Response to Bastrop Builder

Welcome to the Blog! I checked out your site and it is great. Good to know there is a place to find good contractors in the area.

BTW, in your listing of candidates you have Wayne Smith under JP1. He is actually the third Sheriff candidate. JP1 is not up for election this year.

Keep up the good work.

Linda

Red Rock Rocks!

Nine candidates introduced themselves to more than 40 Precinct 3 residents at the rally on January 19th at the Red Rock Community Center. Candidates speaking included Woodie Jones (Chief Justice Texas Third Court of Appeals), Donnie Dipple and Latreese Cooke (Texas State Representative District 17), Ernie Bogart and Chris Duggan (423rd District Court Judge), Tommy Oates, Wayne Smith and Glen “Skip” Wobus (Bastrop County Sheriff), John Klaus (Precinct 3 Commissioner), and Matt Henderson (Precinct 3 Constable). Nora Cano, Bastrop County Elections Administrator and her assistant brought the ballot marking machine and was available to answer questions about the voting process. Thanks to all the voters who brought food and desserts. Our next candidate forum will be held on Saturday, January 26th from 11AM to 1PM at the Aqua Water Community Room in Bastrop.

Candidate Forum in Bastrop

January 9th at the Aqua Water Community Room. Speakers were:
U.S. Senate – Rick Noriega; U.S. House 10th Congressional District - Larry Joe Doherty and Dan Grant; Texas Rail Road Commissioner – Dale Henry; Texas Supreme Court, Place 8 – Judge Susan Criss; Chief Justice, 3rd Court of Appeals – Woodie Jones; 423rd District Judge – Ernie Bogart and Chris Duggan; State Representative District 17 – Latreese Cooke and Donnie Dippel;
Tax Assessor / Collector - Lynda Gayle Harmon; Bastrop County Sheriff – Tommy Oates, Wayne Smith and Glen Wobus; County Commissioner, Precinct 1 - Bill Peterson and Dock Jackson; County Commissioner, Precinct 3 – Martin Brown and John Klaus; County Constable, Precinct 2 - Gus Meduna; County Constables, Precinct 3 – Matt Henderson and John McRee.
Democratic County Chair, Mitzi VanSant predicts a record turnout in the March 4th Primary and ultimate victory for all Democratic candidates in November.

Good meeting in Smithville

The Bastrop County Democratic Club held it's monthly meeting in Smithville last night. We had 20 people show up with good questions for Brian Pendleton. Brian went over the Proposed Constitutional Amendments to be voted on on November 6th. Ernie Bogart and Chris Duggan provided some legal interpretation of several of the bills and there was lively discussion about most. Thanks to Mitzi for opening up her home for the meeting.

Plans are proceeding for keeping the Democratic office open all of December. We will post hours of 2 - 4 PM at 1108 E. College in Bastrop. The phone there is 512-581-0499.

Don't forget our gathering in Stoney Point on Sunday from 10AM to 3PM. All Democrats are invited but the gathering will feature Commissioner's Precinct 3 voters.

Dennis Teal and his wife will be in Bastrop from 12:30 to 5 on Saturday, November 10th at the Aqua Water meeting room. Dr. Teal will train Precinct Chairs on grassroot organizing and how to conduct precinct conventions. He is a very dynamic speaker and can give us invaluable help. Plan to attend.

lkl

New Website Unveiled

The Bastrop County Democratic Party is pleased to announce their new website and invite you to visit. Lana Tangum has been working hard to design and publish the site. Please visit www.BastropCountyDemocraticParty.com

The Club and Party are hosting a booth at the Elgin Hogeye Festival on Saturday, October 27th from 10AM to 6PM. We will be in the children's game section. We will be encouraging the kids to vote for their favorite beanie baby pig. The children will drop a sea shell in the "ballot box" of their favorite pig. They will receive an "I voted" sticker and told to check the local newspaper for the results of the election. We are going to be teaching the kids how to vote. We will also have on-site voter registration and hand out a list of the proposed constitutional amendments to be voted on in November. We are not allowed to hand out any political information or candidate literature. We are allowed to put up our Democratic County Club sign so we feel it will be good publicity.

The November 1st club meeting will be in Smithville at the First National Bank building. Brian Pendleton, our representative with the State Democratic Party, will be talking about the Constitutional Amendments. Please join us at 7PM.

Constitutional Amendments

The Club President, Clara Maynard recently mentioned that we have several amendments to vote on in November and there has been little done to educate the voting public. I went to http://www.tlc.state.tx.us/pubsconamend/analyses07/analyses07.pdf and started the search. I will summarize and report back on my progress.

Chris Duggan & Ernie Bogart campaigning for District Judge

Bastrop County's own Chris Duggan and Ernie Bogart are campaigning for the newly created District Judge bench. The 2007 Legislature passed a bill creating a new District Judge position for Bastrop County.

Both men are members of the Bastrop County Democratic Club and have worked through the years to further the rights of our citizens.

Chris is a prosecutor in the Travis County District Attorney's Office. Chris and his wife Sharon and their two daughters are outstanding individuals and are always willing to help with Club projects. He has worked on both sides of the court as both a prosecutor and a defendant attorney.

Ernie Bogart has been a local attorney for many years and has a reputation for being smart, tough, and fair. Ernie and his wife Barbara are also great when it comes to helping with Club projects. He has also worked both sides of the court.

At our last meeting, Chris pointed out that they are not "running mates." They are both such outstanding people that it will be very hard to make a choice during the primary. As they both say, "We will have a Democratic District Judge elected in November of 2008."