Houston Democrats

A conference call on HB1 and Education with led by Sherrie Matula 7/6

Sherrie Matula (candidate for State Representative, district 129) led a conference call attended by many bloggers and candidates on the negative impact of HB1. She was joined by Fellow State Representative candidates Chad Khan (district 126) , Diane Trautman (district 127), Ellen Cohen (district 134).

The consequences are dire, with the potential to bankrupt school districts, dissolve local control and devastate teacher morale. Check out these summaries of the conference from Brains and Eggs and Musings.

Fort Bend going away party for Tom DeLay 7/7

Friday night, Fort Bend Democrats held a going away party for Tom DeLay. Coming on the heels of the Sparks ruling that DeLay must stay on the ballot, there was a lot of interesting speculation about how the District 22 race will play out. It was encouraging to hear from Nick Lampson that his fundraising has been just as successful since DeLay tried to withdraw as it has been all along. See these photos and blog reports at

• Fort Bend Democrats
• Brains and Eggs
• Off the Kuff
• Musings

The HCDP Yellow Dog Fundraiser with surprise guest Jesse Jackson 7/8

The HCDP Yellow Dog Fundraiser was Saturday night. Gordon Quan was the emcee and Phillip McNutt and Melissa Taylor put on a great party and silent auction. Elected officials pictured and candidates attended and a good time was had by all.

Those of us that stayed until the bitter end were treated to a surprise appearance by none other than Jesse Jackson.

Read more about it at Brains and Eggs and Dos Centavos

Blogger meetup with Chris Bell 7/9

Last night, several bloggers were treated to a get together with Chris Bell. Chris' big issues in the campaign are

• Education
• TAKS fatigue
• Stem Cell research
• Ethics
• Environment/alternative energy
• Healthcare

Progressive Texan liveb logged the whole thing. Musings and Dos Centavos have great wrap-ups and picture of yours truly blogging away.