But really, deductive reasoning already told us who did it, right? The Green Party is sometimes said to be left of the Democrats’ liberal wing. A Green gubernatorial candidate would not pull votes from faux tea-bagger incumbent GOP Gov. Rick Perry. Those votes would be siphoned straight from Democratic challenger and former Houston Mayor Bill White.

In a court hearing last month, former UT student Garrett Mize said lobbyist Mike Toomey, Perry’s close ally and former chief of staff, personally paid him to try to gather signatures for the Greens. Stuart Moss, who worked at the time for former Perry speech writer Eric Bearse, put Toomey and Mize in touch, Mize said.

An e-mail that Democrats obtained through their lawsuit showed that Republican operative Anthony Holm was in contact with Green Party officials as they tried to gather signatures this year. Holm’s company, the Patriot Group, received more than $90,000 from Perry’s campaign last year for technology consulting, although Holm said he was not involved with the firm’s work for Perry.

The gun is smoking, and it’ll be very interesting to trace that $532,000.

But think about it. Could Perry pals Mikey Toomey, Stuart Moss and Anthony Holm pull off something so Rovian without the governor’s knowledge?

The question isn’t whether Rick Perry’s fingerprints are all over this fiasco, but rather why Rick Perry is so fearful of the outcome of the Democratic process.

The building fronts on US90A.  The front part is a large room with two private offices and the back part is a large arena with a cement floor.

The headquarters is located at 51 Highway 90A East, right before the Brazos River bridge, inbound to Richmond, the county seat.  It is a 5,000 square foot structure with an excellent location for our signs outdoors.  Candidates, clubs, and the Party will be able to use the headquarters for large events and fundraisers.

The Party will need volunteers to staff the headquarters and we hope our club will be able to provide much of that staffing. The Club is loaning the Party our furniture and office supplies for use in this headquarters and any of the others they open.  Below please find a list of other items we need donated.  Anything you can donate gives us more money to spend on getting out the vote.

A date for the “official” opening is to be announced soon.

The training will be held at the Party’s new headquarters, 51 Highway 90A East, at the Brazos River bridge inbound to Richmond.

All precinct chairs, and those interested in becoming precinct chairs, are encouraged to attend.

RSVP to Cynthia Ginyard at ginyard@sbcglobal.net

Funny, he doesn’t mention anything about how he refused to vote to extend unemployment benefits for about 1.2 million out-of-work Americans who may not be able to afford food for their families as a result. Pete has figured out that NASA and petroleum companies populate a portion of his district. Maybe he doesn’t think anyone in Fort Bend County has lost their jobs yet in the Great Recession.

So if you’ve been laid off and are curious about why Congressman Olson is fighting to spend more government money to preserve high-paying NASA jobs but not on extending unemployment benefits to people who already are out of work, perhaps you’d like to join Pete down at the McDowell building and express your constituent concern.

I feel certain he’ll have some compelling and compassionate thoughts ready to share with you.

The event will start at 6:00 pm and last until 8:00 p.m.  Everyone is invited!

Chairman Steve Brown has asked us to pass along the following message:

Have you ever considered being a precinct chair or neighborhood coordinator for the Democratic Party?

Precinct Chairs are the local elected (or appointed) leaders of the Democratic Party.  Currently, well over half of the 145 precincts in Fort Bend are without Democratic precinct chairs.  Absent this local level leadership, its difficult to keep voters engaged, informed and able to provide the needed visibility for our causes and candidates.  Precinct Chairs are the bedrock of all local Party activity.

What do Precinct Chairs do? TDPPrecinctChairHandbook-2010.

· Serve on the County Executive Committee (CEC)

· Know your precinct and constituents

· Recruit Volunteers

· Canvass the precinct (blockwalks, phone bank, block partys, etc.)

· Increase the Democratic base (voter registration drives)

· Conduct the precinct convention

· Be a resource

· GET OUR VOTERS TO THE POLLS!

Neighborhood Coordinators assist the precinct chair in organizing Democrats in specific communities.

How do you become a Precinct Chair?

Please take a moment to review the Precinct Chair Database to see if there’s a precinct chair vacancy in your precinct.  If not, reach out to your precinct chair to volunteer or assist in organizing your neighborhood.  If so, please contact:

Cynthia Ginyard
281.530.9623 (home);
832.444.4073 (cell);
ginyard@sbcglobal.net;

Cynthia can provide you with specific information on the roles of precinct chairs.  Interested precinct chairs will have to be appointed by the Party Chair for the remainder of the 2010-2012 term.

The Fort Bend Democratic Party is a Party on the Move!  Will you join us and begin to elect Democrats to local and state offices this November?

Steve Brown, Chair

www.fbcdp.org

http://bluefortbendin2010.com

Want to interact, get news and share your views at Convention in a whole new way? Sign up for our new text message program – when you arrive in Corpus Christi, you’ll already be connected to receive the latest updates, take instant polls and more.

WHEN: JULY 2, 2010, FRIDAY, 6:30 PM

WHERE: FUN-TIKI, located near the corner of Hwy 6 & FM 1092, at 3310 FM 1092 off of a little road named Wallenberg. Missouri City, Texas. www.fun-tiki.com

Bring the kids! Fun Tiki has an outdoor go-kart track, 18-hole miniature golf, and arcade games! $15.00 for UNLIMITED ACCESS to the ARCADE, GO KARTS, GOLF, and an ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT PIZZA BUFFET!

Come between 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., stay as long as you like!

DON’T FORGET TO SAY HELLO AND MEET WITH YOUR CANDIDATE, PHILLIP ANDREWS.

Paid for by the Phillip Andrews Campaign

713-204-4664

P.O. Box 17176 Sugar Land, Texas 77496

www.andrewsfortexas.com

Please notify us of your attendance as it is important to have an accurate number of participants. andrewsfortexas@yahoo.com

“The problem for Republicans is that the only thing they have is opposition to Democrats and Obama, because everything they were for over the past decade – tax breaks for the wealthy and big oil, trickle-down economics, ‘free market’ solutions to health care and energy, privatizing Social Security, deregulating Wall Street – was all a failure that drove our country to the brink of disaster. Republicans can’t win on what they believe, so they’ll run against us. We aren’t going to let them get away with it.’

Rand Paul's Libertarian Dreamworld

Oh me, oh my. Just when you think the future of the Democratic Party looks a little bleak, nationally, someone in the Party of the Dark Side does something really, really stupid.

 Stupid as in speaking one’s mind from the very heart and core of their being.

 This week, Kentucky’s Republican Party nominee for US Senate, Rand Paul opened his mouth and did just that. Not once, but three times (four if you count his “final appearance on this subject” on Good Morning America this morning).

Delivering a miracle to his Democratic opponent. Delivering it on a silver platter.

Rand Paul, dressed in his best Libertarian ideals, came down against Title II of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The part that deals with the private sector. The part that tells lunch counter owners that not only can people of any race, creed or national origin sit and eat and drink whatever they can pay for in their establishment, they have to let them use their restroom as well.

Rand Paul thinks that it is perfectly okey-dokey to discriminate against another human being based on racial hatred because this is within their right to associate with whomever they choose (or obviously not associate with people they don’t like for some reason).

 This is Libertarianism at its finest.

 Jack Conway, who won in the Democratic primary, must be living a charmed life to be given this freebie. Most people who are alive now don’t know or remember what it was like to have segregated businesses. Most people are shocked to hear about it when it happens – a rarity these days, thankfully.

 God has a sense of humor. He also likes Democrats. Otherwise He wouldn’t have given us Rand Paul.