Burnet County Democratic Party

The Burnet County Democratic Party in the Texas Highland Lakes area continued its formally adopted motto of “Be proud.  Be loud.  Be Democrat!” as the Highland Lakes Democratic Women sponsored an information booth at another fun day in downtown Marble Falls, Texas.  Again, the smiles say it all!!!  Shown above running the booth is Highland Lakes Democratic Women member Charla Hester.  The opposition party can just keep being jealous, because Democrats know how to have fun while still sharing a serious message.  One more local Democrat asked specifically to be quoted::

“I keep getting all these calls from Republican campaigns and I keep telling them you are wasting your breath.  My Daddy ALWAYS voted Democrat.  I have always voted Democratic Party.  AND I will always vote Democrat!”

The local Democratic Party area clubs considered this a trial run for organizing a presence next week in Marble Falls Johnson Park at 2:30 PM on Saturday when the entire South side of the park will be filled with Democratic Party activities.

Posted on May 13, 2012 by Michael

Training Burnet County
Deputy Voter Registrars
Training 2nd Tuesday Each Month
Burnet Courthouse Annex on Hwy 29
10:00 AM May 8th
(512) 756-5450

Third, House Bill 1570, which has been precleared by the DOJ, requires the Secretary of State to adopt, not later than January 1, 2012, standards of training for volunteer deputy registrars. The Secretary has adopted those standards, effective March 12, 2012. Therefore, the training standards will apply to volunteer deputy registrars appointed on or after March 12, 2012.

Marilyn Hoff at the Secretary of State has confirmed if DVR are US Citizens as of March 6mth, no requirement for the March 12th training exists and term remains unchanged, Marilyn is calling Karen at Burnet to explain at Karen’s request.

ALL Deputy Voter Registrars approved before March 12th DO NOT have any change (US Citizens is new requirement and immediate)

Michael Steenbergen
Communications and Entertainment Committee
Burnet County Democratic Party
www.burnetcountydemocrats.org
michael@choicefree.com

Home Page – Unite Against The War on Women – Texas

www.wowtex.org

This site is primarily intended to fight back against the war on women’s rights. You are welcome to use this site for organizing for social justice.

Texans Defend Women’s Rights and Equality – “Women will Remember in November”

Rally: Saturday, April 28, 20012 in Austin and all State Capitols

The Texas chapter of Unite Women will hold a rally and voter registration event April 28th at 4:00 PM at the State Capitol building in Austin. Similar events are taking place in Washington D.C. and all state capitols. Buses are coming to Austin from Houston and Dallas as well as carpools from all over Texas. There will be 31 deputy voter registrars from: Dallas, Tarrant, Harris, Williamson, Bell, Smith, Henderson, Denton, Caldwell, Coryel, Bexar and Travis counties, plus mail-in forms for everyone else.

This rally is just a starting point. The goal is simple – replace all anti-woman lawmakers so we can bring fairness and sanity back to Texas.

Speakers for this event are:

Representative Dawnna Dukes

Reverend Jim Rigby, St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, Austin

Cathy Miller, Texas Freedom Network

Perla Cavasos, Austin Latino activist and mentor

Genevieve Van Cleve, Deputy Political Director, Annie’s List

The rally will begin with a “Mass Upload and Tweetathon” which will include the crowd in Austin and supporters wherever they may be, plus a constant event recap flow to our Facebook page.

Going forward, Unite Women – Texas will act as a gathering point for people concerned with issues that impact women exclusively or predominantly and we will join with others in Texas to educate, register voters and to replace lawmakers who vote against women’s freedom and equality, regardless of their party.

DIRECTIONS and INFORMATION for getting around at the RALLY

Gathering Location

The rally i*s at the South Steps of the Capitol Building (the STEPS that face Congress Avenue) and scheduled from 4-6pm..

Parking

*The closest sure-bet parking lot* is the Capitol Visitors Lot on 12th and San Jacinto (a block east of the Capitol East Gate). You do have to pay, but it’s relatively affordable.

Restroom Facilities

*The closest bathrooms* are inside the Capitol, across the Rotunda next to the north elevators.

Seating During Rally

*Seating is limited*, so bring a camp chair if you can (and please consider sharing yours with folks who might need it more than you).

Food and Drinks

*There’s a Starbucks* and other places for food on Congress Avenue

*CADW (Capitol Area Democratic Women) will be operating the water station*, so please come by and say hi. We’d love to take your picture!

Organizations supporting UW-TX include:
Planned Parenthood, National Organization for Women, National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, Catholics for Choice, Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, MoveOn Austin, MoveOn San Antonio, Travis County Democratic Party, Bastrop County Democratic Party, American Association of University of Women – Texas Affiliate, Code Pink, Liberal Ladies Who Lunch, Capital Area Democratic Women, Texas Democratic Women, The Women’s Political Caucus, The Austin Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, Texas Freedom Network and Texas Men for Women’s Rights.

The web site Unite Against the War on Women includes useful links including links in Spanish, click www.wowtex.org for more information about the Rally. Even if you can’t attend the Rally this Saturday, this is an informative web site.

The Burnet County Democratic Party will have a booth at the  Marble Falls City Wide Garage Sale in Johnson Park Saturday April 7.  Shirley Schmidt President of the local Highland Lakes Democratic Women, Mary Ann Reisner, a candidate for Meadowlakes City council, and Michael Steenbergen, the Burnet Democrats web site developer, will work the booth for the Party.

The Garage Sale hours are from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.  However,  buyers generally arrive early.  If you have donations, it would be helpful if you could arrive in Johnson Park before 8:30 a.m.  Also, if you are making a donation, please let me know so we have some idea what to expect.  We have individuals bringing tables for set up and display of the donations.  Funds raised from the “garage sale” will be split between the Burnet County Democrats and the Highland Lakes Democratic Women Scholarship Fund.

If you plan to bring donations for sale or can volunteer at the Booth on Saturday, please let me know and I will advise you of the location of the the Democrats’ Booth.

The Hghland Lakes Democratic Women, the local Chapter of the State organization called Texas Democratic Women, will meet at 11:00 AM Thursday May 22nd 2012 at Hidden Falls Restaurant in Meadowlakes Texas.  The featured speaker will be Justice Bob Gammage.

Robert Alton "Bob" Gammage

Justice Bob Gammage is a native of Houston, Texas, and a graduate of Houston’s Milby High School. He worked his way through college, graduate school and law school and earned degrees from Del Mar College, the University of Corpus Christi, Sam Houston State University, the University of Texas School of Law and the University of Virginia School of Law. He also completed advanced legal and judicial education programs at the New York University School of Law, the Harvard Law School, Northwestern University

School of Law, the National Judicial College, and the U.S. Naval Justice School. You can download Bob’s educational and legal resume here. You can also download Judge Gammage’s Professional and Civic Resume here.
Bob served with the U.S. Army Infantry Human Research Unit and the Korea Military Advisory Group (KMAG), and is a Captain (Retired) in the U.S. Naval Reserve, where he served in both the Intelligence Service and the Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps.
An attorney in private practice in Houston from 1969-1979, Bob represented the Bay Area and south and southwest Harris County in the Texas House of Representatives; south and southwest Harris County and all of Fort Bend County in the Texas Senate and the Texas Constitutional Convention; and the Bay Area, south and southwest Harris County, south Waller County and all of Brazoria and Fort Bend Counties in the United States House of Representatives.
In the Texas House he was a member of the corruption fighting “Dirty Thirty”, who put their political lives on the line to take on the state’s political leadership and whose efforts led to a massive turnover in state political office holders. As a state senator he fought successfully for the adoption of open government reforms and helped make major progress on human rights and consumer and health care legislation in Texas. While in congress Bob won major battles for his constituents, including, among other items, funding for the Children’s Nutrition Research Center at Texas Children’s/St. Luke’s Hospitals, funding for NASA’s weightless training facility at the Johnson Space Center, the preservation of Ellington Field as federal training facility for NASA’s flight operations and crew training mission, the preservation of what was then the Space Center Hospital in Nassau Bay, and the nation’s first federal/state experimental geothermal well in Brazoria County to explore for new energy resources.
After congress, Bob served briefly as an Assistant Attorney General of Texas and as a Special Consultant to the U.S. Department of Energy before re-entering private law practice in Austin. In 1982, Bob was elected to the Texas Court of Appeals from the 24-county Austin/Central Texas area, and was re-elected without opposition in 1988. He won statewide election to the Supreme Court of Texas in November 1990. As an appellate judge he was noted for his opinions in defense of civil liberties and dealt with all four of the Edgewood public school finance cases.
In 1995, Bob decided to return to private life, to practice law, teach and try to do some writing, and on September 1, 1995, after exactly 13 years on the bench and nearly 25 years in public life, he resigned from the Supreme Court of Texas. In addition to his legal and educational work, he serves as a legal ethics consultant, and is an active certified mediator and arbitrator.
Bob and his wife, Lynda Hallmark, currently make their home in Lynda’s Texas Hill Country hometown of Llano.