Tuesday, November 22, 2005
Dems! Watch your polls.
Recent letter sent to the Bell County Clerk's Office on behalf of the Bell County Democrats (and all voters):
November 8, 2005
Lindsay Clark
Election Clerk
Bell County Clerk's Office
Belton, Texas 76513
Lindsay,
Yesterday 11/7/05, I received verbal assurances from Bell County Judge Jon Burrows that 2005 Voters' Guide material by Free Market Foundation would not be utilized at today's voting polls. I also, received assurance from Texas Secretary of States Office that your office would be contacted (11/7/05) to communicate to your office to not use the 2005, Voters' Guide by Free Market Foundation.
I regret to inform you that, the 2005 Voters' Guide Material by Free Market Foundation was being handed out to voters prior to voting at a voting location in Killeen, Texas. The location utilizing the Voters Guide was Willow Springs Elementary in Precinct 405.
I have an original of the Voters' Guide that was being utilized at Willow Springs in my possession with marks in the summary section of Proposition 2. Also, I have a copy of the Voters' Guide that originated the complaint from Harker Heights last Friday 11/4/05.
As Chairman of the Bell County Democratic Party, it is my responsibility to make sure that fair elections are held and to assure the spirit of the law is followed to make sure both sides of an issue are communicated on a fair basis to voters.
With a heavy heart, I need to inform you that, I will need to take steps to assure that future elections in Bell County are fair.
Arthur Resa
Bell County Democratic Chair
Lindsay Clark
Election Clerk
Bell County Clerk's Office
Belton, Texas 76513
Lindsay,
Yesterday 11/7/05, I received verbal assurances from Bell County Judge Jon Burrows that 2005 Voters' Guide material by Free Market Foundation would not be utilized at today's voting polls. I also, received assurance from Texas Secretary of States Office that your office would be contacted (11/7/05) to communicate to your office to not use the 2005, Voters' Guide by Free Market Foundation.
I regret to inform you that, the 2005 Voters' Guide Material by Free Market Foundation was being handed out to voters prior to voting at a voting location in Killeen, Texas. The location utilizing the Voters Guide was Willow Springs Elementary in Precinct 405.
I have an original of the Voters' Guide that was being utilized at Willow Springs in my possession with marks in the summary section of Proposition 2. Also, I have a copy of the Voters' Guide that originated the complaint from Harker Heights last Friday 11/4/05.
As Chairman of the Bell County Democratic Party, it is my responsibility to make sure that fair elections are held and to assure the spirit of the law is followed to make sure both sides of an issue are communicated on a fair basis to voters.
With a heavy heart, I need to inform you that, I will need to take steps to assure that future elections in Bell County are fair.
Arthur Resa
Bell County Democratic Chair
Now, only materials approved by the Secretary of State can be posted and distributed within the established solicitation boundaries of any polling site. Said material must be bi-partisan in nature. This incident does not take away from he value of voters having materials taken into a voting booth; especially when there are 8+ propositions to vote on. Making sure that people of any party do not leave the material in the voting places and making sure material is not distributed inside the voting site is imperative to unbiased ballot casting. Even though the job of poll-watching is mundane, it is a cornerstone of all political actions. You can fundraise, you can lobby, but none of that matters unless you get out the vote and it is casted fairly. Good job to the ever-vigilant poll watchers!! I will keep you updated on the outcome...
Friday, November 18, 2005
Just the Facts
For the cost of fighting the war in Iraq for one day, we could ...
- Provide 3.97 million households with an emergency readiness kit.
- Close the financing gap for interoperable communications in 41 small cities, 36 mid-sized cities, or 6 large cities so that federal, state and local first responders can talk to one another during an emergency.
- Purchase 780 fire trucks for improving local emergency response capabilities.
- Employ 4,919 fire fighters, 4,222 police patrol officers, or 7,052 paramedics and emergency medical technicians for one year each.
- Double the federal budget for nuclear reactor safety and security inspections to ensure that these potential terrorist targets are adequately protected.
- Pay for 1,101 additional border patrol agents to better guard our borders against potential terrorists.
- Provide 9,750 port container inspection units to detect hazardous materials being trafficked into the country.
- Provide 1,332 explosive trace detection portals for airport screening of passengers, as recommended by the 9/11 Commission.
- Provide 6,290 local law enforcement agencies a bomb-detecting robot.
- Provide 4,875 narcotics vapor and particle detectors.
- http://democrats.org/a/2005/10/the_real_cost_o.php
Bell County Democrats
The Bell County Democrats have some good ideas and some very knowledgable people. It would be great to get some more people out there to come in and join the group. There are also the BCATS (Bell County Action Team) who are definitely less conversation and more action!
So how do we energize Bell County?
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