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Immigration Policy Center: 287(g) Flawed and Obsolete
The Immigration Policy Center released a report on the dreaded 287(g) program which allows local law enforcement to act like federal immigration agents. They basically call it what DosCentavos has...
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Is He Running? ¿O que?
Schleifer at the Chron reports that Sheriff Adrian Garcia’s announcement for Mayor may be imminent. Or at least that signals are being sent. Or that his biggest supporters and check-writers think he...
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The Latest Cheez on the Mayor’s Race
I had a good chuckle reading through the campaign hires for the local mayoral campaigns compiled by Schleifer at the Chron. I won’t bother listing them, but there are some interesting hires to say the...
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Garcia, Others Chosen by Obama for Executive Action PR
Julian Aguilar at the Trib reports that a group of Texans have been chosen by President Barack Obama to serve as the PR team to promote his executive action. Sheriff Adrian Garcia, HUD Secretary Julian...
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Playing Catch-Up on Houston Election Stuff
PDiddie posted on a meeting last week in which it was rumored that Sheriff Adrian Garcia was going to make some sort of announcement. I had been too busy with family stuff to give it any attention,...
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Is He or Isn’t He? The Saga Continues…
Well, there’s nothing official yet, but Schleifer at the Chron cites “sources” as saying that Sheriff Adrian Garcia will announce for Houston Mayor in another month. Garcia has sent signals over the...
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Latino Turnout: Are Latino Candidates The Answer?
You may recall I wrote about attending a League of Women Voters low voter turnout forum a few weeks ago. Local professor Richard Murray stated that 2016 could be a good year for Latino turnout if...
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Garcia Makes It Official, Is Running for Mayor
Longtime lawman and public servant Adrian Garcia finally answered the question on Wednesday: Will he, or won’t he? He will run for Houston Mayor, Garcia announced before dozens of friends and family...
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Adrian Garcia Campaign Announces Grassroots Organizing Experience
The Adrian Garcia for Houston Mayor campaign announced a pretty awesome opportunity to earn some organizing experience–and it’s paid. Adrian Garcia is a product of Houston, and is personally committed...
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Adrian Garcia Raises $1.5M in 56 Days
The Adrian Garcia for Mayor campaign reports raising $1.5 million in the 56 days it had to raise funds before the first reporting deadline. Giving credit to grassroots energy and a base of loyal...
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DC (Finally) Reacts To Tuesday
By the time I clicked [REFRESH] a little after 7PM on Tuesday night, I knew most of my picks were going down in flames. Here are my reactions to a few races a few days after sifting through the...
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Looking Forward To The 2018 Dem Primary
Well, looks like all the excitement (and panic) over the race for Congressional District 29 has subsided as current and former officeholders who contemplated running for the seat decided to either run...
View ArticleLittle Joe Endorses Lupe Valdez for Texas Governor
The King of the Brown Sound, Little Joe Hernandez, has endorsed Lupe Valdez for Texas Governor. In fact, he proudly supports his prima. In a video released (above) by the campaign, Hernandez explains...
View ArticleLittle Joe Headlines Houston GOTV Event
Click to view slideshow. Around 200 East End voters and activists attended a Get Out The Vote Rally at the East End Events Center on Saturday afternoon. Headlining was the legendary Little Joe y La...
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Democrats Sweep Harris County!
Most countywide Democratic candidates in Harris County knew they looked good after the early voting tally was released. But it was the race for Harris County Judge that had many on the edge of their...
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Christopher Hollins Named Interim County Clerk
Late last night, I got the message that the Harris County Commissioner’s Court appointed local lawyer and Texas Democratic Party Finance Chair Christopher Hollins to serve as interim Harris County...
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Judge Lesley Briones Announces for Harris Commish Pct 4
With the ink pretty much dry on the recently approved redrawing of Harris County Commissioner precincts, Judge Lesley Briones announced that she would be resigning her position as Judge of County...
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Commissioners Go With Internal Astroworld Investigation
Some have mixed feelings and others don’t know how to feel about it, but I think it was a bad move by county commissioners to keep things internal when it comes to investigating what occurred at...
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Isabel Longoria Resigns As Elections Chief
After County Judge Lina Hidalgo made it clear that she preferred someone else in charge of elections, Isabel Longoria submitted her resignation, effective July 1. On Tuesday afternoon, the Houston...
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DCs Weekly COVID-19 Report
Because everyone else seems to be ignoring the COVID-creep that continues. Houston Health reported yesterday that the 14-day positivity rate is now at 6.1% and the wastewater load is now at 91%....
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