Category: History Starts Here
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Thanksgiving 2006: I have 1,616,945 individuals to be personally thankful for this Thanksgiving Day. Each provided an opportunity to build a plurality for me to be the people’s next elected lieutenant governor of Texas. I am short of words to express how thankful I am to each of you that…
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I am glad for this “Off the Kuff“ opportunity to offer all Texas voters reasons to vote for me in the run-off election for lieutenant governor. A fundamental reason shared by all is a desire to replace the incumbent with an elected official that is intent on serving all Texans.…
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In response to: Lo, how once-mighty Democrats have fallen, Corpus Christi Caller Times – Feb. 19, 2006 By Maria Luisa Alvarado The people of Texas, particularly the readership of the Corpus Christi Caller Times, deserve a response to a seemingly rhetorical question about Democratic candidates running for statewide office: “Is…
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One advantage of being a first-time candidate for elected office is that tenured party members know there is a learning curve and that it is different for each person. I am thankful to those that have thus far offered their sage advice. The transformation from ordinary citizen to representative of…
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When it comes to being thankful, I am keenly aware that the credit for any measurable success in my life is due in part to the acts of “others” than came before me. Today, we are the “others” whose acts must make available success to future generations. This responsibility does…
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After witnessing the aftermath of Katrina, do we need any clearer evidence that our government leadership is not working for the common good of all people? As images of the most vulnerable in our society, children and the poor, flash before our eyes it is not our government leadership moved…
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If we could travel back in time 40 years I imagine that President Lyndon Baines Johnson was not having a very happy birthday. Back then he faced a grieving nation. Between 1961 and 1965, there were 1,864 US troops killed in action, 7,337 wounded in action, and 18 missing in…
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I will no longer debate my conscience about submitting the following. I am not a pacifist. Like other Americans that have worn a U.S. military uniform in the past and present, I still holdfast my allegiance to defend the people, and the land of this sovereign nation. In deference to…
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Katy Area Democrats are to be commended for the great work they have done to build such an impressive organization in membership and diversity! Thanks to Carole Wheeler and Bert Coxe for a very warm welcome. Of course, special thanks to Ivan Espinosa for the lead that led to this…
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San Antonio was warm this evening for National Night Out. Still, that did not keep any people from attending the block parties to which members of our campaign team were able to attend. This was a quite an ideal venue for meeting people that are very aware and vocal about…