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• State Rep. Mando Martinez is getting primaried

  —South Texas Chisme

  A Rio Grande Valley veteran is asking voters in the Mid Valley to elect him to the Texas Legislature so he can help secure a VA hospital for the region.
  
  Joel De Los Santos, a 41-year-old educator from Weslaco, is running for Texas House District 39 in the Democratic [...]

  Posted: December 17, 2009, 7:11am EST
  

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• Judicial Q&A: Judith Snively

  —Kuff's World

  (Note: I am running a series of Q&As for judicial candidates in contested Democratic primaries. There are a lot of judicial races on the ballot in Harris County this election, and so this is intended to help introduce the candidates...

  
  

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  Posted: December 17, 2009, 6:36am EST
  

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• Mayor-Elect Parker Roundup

  —musings

  
  Here are some of my favorite things I've read since Annise Parker's victory Saturday night:
  
  I like this the most -  a quote from my friend Robert Shipman in the New York Times:
  Robert Shipman, who is gay and worked long hours for Ms.' [...]

  Posted: December 17, 2009, 6:30am EST
  

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• How About Jolanda Jones & Sue Lovell Working As A Team For A Better Houston?

  —TexasLiberal

  Houston City Councilmembers Jolanda Jones and Sue Lovell have been engaged in a public brawl. This despite the fact that both are reasonably progressive Democrats. Or so they both assert. Now that each have won reelection to Houston City Council, maybe it is time for these two to make up. How about a joint press conference where [...]

  Posted: December 16, 2009, 8:55pm EST
  by Neil Aquino

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• Another Texas Wind Project Up and Running

  —TexasVox

  Congratulations to San Angelo, Texas, where a new 150 MW wind farm is up, spinning, and on with commercial operations.  According to North American Wind Power, The project’s 100 General Electric 1.5 MW turbine generators are expected to generate more than 525,000 MWh of wind energy per year, which will be [...]

  Posted: December 16, 2009, 2:35pm EST
  by citizensarah

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• Prossecutors' performance hard to measure: Excellent reporting out of Waco shows gaps in DA data

  —Grits for Breakfast

  The McLennan County District Attorney is facing his first serious electoral challenge in a generation next year, and the Waco Tribune-Herald offered up excellent coverage this week that are must-reads for anyone concerned with how prosecutors operate or what issues voters should care about in elections:
  "Data offer clues" [...]

  Posted: December 16, 2009, 11:34am EST
  

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• Summing up the Senate debate on health care reform

  —Brains and Eggs

  
  If Harry Reid can't bring himself to use reconciliation and restore some of the real reform measures that have been stripped out, then it's time to kill the bill. We'll do it all over again in 2010 after we elect some real Democrats.
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  Posted: December 16, 2009, 7:55am EST
  

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• Rick Casey says electing gays in Texas is nothing new

  —South Texas Chisme

  What I'd like the rest of the world to know is how very Texan it is for Houston to elect a gay mayor — as Texan as Dallas, as Texan as San Angelo.
  
  Actually, Dallas hasn't elected an openly gay mayor, although three-term gay City Councilman Ed Oakley made [...]

  Posted: December 16, 2009, 7:52am EST
  

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• Chief of troubled Houston Police Department to resign

  —South Texas Chisme

  Houston Police Chief Harold Hurtt is planning to resign at the end of the year, two days before Mayor-elect Annise Parker takes office.
  
  Hurtt, who has been Houston police chief for almost six years, confirmed Tuesday night that he told his command staff earlier in the day of his [...]

  Posted: December 16, 2009, 7:35am EST
  

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• Dewhurst to form redistricting committee

  —TRAIL BLAZERS

  It might be the chairmanship that nobody wants.

  Still, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst told me Tuesday that he would appoint the Select Committee on Redistricting. He didn't name a chairman, but said he had a senator in mind.

  Redistricting can be one of the most divisive issues in politics. It's also one' [...]

  Posted: December 16, 2009, 7:00am EST
  

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• Judicial Q&A: David Longoria

  —Kuff's World

  (Note: I am running a series of Q&As for judicial candidates in contested Democratic primaries. There are a lot of judicial races on the ballot in Harris County this election, and so this is intended to help introduce the candidates...

  
  

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  Posted: December 16, 2009, 5:39am EST
  

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• Runoff precinct analysis, Mayor's race

  —Kuff's World

  All right, I now have a copy of a draft canvass report from Saturday's election, courtesy of the Harris County Clerk's office. As before, I will be going through it to see what I can learn from it. First up...

  
  

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  Posted: December 16, 2009, 5:21am EST
  

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• If Annise Parker Doesn’t Repent, She Won’t Go to Heaven

  —The Ellis County Observer

  That’s in essence what this former homosexual writer for WND.com is saying: Houston, we have a ‘gay’ problem Posted: December 15, 2009 1:00 am Eastern By Michael Glatze © 2009  As Houston elects its first openly gay mayor, and headlines are made that this is some kind of historic occasion, I remember the way every [...]

  Posted: December 16, 2009, 11:40pm EST
  by JoeyGDauben

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• Are Bexar County Democrats missing >$200K?

  —South Texas Chisme

  Just heard from a friend about tonight's Bexar County CEC meeting. Carla Vela stepped down in order to run for District Clerk and Roberto Flores, former Stonewall Democrats of San Antonio co-chair, was elected interim Bexar County Democratic chair.
  
  Carla said over $200k was missing from one of their' [...]

  Posted: December 15, 2009, 9:02pm EST
  

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• Mike Villarreal Launches New Website

  —Burnt Orange Report

  

  
  

  Representative Mike Villarreal (D - San Antonio) must enjoy toying with us.  He was considering a run for Comptroller, and then very quickly he said no to that, and told a reporter that he would file for reelection.

  And this website is pretty [...]

  Posted: December 15, 2009, 8:00pm EST
  

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• Bye Bye, Chief Hurtt

  —blogHOUSTON

  VARIOUS MEDIA OUTLETS are reporting that Chief Hurtt has informed his command staff he'll be resigning effective 30 December. Mayor-elect Parker made clear during the campaign that the bumbling police chief would be out if she won, so this is mere...' [...]

  Posted: December 15, 2009, 6:20pm EST
  

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• Gattis on Mayor-elect Parker's inherited challenges

  —blogHOUSTON

  TORY GATTIS posts his extensive "wish list" agenda for Mayor Parker, but starts with the basics: She faces a difficult financial situation at the city, and obviously her first priority will be getting that under control. In addition to those short... [...]

  Posted: December 15, 2009, 5:59pm EST
  

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• TCRP Chairman Dr. Rosemary Edwards files for re-election

  —Blue Dot Blues

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  Dr. Rosemary Edwards has filed for re-election as Travis County Republican Party chairman!
  
  I know this is a one-liner and therefore less earth-shattering as a blog post, but substance is coming. Check back later tonight. [...]

  Posted: December 15, 2009, 5:01pm EST
  by MJSamuelson

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• Trying to find the bright side while dancing on the dark side of the moon

  —Pete's Place

  About the only positive side of the Supremes stealing the 2000 presidential election for George W. is the fact that this jerk never became vice president. True, he might not have been as dangerous as Dick Cheney, but he could have wielded even far more influence today. I'm thinking, however,' [...]

  Posted: December 15, 2009, 2:05pm EST
  

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• Ellis County Early Voting Locations for March 2

  —The Ellis County Observer

  Commissioners approved the early voting schedule and locations for the March 2, 2010 Democratic and Republican primaries, as follows: Feb. 16, 17, 18 19 (Tuesday through Friday) 8 a.m. – 6 p.m. Elections Office / 106 S. Monroe Street / Waxahachie 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Ennis Sub-Courthouse / 116 W. Ennis Avenue [...]

  Posted: December 15, 2009, 10:46am EST
  by JoeyGDauben

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• Obama’s Selective Outrage

  —UrbanGrounds

  Exactly. Instead, Obama reserves his ire or a little selective outrage at Wall Street Bankers. [...]

  Posted: December 15, 2009, 10:40am EST
  by Robbie Cooper

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• Re-Post: County Elected Officials’ Salaries

  —The Ellis County Observer

  Just in case those filing for county offices want to know how much you’ll be making should you get elected… County/District Attorney Joe Grubbs | $10,672 (the state pays for the salary of DAs and district judges) 40th/378th District Judges Gene Knize/Al Scoggins | $10,672 County Court at Law No. 1 Greg Wilhelm | $139,632 County Court [...]

  Posted: December 15, 2009, 10:13am EST
  by JoeyGDauben

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• Harris County, Bill White and the 2010 General Election

  —musings

  I'm always saying that 20-25% of the statewide vote comes from the Greater Harris County area. Not sure if I read that somewhere awhile back, or if it's because I know that figure holds true for other data points, such as the number of school age kids. Anyway, Jason' [...]

  Posted: December 15, 2009, 8:24am EST
  

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• C.C. A Natural Selection

  —La Sanbe

  Innovative Leisure Partners is looking into building a water park in Corpus Christi near the Harbor Bridge.
  "You've got 6 million tourists a year to the area, and you're within striking
  distance to three of the largest cities in the country,"
  6 million -- that's a lot of [...]

  Posted: December 15, 2009, 7:41am EST
  

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• Judicial Q&A: Mark Isenberg

  —Kuff's World

  (Note: I am running a series of Q&As for judicial candidates in contested Democratic primaries. There are a lot of judicial races on the ballot in Harris County this election, and so this is intended to help introduce the candidates...

  
  

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  Posted: December 15, 2009, 6:05am EST
  

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• Laredo 911 fails elderly couple

  —South Texas Chisme

  Helpless, hopeless, and horrible: those are the words family members and neighbors used to describe their moment of despair when they couldn't get a response from emergency personnel after an electrical box at their house caught fire. All after at least six calls to 911 failed.Police answered the phone immediately' [...]

  Posted: December 15, 2009, 3:56am EST
  

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• Former Hidalgo elections administrator pleads guilty

  —South Texas Chisme

  Hidalgo County’s former elections administrator Teresa Navarro pleaded guilty to multiple counts of theft, document tampering and abuse of her office Monday, more than a year after a graft scandal forced her from office.
  
  As part of a plea agreement with prosecutors, the 49-year-old was sentenced to 10 years [...]

  Posted: December 15, 2009, 3:16am EST
  

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• Let’s Talk HD83

  —Lubbock Left

  Primary season is almost upon us. Now is the time to prepare by becoming informed.

  The Texas Tribune has — conveniently in one place — all the info for Texas elected officials you need to get started with an analysis of them. Check out Delwin Jones’ House District 83. [...]

  Posted: December 15, 2009, 1:11am EST
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• Barack Obama Calls Mayor-Elect Annise Parker

  —David Ortez

  

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  Posted: December 15, 2009, 11:39pm EST
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• Political donations? What political donations?

  —blogHOUSTON

  TEXAS WATCHDOG broke an interesting political story on Friday that sort of got lost in the shuffle on election eve: The Harris County Republican Party is apparently having difficulties accounting for/reporting some political donations. Jared Woodf... [...]

  Posted: December 14, 2009, 10:32pm EST
  

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