It’s that time again. Primary time. The most active time every two years for Republican candidates and Republicans. This will be a very, very short primary season. As I write this, January 4th, the primary is less than 8 weeks away on March 1st. Unfortunately Stan Stanart, the Harris County Clerk, does not have the ballot information up on HarrisVotes.com yet. That is unfortunate, the candidates have been in place since December 14th. Oh well.
We know that there are a huge number of candidates that have filed. The Harris County specific candidates for the Republican primary are listed on the Harris County Republican Party website. Click here to view.
The only way to pick a good candidate is to meet them and ask your own questions about your most important issues. Please, whatever you do, do not walk into the polls with a “Linkletter” or any other list of candidates. Doing so gets you the worst government possible. Just ask George Scott.
If you want to meet a candidate, you have to go to one of the many, many meetings that will be held in Harris County in the next few weeks. Here are a couple that I recommend for this week:
Tuesday, January 5th, noon: Greater Houston Pachyderm Club – this club will have two candidates for the 14th Court of Appeals (Place 2), Kevin Jewell and Bud Wiesedeppe. I do not know Mr. Jewell but I know Bud very well and he is a fantastic candidate. This club meets at Tony’s on Richmond. Click here for more information.
Thursday, January 7th, noon: Downtown Houston Pachyderm Club – the candidates appearing will be: Don Sumners for Harris County Tax Assessor, Phil Gommels for Judge of 178th Criminal District Court, Daniel Vela for Harris County Constable Precinct 2, Xavier Alfaro for Judge of 178th Criminal District Court, and, Ted Heap for Harris County Constable Precinct 5. This club meets at the Spaghetti Warehouse on Commerce in downtown Houston. Click here for more information.
If you know of any meetings worth attending, please, please let me know! I used to be able to use the Harris County Republican Party Calendar for this stuff but they don’t have many listings these days. I’m not sure what’s up with that, maybe it is part of HCRP Chair Paul Simpson’s plan to be inbred and dismiss the grassroots. Who knows? In any case, please let me know!
See you at one or both of these meetings.
Well said David. There are people who will give you false information or knowingly skew facts. Do your own research and decide for yourself who should represent you in the many races this election season.
Come on Dave! HCRP is not bad at all, and Chairman Simpson has opened up the party and activated the grassroots. See the recent city elections, and compare with two years ago. Happy new year!
Here is the candidates that we have lined up at our next meetings before the primaries on March 1st:
The Cypress Texas Tea Party meets every three weeks on Saturday
at Noon at:
Spring Creek BBQ
25831 Northwest Freeway
Cypress, Texas 77429
Map: http://goo.gl/maps/OoNjY
Come early and grab lunch during the meeting.
Next meeting dates and Confirmed Speakers:
Saturday, January 9, 2016 NOON – 2:00 PM
– Andrew Callis, Candidate for County Commissioner, Precinct 3
– Kay Smith, Candidate for Texas State Representative, District 130
– Al Zolli, Candidate for Texas State Representative, District 150
– Mike Sullivan, Harris County Tax Assessor/Collector
– Clyde Leuchtag, Judge, County Civil Court at Law 1
– Mary McFaden, Candidate for 339th Judicial District Court
Saturday, January 30, 2016 NOON – 2:00 PM
– Carl Pittman, Candidate for Harris County Sheriff
– Travis Kelly, Texas Central Partners, LLC (High Speed Rail)
– Mark Herman, Harris County Constable, Precinct 4
– Phil Gommels, Candidate for 178th Judicial District Court
– Ken Shortreed, Candidate for 80th Judicial District Court
– Dan Garcia, Candidate for Harris County Justice of the Peace, Precinct 4 Place 1
– Danell Fields, Harris County School Trustee, Position 2 Precinct 4
Saturday, February 20, 2016 NOON – 2:00 PM
– Nile Copeland, Candidate for 178th Judicial District Court
– Bash Sharma, Candidate for 178th Judicial District Court
– Jim Leitner, Harris County Attorney
– Ted Heap, Harris County Constable, Precinct 5
– Rolf Nelson, Harris County Constable, Precinct 4
– Lincoln Goodwin, Candidate for Harris County Justice of the Peace, Precinct 4 Place 1
>> “Simpson’s plan to be inbred and dismiss the grassroots.”
Shore Acres must be on a different planet.
The last HCRP meeting was packed with activists.
You should stop by sometimes…