ensure every child's potential becomes reality.

Rep. Allen Vaught was the House sponsor of Senate Bill 61, and was instrumental in passing the bill through the House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee and on the House floor. Senate Bill 61 requires a child to be restrained in a booster seat until he or she reaches 4'9" or the age of 8. Booster seat laws raise booster seat use by 40% and their use reduces the risk by 59% for severe head, spinal cord and internal organ injuries. A phase-in period is provided allowing time to educate Texans so that violations do not take effect until June 2010. Read more »