Houston Democracy Project Notes & Observations, 9/22-Address Threats Democracy Here In Houston

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​Here are Houston Democracy Project Blog Notes & Observations for September 22. Election Day is in 43 days on November 5th & Early Voting begins in 29 days on October 21st. (Today's Picture of the Day is a recent sunset over Buffalo Bayou. We can't live by politics alone.)

* A consistent theme of the Houston Democracy Project is that Houston political journalists must ask local Republican elected officials where they stand on mass deportations and Trump/Vance extremism & also that local Democratic elected officials should ask their Republican colleagues the same questions.

The threats to democracy are not in some far off place. They are right here in Houston/Harris County. We have to challenge people we know. People we see everyday. It's more important journalists ask essential questions than it is they retain access to elected officials. Business as usual at Houston City Council is not worth our freedom. 
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* I saw information about an event in favor of the Houston ISD bond where one of the people on the panel was Judith Cruz. Ms. Cruz was an elected HISD Trustee at the time of the anti-democratic State of Texas takeover of HISD. The elected Trustees lost all power. I don't understand how an elected official-Ms. Cruz is a Democrat-could accept losing the office they had campaigned for to a far-right outfit like the State of Texas, and then be accepting of it. Why did you run for the office in the first place? What about democracy? 

* Vote No on the HISD Bond. I've never voted against school bond before this year. I'm not going to reward the loss of our elected school board. Community Voices for Public Education is doing a great job helping lead opposition to the bond. Check them out and be part for the effort.    

*I checked my voter registration at Harrisvotes.org today. Don't be a victim of Republican voter purges and suppression. Because my last name is very Latin-Aquino-I'll check a couple of more times before the election. The last day to register to vote in October 7. 
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