This is going to be a busy week for those of us in Houston and Harris County that enjoy politics. If 10,000 people can stand in 100 degree heat to worship a mediocre basketball player, surely these events can get a few people to sit in air-conditioning to learn about stuff that affects their lives. But I wouldn’t hold my breath on that.
Monday, July 15th
7:00 AM “NO AMNESTY-IMPEACH OBAMA (Overpasses for Obama’s Impeachment)” – A rally to sync with the MARCH FOR JOBS in DC to address an impending amnesty for 30 million foreign job seekers to compete with America’s struggling working-class.Bring your No Amnesty signs & Impeach Obama spirit signs & join us July 15. Depending on participation in a roll call we will offer more overpass sites. At this time we will start with the TC Jester footpath bridge over I-10.
10:30 AM Meet Greg Abbott – Houston – Attorney General Abbott’s gubernatorial campaign visits Houston.
6:00 PM San Jacinto Republican Women – Harris County Republican Party Chair Jared Woodfill will be the featured speaker.
Tuesday, July 16th
12:00 NOON Greater Houston Pachyderm Club – Dr. Jiajie Zhang, new dean of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Biomedical Informatics (SBMI).
1:00 PM Harris County Department of Education Board Meeting – Incredibly, after the bad publicity they suffered earlier this year for paying lobbyists, Agenda Item 7.E.5 proposes paying $82,000 for another lobbyist.
6:30 PM Clear Lake Area Republicans – Empower Texans’ Dustin Matocha will talk about their “fiscal responsibility index”.
Wednesday, July 17th
6:30 PM TOM PAUKEN, Texas Governor candidate SAYS HE AIMS TO RETURN TO “TRUE” CONSERVATISM – Although Greg Abbott will almost certainly be the RPT nominee and next Governor of Texas, we will be doing a disservice to the party, the state, and Abbott if we give him a free ride.
Thursday, July 18th
12:00 NOON Downtown Houston Pachyderm Club – Lt. Governor David Dewhurst will be the guest speaker. Dewhurst should be in a good mood after guiding the abortion bill through the Senate last week. I wouldn’t be surprised to see a protest from “orange shirts” at this one.
6:30 PM Lone Star Republicans – This is a new group on the East side. If you live in the Channelview, Galena Park, Highlands, Crosby area, check it out.
Saturday, July 20th
8:30 AM – The Latino Vote, Beyond the Rhetoric – This is a workshop put on by the Hispanic Republican Citizens in Action for “engaging, approaching, and relating to cultural differences that will have a tremendous effect in the RPT, Harris County GOP, and inner City of Houston.” Click here for a flyer to the event.
If there is something I missed that you want added, let me know. Pick one or two and engage in the process. I’ll be at a few of them but especially at the HCDE board meeting – get there in time to speak and let the board know that wasting $82,000 on yet another lobbyist is not acceptable to you.
I’d like to suggest that item 7C should be paid for by the Houston Independent School District and not HCDE. After all, HISD is the entity annexing NFISD….