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Movie Trailer: Cesar Chavez – An American Hero
Well, it’s happening. The biopic we have been awaiting. Next Spring, 2014 is the expected release date of Cesar Chavez – An American Hero. Here’s the trailer: Filed under: 2013 Categories, Cultura,...
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SA’s Mayor Castro Endorses Mayor Annise Parker
This is good to see. Houston Mayor Annise Parker today received the endorsement of fellow Mayor Julián Castro of San Antonio. “I’ve joined with Houston teachers, police and sheriffs to support the...
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Election Day – November 5, 2013
Today is my Mom’s Birthday. Flora Medellin completed her ballot by mail from her nursing home bed. She didn’t let anything stand in the way of her right to vote. What’s your excuse for not voting?...
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Harris Democrats Announce Slate, Contested Primaries
The Harris County Democratic Party sent out their list of filed candidates for the 2014 election. As I mentioned earlier, there will be a few contested primary races–some which were a bit surprising....
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Texas Bloggers Pick Wendy Davis as Texan of the Year
My favorite Texas bloggers, the Texas Progressive Alliance, of which I’m a card-carrying member, voted to name Texas Senator Wendy Davis as our Texan of the Year. Of course, Senator Davis is vying to...
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Houston Politics: The War on Women and Wendy
Rey Guerra and I are back with another podcast of Houston Politics w/ Stace and Rey. In our latest episode, we have our first special guest of 2014, Yvonne Gutierrez, VP Public Affairs at Planned...
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Senator Sylvia Garcia Releases Sylvia’s Choice for the Primary
First of all, congrats to State Senator Sylvia Garcia who was elected by her peers as Vice-Chair of the Senate Hispanic Caucus. She joins another one of my favorites, State Senator Jose Rodriguez, who...
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Van de Putte Takes Houston
State Senator Leticia Van de Putte, candidate for Texas Lt. Governor, spent the entire day in Houston on Saturday, moving from one end of town to another. And this blogger turned into a groupie who...
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Recap: Pre-K, Anchor Babies, and Polls
Tuesday was a significant day for Democrats. First, State Senator Wendy Davis continued her onslaught against Greg Abbott’s plan to test toddlers. Abbott’s mouthpiece then complained that Davis wants...
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Strong ACA Sign-Up Results in Texas
Despite Texas Republicans not expanding Medicaid and fearmongering regarding the Affordable care act, various health care nonprofits worked hard to to get 734,000 Texans covered by private insurance...
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LVP Also Endorses La Dama Leticia
As if this wasn’t more good news for Senator Leticia Van de Putte, on this Cinco de Mayo, she has also been immortalized as La Dama Leticia, a Loteria-styled card, wielding a gavel. Filed under:...
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Save the Date: OCT 26 – Latina-American Women in Music Musical Extravaganza
Editor’s note: This is something from the inbox which you should put on your calendar, as well as on your list of events to sponsor in 2014. It’s for a great cause and features some great...
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Sending Money to VA? How About Leticia?
Just a friendly reminder that if the excitement over the defeat of Eric Cantor by a teabagger has you so ecstatic that you want to send cash to the Democrat in that VA-07 race, then balance it out and...
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Introducing…Leticia Van de Putte for Lt. Gov. [VIDEO]
Excellent intro video from the Texas Democratic Convention. Filed under: DC Promo, Democratic Stuff, Elections, Las Mujeres, Texas Lege
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Save the Date~ Aug. 1 – All About Ann in Houston
HOUSTON, TX – On Friday August 1, Annie’s List and Planned Parenthood Texas Votes, in partnership with a number of local elected officials and organizations, will bring “All About Ann”, HBO’s...
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Wendy Davis Launches Education Ad
Feel free to share. Filed under: Education - K12, Elections, Las Mujeres, Local Politica, Texas Lege
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6PM: Watch Leticia Van de Putte Town Hall Online
From the Inbox: Catch the Live Stream 9/12 from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. at http://univision41.univision.com/noticias/en-vivo/ San Antonio, TX — Tonight, Senator Leticia Van de Putte, Democratic nominee for...
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Dan Patrick’s Record on Latinos
Thanks to the good folks at the Texas Democratic Party, there’s a list of comments made by Dan Patrick about Latinos and immigrants. Let’s not forget that this would be representative of an...
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Honoring a Democratic Shero
I spent a little time at Harris County Democratic Party today to celebrate the retirement of Muriel Stubbs as a Party volunteer. After sixteen years of helping with just about anything that needed to...
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Did You Check Out Cristela?
I’ve gotta admit, I didn’t know what to think in the run-up to the premiere of Cristela, the new ABC show about the trials and tribulations of a Texas Mexican American woman who wants to be a lawyer–in...
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