Harris County Commissioners Court unanimously gave the A-Okay to a voting plan presented by the County Clerk yesterday. Check out the Chron story on the matter. It appears to be a good plan with the paper ballots as back-ups. The key to this working is educating the public on what to expect and more importantly [...]
Archive for August, 2010
And the Vote Goes On
Posted in Campos Communications, Harris County Commisioners Court, HISD School Board Elections, Houston Astros, Houston City elections, Houston Elections, Houston Independent School District, Houston Politics, Latino politics, Major League Baseball, Marc Campos, Texas Latino Politics, Texas Politics on August 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Vote Early For Sure
Posted in Campos Communications, Harris County Commisioners Court, Houston Astros, Houston City elections, Houston City Hall, Houston Elections, Houston Politics, Houston Voter Turnout, Latino politics, Major League Baseball, Marc Campos, Texas Latino Politics, Texas Politics on August 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Early Voting begins in 48 days and here in Harris County we don’t have a voting machine that functions. The Harris County Commissioners Court will meet today in an emergency session to hear the County Clerk’s plan for making sure we have a smooth election. The County Clerk has already said that we need to [...]
Local Election Equipment Up In Smoke
Posted in Campos Communications, Governor Rick Perry, Houston Astros, Houston City elections, Houston City Hall, Houston Elections, Houston Mayor Bill White, Houston Politics, Latino politics, Major League Baseball, Marc Campos, Mayor Bill White, Texas Democratic Party, Texas Governor campaign, Texas Latino Politics, Texas Politics on August 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Commentary woke up this morning and turned on the TV set only to find that the Harris County Clerk’s Office warehouse that stores all of the election voting gizmos was on fire. It looks like a lot of the machines may have been destroyed. Talk about bad timing. I think leaders from both political parties [...]
WalMarts Happen
Posted in Campos Communications, Houston Astros, Houston City Hall, Houston Elections, Houston Politics, Latino politics, Major League Baseball, Marc Campos, Mayor Annise Parker, Texas Latino Politics, Texas Politics on August 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Commentary didn’t make it to last night’s meeting on the WalMart project. What’s the point! H-Town decided a long time ago that we didn’t need or want zoning so WalMarts happen – period. It was only a matter of time. I wonder what else is in store for Commentary’s ‘hood? I dropped by the League [...]
GOP Lawyer Looks After Minority Voting Rights!
Posted in Campos Communications, HISD School Board Elections, Houston Astros, Houston City Council, Houston City Hall, Houston Elections, Houston Politics, Latino politics, Major League Baseball, Marc Campos, Texas Latino Politics, Texas Politics on August 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »
You heard it from Commentary first. Yesterday, the Keep Houston Safe folks sent up all star hot shot GOP lawyer Andy Taylor to advise the H-Town City Council that putting the anti red light camera item on the ballot would not stand up in court. He got my attention when he said the action would [...]
Dude and the Polls
Posted in Campos Communications, Governor Rick Perry, HISD School Board Elections, Houston Astros, Houston City Hall, Houston Elections, Houston Mayor Bill White, Houston Politics, Latino politics, Major League Baseball, Marc Campos, Mayor Bill White, Texas Governor campaign, Texas Latino Politics, Texas Politics on August 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Guv Dude ain’t agreeing to debate right now and now the Back to Basics PAC is calling him a coward. Guv Dude has decided he is not going to fill out certain dreaded questionnaires – take that! Guv Dude has decided to skip E-Board interviews. What is he thinking? Well! Rasmussen said yesterday that Dude [...]
The Watchdogs
Posted in Campos Communications, Houston Astros, Houston City Council, Houston City Hall, Houston Elections, Houston Politics, Latino politics, Major League Baseball, Texas Latino Politics, Texas Legislature, Texas Politics on August 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
CEDWDEM sent out a Chron piece over this past weekend about a “watchdog” fella accusing Lone Star State legislators from the H-Town area and San Antonio of double dipping or collecting state per diem and paying for housing expenses up in Austin out of their campaign funds to the tune of tens of thousands of [...]
Looking for Extras
Posted in Campos Communications, Governor Rick Perry, HISD School Board Elections, Houston Astros, Houston Elections, Houston Independent School District, Houston Politics, Latino politics, Major League Baseball, Marc Campos, Mayor Bill White, Texas Democratic Party, Texas Governor campaign, Texas Latino Politics, Texas Politics on August 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Have you ever dreamed of being in a campaign TV ad? Well, this Sunday in Austin you get your chance. The Former H-Town Mayor’s campaign will be shooting a spot and the subject is Hurricane Rita and evacuees. If you don’t feel like going door to door, or stuffing envelopes, or putting out yard signs, [...]
HISD Special and Termed Out
Posted in Campos Communications, Councilmember James Rodriguez, Houston Astros, Houston City Council, Houston City Council Elections, Houston City Hall, Houston Elections, Houston Independent School District, Houston Term Limits for Mayor and Council, Latino politics, Major League Baseball, Marc Campos, Mayor Annise Parker, Texas Latino Politics, Texas Politics on August 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The H-Town Latino Political Community spoke in different tongues today regarding filling the HISD District VIII Trustee position. The Hispanic Chamber wanted an immediate appointment. A dozen Latino local elected officials wanted an election. LULAC wanted the appointment of Judith Cruz. The HISD Board opted to go with an election. A few Latino leaders addressed [...]
HISD Trustee Candidates Speak
Posted in Campos Communications, Councilmember James Rodriguez, HISD School Board Elections, Houston Astros, Houston City Council, Houston City Hall, Houston Elections, Houston Independent School District, Houston Politics, Houston Term Limits for Mayor and Council, Latino politics, Major League Baseball, Marc Campos, Mayor Annise Parker, Texas Latino Politics, Texas Politics on August 18, 2010 | 1 Comment »
REVISED – BREAKING NEWS! HOUSTON CITY COUNCIL THIS MORNING FAILED TO ADOPT THE TERM LIMITS REVIEW COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION. THE MOTION FAILED ON A 7-7 VOTE. MAYOR PARKER, CMS STARDIG, JOHNSON, ADAMS, SULLIVAN, HOANG, AND PENNIGTON VOTED FOR. CMS CLUTTERBUCK, GONZALEZ, RODRIGUEZ, COSTELLO, LOVELL, NOREIGA, AND BRADFORD VOTED NO. CM JONES WAS ABSENT. END OF STORY [...]
