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REPUBLICANS AND VOTER FRAUD

            While Republicans were trying to stop a form of voter fraud not found (voter impersonation); they ignored a practice in Harris County designed to line the pockets of Republican legislators like Dwayne Bohac.  Rep. Bohac owns a company known as Campaign Data Systems.  Campaign Data Systems is a political consulting firm that has on its payroll the Assistant Voter Registrar for Harris County - Ed Johnson.  The person who decides who gets to vote in Harris County moonlights as a Republican political consultant.  You may ask yourself - is there anything harmful about this?  Well - in the 2008 election cycle, Harris County rejected 70,000 voter registration applications.  In the same period, Dallas County rejected 1800 applications.  Coincidence??  Maybe Republicans should concern themselves with their own questionable voter practices before they start proposing legislation to fight imaginary fraud.

 

MIKLOS, KENT & ENGLAND HONORED BY HOUSE CAUCUSES

Dallas County's Freshman members of the Texas House of Representatives were honored with end of the session honors this week. The House Democratic Caucus named Rep. Robert Miklos of Mesquite the House Democratic Freshman of the Year. Rep. Carol Kent of Dallas was named the Women's Health Caucus Freshman of the Year and Rep. Kirk England of Grand Prairie was honored as "Tenured Freshman of the Year" because this session marked his first session as a Democrat in the House. Congratulations to each for their awards.

 

FITZSIMMONS AND VALDEZ SELECTED BY THE DALLAS VOICE MAGAZINE

Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez and District Clerk Gary Fitzsimmons were included in the “25 Dallas Notables” list released by the Dallas Voice magazine in it’s 25th Anniversary Edition. The Voice writes “the North Texas LGBT community was fundamentally changed and enriched by the 25 people we have chosen." Congratulations to Sheriff Valdez and District Clerk Fitzsimmons.

 

PRESIDENT OBAMA NOMINATES FIRST HISPANIC TO SUPREME COURT

Another historic milestone was reached Tuesday when President Obama nominated Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court. If confirmed, Judge Sotomayor will be the first Hispanic to serve on the court.  She brings exemplary credentials to the Court.  She is an honor graduate of Princeton and was an editor of the Yale law review.  She served as a Manhattan prosecutor and in private practice represented corporate interests as a litigator.  She was first appointed to the U.S. District Court by former President George H. W. Bush and former President Bill Clinton appointed her to the Second Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals, where she has served for eleven years.  Besides being an accomplished jurist, Judge Sotomayor brings a life history of achievement.  Raised in the South Bronx by her mother after the death of the father of her father at age nine; she is truly a self-made woman.  She is known as a brilliant, but pragmatic intellectual.  The president hopes to have her on the bench when the Court opens this fall. We look forward to that day.

 

 

  VOTER SUPPRESSION SUPPRESSED

Congratulations are in order for our Democratic State Representatives who have legally used the rules of the House to protect our vote.  The Republican voter id railroad has been stopped in its tracks.  The voter suppression bill, known as the voter id bill looked like a sure thing.  The Senate suspended its rules for the sole purpose of railroading the bill through the Senate.  Once it reached the House, it was calendared by the Republicans in a manner intended to ensure passage.  However, our Democratic representatives took on the challenge and using a legal procedure known as “chubbing”, slowed down the calendar and prevented the bill from reaching the floor.  Although offered several compromises to protect legislation calendared after the voter suppression bill, Republicans refused all offers.  Their desire to protect us from imaginary fraudulent voters reigned supreme. 

We say thank you to our representatives for protecting our right to vote and we particularly salute our local representatives who assisted in the process — Terri Hodge, Robert Miklos, Carol Kent, Rafael Anchia, Roberto Alonzo, Kirk England, Allen Vaught, Helen Giddings, Barbara Mallory Caraway, and Yvonne Davis. 

We tip our hats to you!!!

  

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Dallas County Democratic Party
2009 Leadership Council

The Dallas County Democratic Party has formed a Leadership Council. Its membership is limited to any Democratic elected official. The officials who have joined our council have pledged their financial and leadership support to the party.

The following elected officials have joined our Leadership Council. We salute them for their commitment and thank them for their support.

Hon. Don Adams

Hon. Rafael Anchia

Hon. D'Metria Benson

Hon. Lennox Bower

Hon. Robert Burns

Hon. Tena Callahan

Hon. Roberto Cañas

Hon. Lynn Cherry

Hon. Carlos Cortez

Hon. Elizabeth Crowder

Hon. Larry Duncan

Hon. King Fifer

Hon. Elizabeth Frizell

Hon. Dennise Garcia

Hon. Carl Ginsberg

Hon. Mark Greenberg

Hon. David Hanschen

Hon. Terri Hodge

Hon. Martin Hoffman

Hon. Peggy Hoffman

Hon. Tracy F. Holmes

Hon. Jeanine Howard

Hon. Eddie Bernice Johnson

Hon. Jim Jordan

Hon. Carol Kent

Hon. Angela King

 

Hon. Marty Lowy

Hon.Rick Magnis

Hon. William A. Mazur Jr.

Hon. Michael Miller

Hon. Larry Mitchell

Hon. Ken Molberg

Hon. Sally Montgomery

Hon. Eric Moye

Hon. Dan Patterson

Hon. Lorraine Raggio

Hon. Jeff Rosenfield

Hon. Cheryl Lee Shannon

Hon. Doug Skemp

Hon. Gena Slaughter

Hon. Mark C. Stoltz

Hon. Ken Tapscott

Hon. Carter Thompson

Hon. Fred Tinsley

Hon. Emily Tobolowsky

Hon. Teresa Tolle

Hon. Kristin Wade

Hon. Joe Wells

Hon. Royce West

Hon. Ernie White

Hon. Lupe Valdez


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