Elected Officials Right To Respond To Disaster -Must Also Address Authoritarian Threat

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The Houston Democracy Project Blog is back up after two days without power from the derecho.  

No complaints. Many are still without power and need help.

Above is a picture is a picture of a drowned tree in the land-bridge area of Memorial Park. (I crawled under  to get past.)     

I see a lot of politicians on social media talking about how they are helping people. That's good. They should help.

At the same time, there are many weather-related disasters in Houston and Harris County. It would be good to see elected officials speaking more about the underlying climate change and poverty, that causes and exacerbates our many disasters.       

And no matter how an official responds to a weather event, we remain under authoritarian threat in Texas and the nation.     

Elected officials in the current political and social climate are signed up for the full deal. Help is needed in all our crises. Show up with the bottled water after the storm, show up to drive turnout in 2024 elections and be ready to show up on the right side of a police line when the right tosses out ballots or refuses to accept election results.   
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