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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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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