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BLACKBURN HEADLINES HCDP BROWN BAG LUNCHThe Harris County Democratic Party is honored to welcome James B. Blackburn, Jr., J.D., Professor and noted environmental attorney as featured speaker at our May Brown Bag Luncheon. The HCDP Brown Bag Luncheon Series continues on Tuesday, May 13th, at 12:00 pm. Mr. Blackburn will discuss local and national environmental concerns and their importance in the November election. An attorney for more than 30 years, Jim Blackburn is a partner in Blackburn Carter, a firm devoted to environmental law and planning. Cases include environmental impact, wetlands, wastewater, air and hazardous waste litigation; strategic environmental planning; toxic tort and flood-related litigation; and sustainable development and environmental dispute resolution. Blackburn is also a Professor of the Practice in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rice University, teaching courses in environmental law. Mr. Blackburn is also active in community issues. He is the co-founder of Houston Wilderness, the Matagorda Bay Foundation and the Galveston Bay Foundation. In October 2004, Texas A&M press published his manuscript titled The Book of Texas Bays, which focuses upon the current environmental health of bays in Texas and the efforts undertaken to protect them. Blackburn received both a B.A. in History and a J.D. at the University of Texas at Austin and an M.S. in Environmental Science at Rice University. What are you doing for lunch on Tuesday, May 13th? You bring your lunch. We provide the drinks. Enjoy your lunch with fellow Democrats, hear dynamic speakers and become informed about important issues and events! For more information, please contact HCDP at 713-802-0085 or hcdp@hcdp.org.
BILL KELLY has been named General
Campaign Manager for the Harris County Democratic Party 2008
Coordinated Campaign. Bill's campaign experience includes his
having served as Campaign Manger for State Representative Ellen
Cohen’s successful campaign for Texas Legislature in 2006,
resulting in the unseating of the Republican incumbent in a
district which had voted heavily for Republican candidates in
the past, Campaign Manager for Council Member Peter Brown’s
successful citywide campaign for city council at large position
1 in 2005, Field Director for State Representative Hubert Vo’s
historic and victorious campaign for the Texas Legislature against
an entrenched Republican incumbent House committee chair in
2004, and Deputy Field Director for Houston Mayor Bill White's
campaign for mayor of the City of Houston in 2003. HCDP THIRD ANNUAL BREAKTHROUGH BREAKFAST: HCDP Third Annual Breakthrough Breakfast: The Political Scene in Texas. The Harris County Democratic Party will be serving up breakfast and an expert's inside view of the outlook for Harris County and Texas in November. Our Blue Plate Special includes: three political savants taking a look at the shifting winds in Texas as the Harris County Democratic Party launches a historic coordinated campaign for the fall election. Panelists include (among others):
What: HCDP Breakthrough Breakfast Contributions are not tax deductible
for federal income tax purposes. Federal law requires us to use our
best efforts to collect and report the name, mailing address, occupation,
and name of employer for any person whose contributions exceed $200
in a calendar year. Your contribution may be used in connection with
federal elections and is subject to the limitations and prohibitions
of the Federal Election Campaign Act.
Federal law prohibits our federal PAC from receiving
contributions from the general treasury funds of a corporation,
labor organization, national bank, or an entity or person who is
a federal contractor, or from anyone who is not a United States
citizen or a permanent resident alien. If the contributor is under
18 years old, we cannot accept the contribution unless the decision
to contribute was knowingly and voluntarily made by the contributor
himself or herself from funds owned and controlled by the contributor,
and not made from a gift given to the minor for the purpose making
the contribution. GET INVOLVED WITH YOUR
PARTY The By-Laws of the Harris County Democratic Executive Committee provides for five “standing committees” (Rules, Primary, Resolutions, Finance, and Audit). HCDP will elect members to serve on these committees at our Precinct Chair Swearing In Ceremony and Celebration - May 1st. If you are interested in serving on one of our Standing Committees, please contact your Senate District leaders for nomination. Descriptions of the standing committees and their areas of responsibility are described below. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact HCDP at 713-802-0085 or hcdp@hcdp.org.
There are any number of reasons why John McCain should never be president of the United States. Lilly Ledbetter is one of them. In 1979, Lilly Ledbetter was hired by Goodyear Tire & Rubber, Inc. as a supervisor in its Gadsen, Alabama plant. By the time she retired in 1998, there were 16 supervisors at the plant, but Ledbetter was the only woman. Her salary was the lowest of any of the supervisors – 15% (more than $6,700 per year) lower than the lowest paid male counterpart and 30% (more than $18,000 per year) less than the best paid male supervisor, who was hired at the same time she was. The reason, the courts found and Goodyear does not contest, why Ledbetter was paid far less than the other supervisors with whom she worked was not that her performance was inferior to her male cohorts – it wasn’t – it was just old-fashioned, straight-forward sex discrimination, plain and simple. The only reason Ledbetter was paid substantially less than similarly situated and equally performing male supervisors was that she was a woman. That’s it.
Primary election day was historic in Harris County. Not only did more people vote in the Democratic Party primary than ever did before, but it also marked the 25th anniversary of RICHARD CORTEZ service as precinct chair and election judge in what is now Harris County Precinct 64. A community activist in every sense of the term (officer in the Mason Park Advisory Council, former president of the Magnolia Pineview Civic Club, former grandknight of the Knights of Columbus, member of American Legion Post 472 in Magnolia Parkm and member of the East End Chamber of Commerce), Richard has been a proud and effective campaigner and active supporter of Democratic candidates up and down the ballot. Thank you, Richard, for 25 years of exemplary service to the Democratic Party of Harris County! |
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BILL
KELLY NAMED GENERAL CAMPAIGN MANAGER FOR 2008 COORDINATED
CAMPAIGN
MESSAGE
FROM THE CHAIR: WHY JOHN MCCAIN SHOULD NOT BE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES – LILLY LEDBETTER IS ONE GOOD REASON
CONGRATULATIONS,
RICHARD CORTEZ!
