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City Council Puts 4-Year Term Proposal to Houston Voters | Texas Leftist
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City Council Puts 4-Year Term Proposal to Houston Voters. August 13, 2015. Though city finances remain far from certain thanks to a crushing revenue cap, Houston City Council chose to focus on more immediate needs in today’s meeting… their own elections. Here’s the main item via the Houston Chronicle. Houston voters will decide whether elected city officials should serve two four-year terms rather than three two-year terms starting in 2016, potentially lengthening the terms of some current council members.
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Tag Archives: Houston City Council term limits. City Council Puts 4-Year Term Proposal to Houston Voters. August 13, 2015. Though city finances remain far from certain thanks to a crushing revenue cap, Houston City Council chose to focus on more immediate needs in today’s meeting… their own elections. Here’s the main item via the Houston Chronicle. Credible arguments can be made on both sides of this issue. With longer terms and fewer elections, it is quite conceivable that Council could become less ...
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Tag Archives: City Council. City Council Puts 4-Year Term Proposal to Houston Voters. August 13, 2015. Though city finances remain far from certain thanks to a crushing revenue cap, Houston City Council chose to focus on more immediate needs in today’s meeting… their own elections. Here’s the main item via the Houston Chronicle. Credible arguments can be made on both sides of this issue. With longer terms and fewer elections, it is quite conceivable that Council could become less focused on politics.
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Texas Leftist is dedicated to progressive, common-sense politics and policy in the Houston region, the Lone Star State and other areas. Please consider a donation to help our community grow, and work towards a better Texas for all. One thought on “Support Texas Leftist”. December 2, 2015 at 5:12 pm. What Conservatives know and progressives forgot. A team of circulators can get that done in less than a month. For details on this overlooked tactic I urge people to contact me. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.
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Referenced in Salon.com article by Kyrie O’Connor:. The air went out of Houston: What’s next for America’s most hated and caricatured state? Quoted In Al Jazeera America article:. In Houston, the wheels on the bus go (almost) all through the town. L Wayne Ashley, who writes the Texas Leftist. Blog, praised Metro for frequent service between neighborhoods, like Montrose and the Heights, that have a growing population and previously had no bus line linking them. On his blog,. Sign Up for Email Updates.
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U.S. 5th Circuit Appeals Court Overturns Texas Voter ID Law | Texas Leftist
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US 5th Circuit Appeals Court Overturns Texas Voter ID Law. August 5, 2015. Thus was the case with today’s ruling from the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, who sided with the Obama Administration and overturned the state’s ridiculous Voting restrictions. Here’s the main story from the Associated Press (via the New York Times. The heart of which was struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2013. To those that have lived through the last several election cycles in Texas, today’s ruling sh...
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Houston GLBT Caucus Issues 2015 Endorsements | Texas Leftist
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Houston GLBT Caucus Issues 2015 Endorsements. August 10, 2015. Over 40 years strong, the Houston GLBT Political Caucus has emerged from relative obscurity to become one of the state’s most powerful political organizations. Whether Houston candidates run seeking the group’s endorsement, or specifically try to run against it, when “The Caucus” makes a move, everyone pays attention. As Rebecca Elliott of the Houston Chronicle. Reports, this year’s annual endorsement meeting was no exception…. Than Harris Co...
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