Private Projects Deserve Your Attention....Here's Why

You can take the girl out of politics, but you can't take the politics out of the girl.  Or something like that.  I have almost always been one to focus on local government like school boards and MUD boards, etc..  It should come as no surprise that I served on the local government committee for the local GOP affiliate.  While in service to the Local Government Committee, we were approached by a group of folks to 'pitch' us on the idea of a high speed rail project to run service from Houston to Dallas out of what used to be the Northwest Mall parking lot.  Hmmmm..

I got involved in politics when the first TARP was passed and when Obama got elected.  I had and still have a heart for voter education and protection of the tax payer dollar.  That hasn't changed.  When the folks that were 'for' the project came and presented to our group, I was more than skeptical.  I asked them about seeking a hand out for the government to finance the project and they promised that wouldn't happen.  They said that our state government, aka Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick were far too conservative to ever award a bail out.  They didn't mention the feds, however.

I am also not a fan of imminent domain.  Again, the pro-rail folks promised they weren't doing that.  They said they were offering the people who lived in the path of the railway fair market value for their homes.  That may not have been a lie, but now as the news has surfaced that they're looking for a hand out from the feds, they managed to find a workaround in the courts. 

According the article that I linked to above, which was published on KTRH,  the rail people finally got one of their wishes, was to be qualified as a railway so that they could do land grabs.  I stood against the project from the beginning.  My only wish is that we had taken a hard line stance against this as a committee.  Moral of the story is, you can't take your eye off of government.  Not even for a second.

Harris County Republican Party Volunteers are Mobilized and Ready for November 2018

GOP Volunteers walking blocks for judicial candidates

Y'all know me.  I'm pretty wild.  You know, sporadic and spontaneous.  I mostly write about stuff that interests me in the hopes that it will interest you.  So, I got another wild hair while reading an article on how the Democrats are more energetic and mobilized than Republicans in 2018.  Here we go.

True, the shoe is on the other foot, if you will, in regard to having a Republican president vs. having Obama in office. That gives the Democrats reason to be fired up, much like the right and the tea party was back in 2008.  However, the Democrats would do just about anything; well, they will do anything to get their guys elected.  They'll use any means necessary, even ones that are illegal.  This is not news, folks, just reiterating the importance of the Republican activist to be on top of their ground game.

Harris County Republican Party (HCRP) IS on top of the Grassroots Ground Game.  They're working with precinct chairs, grassroots activists and candidates alike to ensure Republican victory this November.  They say a picture is worth a thousand words.  So, take a look for yourself at some of our awesome grassroots activists getting out the vote for our Republican ticket.

There was talk of a 'blue wave'  during the primary and Senator Ted Cruz said that, "Democrats would crawl over broken glass in November to vote."  Now, I personally loathe when politicians use those kind of scare tactics to get their base agitated and motivated.  I'm not saying he's totally wrong, either, about the broken glass thing, but the primary proved that Republican voters are more energized and motivated to go to the polls and vote.   

Still don't believe the Republicans are more engaged and focused on winning than the Democrats?  Take a gander at these stats coming straight outta HCRP  headquarters, from none other than our political director, Donna Stanart.  "Since January, the Harris County Republican Party has been hard at work to elect all of our Republican candidates from the top all the way to the bottom of the ballot.  We've knocked on almost 200,000 doors and we've called about 115,000 voters in order to secure Republican victory."

Volunteers ready to GOTV in CD-7

Good news, right?  Yeah, but we still have work to do.  There are just under 100 days left until November.  There are a number of block walks and phone banks to attend and help out with before then.  Just head over to harriscountygop.com to find a block walk or a phone bank in your area.  We need everyone's help to win in November!