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You're off to a good start. Practice. Practice. Practice.

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A) My apologies this story was about Houston and that's what I was talking about. Beaumont where my aunt lives was definitely hit hard and it is a Dem stronghold. B) yes and I did a happy dance I lived in that district for 25 years. Huberty's is a drunk. I assure you I did more for public education in his area then he ever did. Just cus he supports public Ed doesn't make him a good guy. He's extremely religious right and has publically condemned homosexuality, women's choice, etc. He's an ASSHOLE let me say that LOUDLY. My daughter lives 3 blocks from the San Jac River and had to be rescued so it's not just his district that got slammed he's just always the whiniest. Her house was brand new - 5 months old, the lender, realtor, builder, home insurance co, and title company all told her she didn't need flood insurance. Did we listen to those dumb fucks hell no I bought her the policy it was $369 so cry me a river for Hubertys district they are totally surrounded by water. I will be the first to protest bailing their asses out. You'd have to live there to understand why. When President Obama got elected the second time they bitched and moaned and always complained he was the welfare president they can just bend over and grab those bootstraps and pull themselves up on their own. Still doing a happy dance that they got flooded if I was a religious person I'd say it was the wrath of God but I'll stick with Mother Nature unleashed her fury. C) I don't vote in Houston my main house is in Austin. I just visit once in a while but I do love central Houston the burbs aren't turning blue in the northeast anytime soon. Harris County seat is blue Mike "smarmy" Sullivan was the last Republican voted out. He was a dumbass. I have personally known these people for over 20 years. Literally gag me. They are the top reasons I moved to Austin.

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Doesn’t the desert heat keep them preserved, albeit a bit leathery? ;)Thank you sincerely for your factual posts front the front lines of legislative sausage making. I find your comments insightful and honest.

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a) maybe you should be talking to Rep. Alvarado and Sens. Garcia and Whitmire. seems plenty of people in their districts were flooded. and, in case you haven't noticed, there are Dems mixed in with Reps. all over the place--even in your precinct!

b) you're in D Bonn's district. while he's definitely a moderate, it's nothing to brag about. Huberty is not a drunk--you appear to have been hoodwinked by the American Phoenix Foundation. good job there. and he did plenty of work on education. it's Larry Taylor that keeps fucking things up. I don't know who this "they" you speak of is, but Huberty wasn't one of the ones bitching day and night about Obama at the lege. that was and is still a practice favored by the Liberty Corner people in the Senate. and you're not a liberal if you're doing a happy dance when anyone gets flooded--you're just an asshole. maybe I should speak to some on your executive committee about how having precinct chairs that take glee in others' misfortune is no way to turn the state blue. I don't care how many precincts there are in Harris Co. you don't turn them blue with assholes like you.

c) if your main house is in Austin, you shouldn't be a precinct chair in Harris Co. anyhow. and I'd have no problem getting you kicked off the CEC here if you're going to keep gleefully dancing at others misfortunes. and the Harris County Clerk is not blue. Harris voted out the TAC which is the voter registrar. the Clerk wasn't on the ballot last time, but it is the Elections Administrator and it is still Stan Stanart. if you were a precinct chair and have known these people so personally, you would know that. seeing as you don't, I think you're just making shit up for the hell of it.

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we're not a desert. there is a portion of the Chihuahuan Desert in West TX, but most of it is in MX. it's not the whole state.

thanks. I try.

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Huberty is an Ass. I was a precinct chair but haven't been in a number of years Let's see Sullivans daughter is Paige - Martin has 4 kids with Michael his 2nd oldest and Huberty begged for my support when he started out on the school board along with Dave and Mike. Everyone of them started out on the school board. Huberty is a drunk. Haha.It's amazing how I can be sad for some and do a happy dance about others. The Travis CEC Bruce already asked me to serve as an election judge. I've met Clinton, Gore, Hillary, Obama because of my years of service for Democrats. I was asked to be President Clinton's Houston ambassador by the HC democrats when he visited Houston in his 2nd term. I also know many others. But I had 4 children to raise including one with austism who was raped by a police officer. So go fuck yourself.

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It's not about me, that's why; and far as I know it's not about you. This was a gentle suggestion on my part, and Jesus, what a bag of worms it tore open~!

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you still don't know the difference between County Tax Assessor-Collector and County Clerk.

you just posted a bunch of stuff that is unverifiable so I'm going to go ahead an not give a shit that you're saying you're a star on the internet.

Huberty drinks like most of the legislators--including Dems. he's not a drunk. and you're still falling for American Phoenix Foundation's bullshit.

doing a happy dance over anyone's misfortune still makes you an asshole.

quit telling me to do what it is that you clearly need to do yourself.

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You are right about Sullivan being tax assessor not clerk but clerk will be voted out next. I used to be like you nice and passive that's why all those republicans would ask me to get out the dem vote when they ran for local elections only opposed by other Republicans. But I'm not passive anymore that's how we lose. I didn't say I was a star I'm sure you've met them too I just said I volunteered enough to get to meet them. But then life priorities took over. And yes you could google my kids names and verify what I am saying is true. But they deserve some privacy. My daughters sodomy/rape case is still pending. Also the ACLU and the AU both have helped me stand up and NPR has interviewed me for what happened to my children in this district. I was the only one who allowed my name to be used by the ACLU for what happened to us so yeah still doing my happy dance. You can show this to Huberty and I can assure you he could probably guess my name that is if he's not drunk.So there are people like you who think soft and sweet wins people to progressive causes and people like me who know for many it doesn't.

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I'm right about a lot more than Sullivan--and, as I said, you're not going to get anyone to vote for your candidates by insulting them. that's not "nice and passive". that's just smart. you don't get votes by insulting people or dancing over their misfortune--in fact, you lose votes. you are actively trying to lose votes by being such a fucking dick.

who cares who you've met if the voters think you're an asshole. I don't want to google your kids names, I just want you to either quit being counterproductive or do nothing at all. no wonder it took so long to get the TAC down there with pricks like you around.

I don't care who interviewed you. YOU ARE NOT A FUCKING STAR. bragging and name dropping makes you sound like you think you're one. I guess that's not clear to you.

give me your name if you think the ACLU is going to continue to take your calls if you think dancing over people's misfortune will be so popular with them. I dare you. you seem to be so certain they will agree with you. I think you'll lose that bet. quit name dropping.

I'm not going to bug Huberty with your glee or your ego. it's not my fucking job and no one cares.

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You are definitely part of the problem. Pop the bubble you're sitting in and take a breath of that air around you. I didn't call the ACLU they called me and still do to attend talks. I actually don't give a flying fuck if they agree with me. You seem to think I am still volunteering for the Dems as if I give a fuck. They are in desperate need of volunteers in Texas as you and I both know. I consider myself a socialist not a democrat. I moved beyond thinking all democrats are going to save us you should too. Aaahhh but your job depends on it so who is the one carrying water for these people. You name it if it's a democratic function in Austin or Houston I get asked to come so boohoo. And yeah money talks bullshit walks so I'm pretty sure they won't ask their donor class to get lost. You are a recent mover to Texas and a paid democrat organizer who writes stories about Texas legislation. How sad your poetry career hasn't taken off. Reality check.; You're the one claiming you can get me blacklisted, the ACLU to not return the calls I never made, the county clerks to go after me....

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give me your name, asshole. I'll show you exactly how nice and polite I can be. *reality check* if you don't know me, you're not getting asked to Dem functions in Austin. I didn't say I'd get you blacklisted. I said I'd share your opinion with the people you claim you know so well and let the chips fall where they may. if you really know them that well, I'm sure they will tell me they already know this about you.

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Aahh aren't you sweet to a fellow progressive who happens to think differently then you. I quit hiding my opinions a long time ago. You don't get it I don't care if they quit asking me it just means more money for my kids. I have never valued my self worth by what others think. Looks like maybe you've overvalued yourself though not sure how a Alaska transplant thinks they're going to do all the things you claim you can do to me look at my handle it means something. Next you'll tell me you'll get my child kicked out of UT. By the way you said "I'd have no problem getting you kicked off the CEC here if you're going to keep gleefully dancing at others misfortunes". Gleefully Dancing right now.

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you want me to be not nice and polite. you said so. I want no assholes around who turn people away from voting for our candidates because they're doing a happy dance over the misfortune of others. sounds a lot like a win-win-win to me.

blacklisted and not being a voting member of the CEC are two different things--especially if you're claiming your a precinct chair for an area that you no longer use as your primary residence. that violates several eligibility requirements for serving on a CEC.

and you're so sure that people will agree with you, you should have no fear that I tell them you're dancing over people losing their homes. you are a big money donor, right? they'll let you publicly shit on people, right?

but keep hiding behind an internet screen name. I'll keep believing that you've made up everything you've said because I have no reason to believe otherwise--especially when you're repeating American Phoenix Foundation garbage. that's not Dem, socialist or even Republican. that's Freedumb Caucus right there. and the only Freedumby I can see dancing gleefully over the misfortune of others is Sticky. I'm sure you're good buddies.

goodbye now. you are being blocked. you can dance by yourself because I'm pretty sure your kids are fictional, too.

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Don’t laugh but when I visit family who has moved out of state to progressive cities I stay very quiet cus they didn’t adopt the new ways but stuck with their religious anti government Texas indoctrination.

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we really need to transfer over to a state income tax rather than a property tax and, rather than phasing out the franchise tax, phasing it over to a more traditional margins tax.

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