Comments on: Texas House Races in the Lubbock Area http://lubbockleft.com/2008/01/06/texas-house-races-in-the-lubbock-area/ A strong progressive voice in Lubbock, TX Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:03:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Lubbock Left http://lubbockleft.com/2008/01/06/texas-house-races-in-the-lubbock-area/#comment-369 Lubbock Left Tue, 08 Jan 2008 05:25:13 +0000 http://lubbockleft.com/2008/01/06/texas-house-races-in-the-lubbock-area/#comment-369 No offense, but I think it's understandable to want to find an opponent for a longtime Republican operative who all of a sudden wants to have a vote on the Executive Committee of his former opposition party. Did you think that your opponent in the Democratic Primary would have beaten you for Precinct Chair in a public vote? Did you think your two opponents in the Republican Primary would have beaten you in a public vote? When it comes down to it, a Precinct Chair should be able to win his or her position in a public election if necessary, or they really shouldn't be a Precinct Chair at all. No offense, but I think it’s understandable to want to find an opponent for a longtime Republican operative who all of a sudden wants to have a vote on the Executive Committee of his former opposition party.

Did you think that your opponent in the Democratic Primary would have beaten you for Precinct Chair in a public vote? Did you think your two opponents in the Republican Primary would have beaten you in a public vote?

When it comes down to it, a Precinct Chair should be able to win his or her position in a public election if necessary, or they really shouldn’t be a Precinct Chair at all.

]]> By: Tex Slim http://lubbockleft.com/2008/01/06/texas-house-races-in-the-lubbock-area/#comment-366 Tex Slim Mon, 07 Jan 2008 23:17:47 +0000 http://lubbockleft.com/2008/01/06/texas-house-races-in-the-lubbock-area/#comment-366 Local democrats did go to some length to find an opponent for me when I pulled out of republican party and attempted to change parties. I approached Susan Barrick about this and her exact quote was "I found somebody from MY party(like she owns the party) to run against you" when that precinct had NO CHAIR for several years. It appears that "party switching from republican TO democrat" in Lubbock is frowned upon. I went back to republican headquarters after withdrawing my precinct chair paperwork at democrat office and local republicans were so dismayed that I had returned that they found 2 opponents for me in my precinct chair race and so I withdrew precinct chair paperwork at republican headquarters and filed for County Chair to run against 2 opponents in a county-wide race in republican primary. Maybe democrats should concentrate on public office candidates rather than trying to "keep out" precinct chairs that are not in "lockstep" with democrat leftwing. Just a Thought! Local democrats did go to some length to find an opponent for me when I pulled out of republican party and attempted to change parties. I approached Susan Barrick about this and her exact quote was “I found somebody from MY party(like she owns the party) to run against you” when that precinct had NO CHAIR for several years. It appears that “party switching from republican TO democrat” in Lubbock is frowned upon. I went back to republican headquarters after withdrawing my precinct chair paperwork at democrat office and local republicans were so dismayed that I had returned that they found 2 opponents for me in my precinct chair race and so I withdrew precinct chair paperwork at republican headquarters and filed for County Chair to run against 2 opponents in a county-wide race in republican primary.
Maybe democrats should concentrate on public office candidates rather than trying to “keep out” precinct chairs that are not in “lockstep” with democrat leftwing.
Just a Thought!

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