05.20.07
Posted in Events, GHDC Blog at 8:09 am by M Beauregard
Join us
Sunday, May 20, 2007
@ 2:00 p.m.
at our
HCDP PRECINCT CHAIR
Skills Building Workshop
Part II
Skills Building Workshop
Sunday, May 20, from 2-4 pm
HCDP, 1445 N. Loop West (610 at Ella)
Need some new ideas on how to work your precinct?
Or maybe you’d just like a better insight into what the party does and where you fit in?
The training is designed for anyone looking for fresh ideas. Bring a friend or two.
Topics include:
Where You Fit in the Big Picture
Where to Find Democrats
How to Put Fun Back into the Party
How to Turn a Wimp into a Winner
How to Use the Tools You Have
Email martha@hcdp.org or call HCDP at 713-802-0085 to let us know if you will attend.
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Pol. adv. paid for by the Harris County Democratic Party, 1445 N. Loop W., Suite 110, Houston, TX 77008. Not authorized by any candidate or candidate’s committee.
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05.19.07
Posted in Events, GHDC Blog at 10:13 pm by M Beauregard
Please be aware that each Democratic Party is a separate membership organization and dues are not shared between the groups. This includes the
Democratic National Committee DNC,
Texas Democratic Party,
Harris County Democratic Party,
and local neighborhood clubs like Greater Heights Democrats. We all support each other, but all activities are independent.
Our Texas Democratic Party and Chairman Boyd Richie will be coming to Houston to conduct a Democratic Town Hall Meeting for ALL DEMOCRATS…………….
Saturday, May 19th
11 AM-1PM
Democrats in Houston and Harris County are urged to come and support the Texas Democratic Party and learn what’s planned for the 2008 elections!
University of Houston-Main Campus, 4800 Calhoun Road, University Center, Houston Room (2nd Floor), Houston, TX, 77004-2610.
CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING LINK FOR A MAP TO THE LOCATION,
And later this same day………
There will be an optional fundraiser where you can meet Chair Boyd Richie and lots of TDP folks and elected officials.
Saturday, May 19 from 1:30PM to 3PM
Café Brasil at 2604 Dunlavy St, Houston, TX 77006
Individual Tickets are $35.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR NOW…………….
PLEASE FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO OTHERS NOW………
Thanks,
Allan Jamail
Allan Jamail
Texas State Democratic Executive Committeeman
Senatorial District 6
Harris County Democratic Party Finance Committeeman
Cell 281-782-0401—–Home (713) 674-2847
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05.17.07
Posted in Events, GHDC Blog at 9:16 am by M Beauregard
Everyone take a deep breath and take a moment out of your day to watch this. I know you’ll enjoy it, just think about the work we’re doing to reform the Democratic party and make it a viable entity again and apply it to the commercial.
~~~Sarah Gonzalez, Democracy for Houston
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05.16.07
Posted in Events, GHDC Blog at 7:41 am by M Beauregard
Please join Near Northside community leaders at a hearing at the Harris County Civil Court House, 13th Floor 201 Caroline, between Franklin and Congress on Wednesday, May 16, 4:00 pm as we once again must take a stand to show that we are Pro- Rail / BRT in the Near Northside.
Did you all see KPRC-2’s one-sided coverage (video links below) of the rail opponents on Sunday and Monday (see below for links)? I’m planning to contact the reporter, Robert Arnold, and encourage him to do a follow-up story and talk with some of the groups that really represent the community and are fighting FOR rail. Would any of you be game to talk to him? Do you know others in the ‘hood who should?
Thanks,
Robin
m (713) 301-5716
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- Rail opponents’ 202 hearing RESCHEDULED to Wednesday
- Opposition enjoys puff piece on KPRC-2
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Judge will consider request to authorize "fishing expedition" 
The opposition’s 202 hearing has been rescheduled to Wednesday, May 16, at 4:00 pm. The public is allowed to observe and take notes (no photos during the hearing). Several of us will be there — with our RR buttons on — to see what happens and talk to the media. Will you go along with us?
Watch for a RichmondRail media advisory with more background on the players and their history later today.
We alerted you in mid-April that rail opponents filed a "202 motion" in civil court. If granted, the motion would allow rail opponents to "fish for evidence" against METRO.
What: Hearing on motion filed on behalf of Daphne Scarbrough
Where: 215th Judicial District Court of Harris County, Texas, Judge Levi Benton
Harri s County Civil Court House, 13th Floor 201 Caroline, between Franklin and Congress
When: Wednesday, May 16, 4:00 pm
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05.15.07
Posted in Events, GHDC Blog at 8:28 pm by M Beauregard
Glenna lives in 2nd Ward and we hope she will play at our next social event, which we plan to hold at the end of the month!!
State Represenative Jessica Farrar and the Texas House of
Representatives
will honor the music of
Glenna Bell
with a House Resolution
presented to her next Tuesday, May 15, at the Capital in Austin!
Song Repertoire:
H.R. No. 1304
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, A talented singer and songwriter, Beaumont native
Glenna Bell is drawing attention for her stark yet beautiful songs
that conjure up the heartfelt essence of traditional country music
while expressing a fresh, contemporary perspective; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Bell has recorded three albums to date, Nobody’s Girl,
which appeared in 1998, Face This World, from 2006, and The Road Less
Traveled, which is scheduled to appear in 2007; each features her
haunting songs that present tales of heartache, love, and loss in a
stripped down and powerful style; and
WHEREAS, Glenna Bell’s music is colored by the sounds that she grew
up with in East Texas: a cappella hymns sung in her family’s church
and old-school country music that she discovered in her relatives’
record collections; with the help of veteran Texas musicians such as
John Evans, who has produced Ms. Bell’s last two albums, and Johnny
Bush, who sings on The Road Less Traveled, Glenna Bell has distilled
her influences into moving songs that are receiving airplay on country
and Americana radio stations across the country; and
WHEREAS, Carrying forward the classic, unembellished style that has
graced so much great music from Texas, Glenna Bell has emerged as a
musician and storyteller of great promise and stands as an exciting
addition to the musical tradition of the Lone Star State; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas
Legislature hereby honor Glenna Bell for her musical accomplishments
and extend to her best wishes for continued success; and, be it
further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for
Ms. Bell as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of
Representatives.
Farrar
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 1304 was adopted by the House on April 13, 2007, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House
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Posted in Events, GHDC Blog at 3:38 pm by M Beauregard
We all want lower gas prices, but it appears this won’t do it.
www.UrbanLegends.com
Comments: Wrong, wrong, wrong.
1. There was no nationwide "gas out" in 1997. There was one in 1999, but it didn’t cause gas prices to drop 30 cents per gallon overnight. In fact, it didn’t cause them to drop at all. Despite the popularity of the email campaign, the event itself attracted scant participation and was completely ineffectual.
2. There are over 205 million Internet users in the United States, far more than the 73 million claimed.
3. If, say, a hundred million drivers refused en masse to fill up their tanks on May 15, the total of what they didn’t spend could amount to as much as $3 billion. However, it doesn’t follow that such a boycott would actually decrease oil companies’ revenues by that amount, given that the average sales of gasoline across the entire U.S. is under $1 billion per day in the first place.
4. Whether the total impact was a half-billion, 3 billion, or 10 billion dollars, the sales missed due to a one-day consumer boycott wouldn’t hurt the oil companies one bit. Think about it. Every single American who doesn’t buy gas on Tuesday is still going to have to fill up their tank on Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday, making up for Tuesday’s losses. Sales for the whole week would be normal, or very close to it.
A meaningful boycott would entail participants actually consuming less fuel — and doing so in a sustained, disciplined fashion over a defined period of time — not just choosing to wait a day or two before filling up as usual.
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Posted in Events, GHDC Blog at 7:30 am by M Beauregard
Volunteers are needed Sunday to place the flags (now over 4500) and read names throughout the weekend. Come donate some of your time to this worthy group which has been honoring the Iraq War dead since the war began and before anti-war sentiment was commonplace. Flag honorees include veteran suicides and innocent Iraqi civilians.
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05.14.07
Posted in Events, GHDC Blog at 8:45 pm by M Beauregard
United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (left) signs an autograph outside St. Anne Catholic Church Sunday in Houston. Pelosi attended church services with her family.
James Nielsen: Chronicle
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May 13, 2007, 7:58PM
Speaker Pelosi in Houston for grandson’s communion
By KRISTEN MACK Copyright 2007 Houston Chronicle
No trip is purely personal when you are Speaker of the House.
Nancy Pelosi, the first woman to lead the House, was in Houston this weekend for the first communion of her 8-year-old grandson Sean Kenneally.
"I was mainly here for this," Pelosi said after the service today at St. Anne’s Catholic Church. "And to celebrate Mother’s Day. This is exciting for us."
But today politics will once again be front and center as she headlines a fundraiser for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, downtown at The Coronado Club, 919 Milam @ Walker.
This is her first trip to Texas since since taking up the gavel.
"We’re honored whenever she comes," Pelosi’s daughter, Jacqueline Kenneally said. "We’re especially thrilled to have her here to celebrate Sean’s special day."
When local Democrats found out Pelosi planned to come to Houston they scheduled a luncheon in her honor. Pelosi, who represents San Francisco, has long been the House Democrats’ most prolific fundraiser.
Entrance to the high-dollar event starts at $2,500. In order to gain "committee member" status, people must pledge to write a $10,000 check or raise it, and co-chairs must commit to writing or raising $25,000 per couple. Democratic heavy hitters Bob and Gracie Cavnar are hosting the event.
The event is oversold, "we have more people than space," Gracie Cavnar said today. They are expecting 75 attendees and have raised more than $150,000 for the Democratic party.
The Cavnars praised Pelosi’s leadership in Washington for "wrangling her raucous caucus into a powerfully organized voice of the people."
"We have always been impressed with the way she rules with an iron fist inside that beautifully wrought velvet glove. You’d think she was a Southern woman," the Cavnars wrote in their e-mail invitation.
This is the seventh year the Cavnars have hosted an annual event for Pelosi. Last year’s contributors included David Matthiesen, Richard Mithoff, Beverly and James Postl, and Sheridan and John Eddie Williams.
The Houston-area congressional Democratic delegation — Al Green, Gene Green, Sheila Jackson Lee and Nick Lampson — plan to attend the luncheon.
Pelosi is expected to make brief remarks at the private event, which is closed to the public and the media, before flying back to Washington, D.C. this afternoon.
"The country really spoke in November that they were ready for a fresh approach and change," Cavnar said.
Pelosi’s tenure as the third-ranking member of government has stood in sharp contrast to the Republican administration.
This week Pelosi led an effort in the House to finance the Iraq war only through midsummer. President Bush has threatened to veto the House plan, approved on a 221-205 vote Thursday night, to require him to seek approval in two months for the balance of the war money.
In April, Pelosi met with Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus against Bush’s wishes. Bush said it sent mixed messages to the Syrian government, which his administration considers to be a state supporter of terrorism.
During last year’s race to replace former U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay in the 22nd Congressional District, Republicans invoked Pelosi’s name, saying a vote for Lampson, who went on to win, was a vote for Pelosi as speaker should the Democrats reclaim control of the House, which they did.
"She’s never been daunted by Texas," Cavnar said of the reliably Republican Lone Star state. "Republicans always want to invoke the fear of ultra-liberalism. As the speaker, she does not let her personal politics drive the business of the House."
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05.13.07
Posted in Events, GHDC Blog at 2:39 pm by M Beauregard
Sunday, 2pm at Kobain’s Patio (behind Chatter’s, 140 S Heights Blvd)
FLAG REPAIR “PARTY” (FOR MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCE 2007) ON PATIO BEHIND CHATTERS RESTAURANT 2PM SUNDAY MAY 13TH 140 SOUTH HEIGHTS BLVD
Because the flag display has been in the weather for so many times and days, a majority of the name tags on the flags are faded and unreadable. So, we are replacing many of these labels (2000) adding new labels for those killed since the last memorial (~400).
The more people who help, the faster it can be done.
Jim Rine
Veterans for Peace
281 414 1386
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Posted in Events, GHDC Blog at 10:54 am by M Beauregard
Although the possibility of a runoff was always expected, we all worked HARD hoping Melissa could do it without a runoff and save enormous, time, money, and effort!!
We are SO proud of her!! She came by our brief meeting Saturday morning and thanked us (with a HUG!), so that gave US the support we needed!!
Hold on to your yard signs!! We need them again in June AND again in November!!
Thank to everyone!!
| At-large Position 3 |
In: |
100% |
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Kendall Baker
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1,576 |
4.7% |
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Anthony Dutrow
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227 |
0.7% |
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Noel Freeman
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844 |
2.5% |
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David Goldberg
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2,305 |
6.8% |
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Ivan Mayers
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398 |
1.2% |
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Alfred Molison
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363 |
1.1% |
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Roy Morales
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6,321 |
18.7% |
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Andy Neill
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592 |
1.8% |
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Tom Nixon
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4,510 |
13.3% |
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Melissa Noriega
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15,729 |
46.5% |
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Sara Owen-Gemoets
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962 |
2.8% |
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