In case you hadn’t heard, I was on the Nuestra Palabra Radio Show on KPFT 90.1 FM. These folks are so darn efficient that they already have the archive online (media player required).
A big thank you to Tony Diaz, Liana Lopez and Bryan Parras for a fun time. We must do this again soon!
The whole hour is good, but if you just want to listen to my interview, then fast-forward to the 21 minute mark (or so).
Stace will appear on the Nuestra Palabra Radio Show (KPFT 90.1) on Tuesday, November 24 at 7:30PM.
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Mayor Bill White met with a right-wing pastors group yesterday accepting an award for his leadership during one of Houston’s most trying times. There has been an uproar toward the Mayor from the GLBT community for meeting with this group, since they have shown themselves in the race for Mayor by attacking Annise Parker and the GLBT community.
White, though, did not waste much time telling the group how he really feels, in his own usual way.
Although the mayor has publicly stated that he hopes the race will not devolve into attacks dealing with race or sexual orientation, he did not mention the mayor’s race at all in his remarks, although the subtext was there in almost every sentence.
White, who has proudly touted his Sunday-School-teacher bona fides even in the mostunusual situations (a fact not lost on the pastor group, members of which heaped praise upon him), cited numerous references of scripture in urging those present not “to judge” as they jump into the political sphere.
Just as Jesus urged followers in the Sermon on the Mount (see Matthew 6) not to “pray in public to be seen,” so too should faithful Christians avoid judging others and expressing their own “public righteousness,” White said.
He also invoked Jesus’ warning against trying to spot the speck in another’s eye while missing the plank in your own, as well as his most famous defense of a woman accused of adultery.
“It’s hard to love the enemies and not condone the act,” he said. “But we see Jesus encountering an adulteress, an act which he did not condone, and yet you remember how he handled that situation? Let he without sin cast that first stone.”
Not a stern speech, or even the “tell-off” that many of us would hope for, but it is a message that resonates. It certainly was the sensible way of sending a strong message against hate and bigotry.
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Posted in Chicano Politics, Houston Politica, HoustonVotes 09
We still have a Mayor’s race to win. Here’s Annise’s latest video:
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Posted in Houston Politica, HoustonVotes 09
The entire statement from Mayor Bill White:
Since Friday a week ago Texans from all backgrounds and all regions have asked me to consider running to be our next Governor of Texas. Today I agree to consider running for Governor, and shall make a decision by Friday, December 4th.
Before then I invite the citizens of Texas to weigh in on this decision by visiting my website and emailing me at billwhite@billwhitefortexas.com.
Both our next Governor and Senator should bring new energy to the task of moving our state forward. In both positions, we need leadership that can bring our state together and reduce the strident partisanship in both Austin and Washington.
Texans know we can do better than ranking dead last in the nation in the percentage of our population with a high school diploma. Texans know we can do better than the last decade of soaring electricity and insurance costs, and skyrocketing college tuition.
Sen. Hutchison has postponed her departure from the Senate and acknowledged that her continued service limits her ability to campaign in our state. I share her belief, and that of her supporters, that we need a new Governor.
I thank many thousands of Texans who have supported my campaign with their volunteer hours and dollars. I will listen to your views on how we can best work together to do what is right for Texas. I especially welcome advice from the citizens of Texas’ largest city, who know me best and have supported leadership by solutions, not just soundbites. You have been my partners in moving Houston forward by finding common ground, and running our City Hall with integrity, in a business-like, financially sound, and inclusive manner.
Politics aside, Texans should enjoy their friends and family during this week of Thanksgiving and say a prayer for those who cannot be home with their loved ones because they are serving us abroad.
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The son of San Antonio school teachers, White helped build a law firm and managed a successful business before being elected Houston’s mayor in 2003. Since then, he’s been re-elected twice with 86% and 91% of the vote. During White’s administration, Houston led the nation’s cities in job growth, adding more jobs than sixteen states combined. At the same time, he cut property taxes five years in a row and helped seniors with tax relief. White also started a special initiative that gives returning veterans the welcome they deserve with coordinated social services, reductions in red tape, and employment opportunities. After Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Ike, Bill White mobilized an effective disaster response including first responders, businesses and churches. For the compassionate, hands-on leadership after Katrina, White received the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award in 2007. Previously, he served as Deputy Secretary of Energy of the United States.
For more information, please visit www.billwhitefortexas.com. To be added to the press list, please email press@billwhitefortexas.com.
The Statement came soon after Democrat Tom Schieffer issued a very classy statement urging Mayor White to enter the race for Governor and urging the others in the running to back Bill White. Here is Tom Schieffer’s statement:
Yesterday, my treasurer, Lyndon Olson, and I met In Houston with Mayor Bill White. I urged Mayor White to consider running for Governor instead of the United States Senate. I told him that I thought our state was facing a crisis of leadership and if we did not have a new governor, Texas could wind up being a third world state.
I also told him that I thought the Democratic Party offered the only chance for real change in Texas and we had to have a candidate that was thoughtful and serious and could draw from a broad range of support. I told him that I thought he could be that candidate and that I was prepared to withdraw from the race in order to make that happen.
So, I am announcing today that I will no longer be a candidate for Governor. I hope my actions will be a catalyst for others to reassess their intentions and to join me in supporting Mayor White for governor. We simply must get behind one candidate that can unite our party and offer a credible alternative to the Republicans next fall. I think Bill White is that candidate, and I hope others will join me in urging him to run.
Before I answer your questions I want to thank the folks who went out on a limb to support my candidacy. So many of them have been my friend for thirty and forty years. To them it was always more about friendship than politics. But there were countless others that supported my candidacy and said they wanted to help because they thought I could take our state in a different direction. Old friends or new friends, I was deeply touched by your willingness to help, and I thank you.
Finally, I want to thank my family for pitching in. They have always been there for me. I wish that I could have saved them from the pain of this moment, but I love them and appreciate very much their sacrifice in my behalf.
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The Rio Grande Guardian reports that Tom Schieffer, a Democrat who has been running for Texas Governor, will have a press conference at 3PM at the State Capitol in Austin.
Sources state that Schieffer will drop out and possibly endorse Houston Mayor Bill White for Govenor, who up until now has been in a run for a possibly vacant U.S. Senate seat.
Given Kay Bailey Hutchison’s decision to not resign her Senate seat, there has been much speculation as to Mayor White’s plans if no Senate special election were to be held.
Recently, in Austin, Mayor White told DosCentavos.net that he would remain in the race; however, given events as reported by various sources, developments have definitely been day-to-day, and at least today, minute-to-minute.
DosCentavos.net has been following Tom Schieffer’s campaign. Schieffer has campaigned on progressive issues, even taking a shot at the economic and aesthetic effects of the Border wall on South Texas and the Valley. Schieffer had also earned the support of many Texas progressive and Valley House members.
Developments as we hear about them. Stay tuned!
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Posted in Chicano Politics, Texas Dems 2010, Texas Lege
Some of these “experts” seem to think the “blame” on Emanuel is recent and just part of the Health Care bill. The bottom line is that Emanuel, during his tenure as a House leader, worked with blue dogs like Heath Shuler on enforcement only bills. In fact, Emanuel was even heard to have been working with Colorado bigot Tom Tancredo.
DosCentavos.net, for a long time, has been covering the anti-immigrant-for-political-purposes work of Emanuel. And others have been trying to hold Rahm Emanuel accountable, too. Latinos have been the group to stomp on for political purposes whenever Emanuel has been involved.
Latinos do have every right to blame Emanuel, and thus anyone who is in charge, if comprehensive immigration reform falters, or worse, the status quo/enforcement-only nature of the Administration continues.
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Posted in Chicano Politics, DREAM Act, Houston Politica, Immigration, Texas Dems 2010, U.S. Ethnic Relations
There are times when Navarrette makes sense and other times where he’s just a brown Lou Dobbs, but I guess I agree with him half of the time.
San Diego’s Ruben Navarrette seems to be asking the same questions as DosCentavos. Will President Obama have the Presidential backbone to push through comprehensive immigration reform?
Given Homeland Security’s Napolitano’s statement which called for it, there was a lot of hope. But much like Navarrette and many of us noticed, Napolitano and Obama seem to have left the work to Congress. Let’s face it, when Democrats in Congress have been less than effective on the public option, can they be trusted with CIR without a Presidential prod to their backs?
Navarrette also reminds us of the good ol’ days when the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act were pushed by the White House.
But then Napolitano punted, and thus accepted the status quo. Despite persuasively making the case for immigration reform and spelling out what reform should look like, Napolitano ended her remarks in retreat. “When Congress is ready to act,” she said, “we will be ready to support them.”
Come again? When Congress is ready to act? Congress is never ready to act on difficult issues that make enemies and threaten the comfy jobs of its members. Witness the complete abdication of leadership on one of the most difficult issue of all – fixing Medicare and Social Security. It’s true that, as a matter of constitutional law, legislation comes from one end of Pennsylvania Avenue and not the other. But it’s also true that the tough issues don’t get dealt with without firm leadership from the White House. Can you imagine, in the 1960s, Congress tackling the necessary but radioactive issue of civil rights without a nudge from Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson?
It’s time for leadership, rather than political gamesmanship. It’s time, again, to do what is right.
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Posted in Chicano Politics, DREAM Act, Houston Politica, Immigration, Texas Dems 2010, U.S. Ethnic Relations
A fractured Democratic side of the Senate voted 60-39 for cloture and the real health care debate will begin after the holidays. While the House voted to affect the rights of women with their anti-choice measure, the Senate took the more anti-immigrant approach.
Just as the House Democratic leadership sacrificed the wishes of pro-choice women in a successful gambit to win the votes of anti-abortion Democrats last week, the Senate leadership has included provisions in its health-care proposal that would bar any aid to illegal immigrants and would restrict assistance to immigrants residing legally in the United States.
Is this an indication of what is to come from the Senate during the 2010 immigration reform debate? Is praying for right-wing Democrats to vote for cloture the pro-migrant side’s best bet?
It seems Harry Reid is more interested in barring immigrants from even paying for insurance to save his own political hide.
But the Senate bill goes further, barring undocumented immigrants from participating in health insurance exchanges – even if they pay full price with their own funds.
Should bigoted commentary from Ted Poe in the House really surprise us?
“Our health-care system is in critical condition as a result of the debt incurred by those living here illegally,” said Rep. Ted Poe, R-Humble. “We are at the breaking point now because of this abuse…”
2010 is approaching fast, and Democrats need to tread lightly on immigration-related issues. If they can bar health care, then what is next? Education?
My Facebook friend and fellow Annise Parker supporter, Angie Martinez needs your help:
Navidad in Magnolia Park for the children of The East End.
Is in need of Toy Donations for our Annual Toy Drive Event to be held at De Zavala Park on Dec 19, 2009 from 11:00 am – 2:00 pm, Where children can come and take a picture with Santa Claus and receive a toy from Santa Claus and the Community Volunteers. Due to Economic and Financial Situations we are seeing more people this year than ever at the food drive’s and more children in our Community who will be going with out a Toy for Christmas this year.
That is where we as a Community come in and try donate a Toy to put a smile on a child’s face.
Please join me in donating and or volunteering. All donations will be taken from now till December 19, 2009 drop off location with Carmen Garcia at De Zavala Park 713-923-5163 or at Angie’s Notary & Income Tax Service at 6790 Telephone Rd Suite C in Houston, Tx 77061 – 713-921-4300 or 832-867-1155.
THANK YOU TO ALL AND TO ALL HAVE A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR.
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