Help Me Start A Boycott of the Texas Senate Chicken D's Home District's Commerce !!

Help Me Start A Boycott of the Texas Senate Chicken D's Home District's Commerce!!

District 13 – Rodney G. Ellis, Houston (Parts of SW to Harris County, Parts of Fort Bend County).

District 18 - Ken Armbrister, Victoria (Aransas, Austin, Bastrop, Caldwell, Calhoun, Colorado, De Witt, Fayette, Goliad, Gonzales, Jackson, Lavaca, Matagorda, Refugio, Victoria, Waller, Washington, Wharton, and parts of Fort Bend Counties).

District 19 - Frank Madla, San Antonio (Bandera, Brewster, Crockett, Culberson, Edwards, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, Kinney, Loving, Maverick, Medina, Pecos, Presidio, Real, Reeves, Sutton, Terrell, Uvalde, Val Verde, Ward, Winkler, and Southern parts of Bexar and El Paso).

District 20 - Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa, CC & McAllen (Brooks, Jim Wells, Nueces, and parts of Hidalgo).

District 21 - Judith Zaffirini, San Antonio & Laredo (Atascosa, Bee, Dimmit, Duval, Frio, Jim Hogg, Karnes, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen, San Patricio, Starr, Webb, Wilson, Zapata, Zavala, and Eastern parts of Bexar).

District 26 - Leticia R. Van de Putte, San Antonio (Western parts of Bexar County).

District 27 - Leticia R. Van de Putte, Westlaco & Brownsville (Cameron, Kenedy, Kleberg, Willacy, and parts of Hidalgo Counties).

Note: More info on the Chicken D's can be found at http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/Senate/senmem.htm

1. Houston (Hobby Airport, Ship Channel, Reliant Stadium [Texans], Astrodome, Minute Maid Park [Astros], Geo. Bush Intercontinental Airport).

2. San Antonio except for the Northern part (Alamo, Alamodome, River Walk, el Mercado, La Villita, Tower of the Americas, SBC Center [Spurs], Sea World, Six Flags).

3. Austin (UT Sports, Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, Austin City Limits TV Show, Chuys, Schlitterbahn Waterpark, Austin-Bergstrom International Airport).

4. Corpus Christi (Texas State Aquarium, Salena Memorial, Columbus Fleet, So. Padre Island, Corpus Christi International Airport).

5. South Texas (Dove & Deer Hunting, King Ranch, Mexican Border town activities, Rio Grand Valley Produce).

7. South Dallas (American Airlines Center [Mavericks & Stars)], Reunion Arena, Dallas Zoo, State Fair Grounds, Smirnoff Music Centre).

But did Armbrister stay to keep an eye on the Pubbies, or because he thought running off was a cowardly thing to do?

Probably a little of both, but Armbrister is not deserving of being lumped in with the rest. He's an old guard conservative democrat who actually votes with us more often than several so-called republicans in the senate. He also said that he would vote to suspend the 21 rule and permit redistricting to pass before his colleagues fled the state.

Well, good for him. Sounds like a class act.

He's not perfect but he definately is one of the better senators and one of the few respectable democrats. I'd vote for Armbrister any day over our liberal Republican senators Bill Ratliff, Jeff Wentworth, Kyle Janek, Kip Averitt, and Robert Duncan. For the record, Ratliff is essentially the Jim Jeffords of the Texas Senate. Armbrister is comparable to a Ralph Hall.

Hey, how about pictures to go with those names ??
Photos taken from the Texas Senators of the 78th Legislature website.

The 11 Obstructors:

Gonzalo Barrientos, Austin/Rodney Ellis, Houston/Mario Gallegos Jr., Houston

Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa, McAllen/Eddie Lucio Jr., Brownsville/Frank Madla Jr., San Antonio

Eliot Shapleigh, El Paso/Leticia Van de Putte, San Antonio/Royce West, Dallas

John Whitmire, Houston/Judith Zaffirini, Laredo
The Lone Democrat that is staying:

Kenneth Armbrister, Victoria

Here is a list of recent articles on Redistricting:
FR Search: Keyword "Redistricting"

07-29-2003
Democrats bolt again – to New Mexico
(Senators trying to halt new special session on redistricting)

Link to pics of the 11 Democrat Senators that Obstructed Redistricting
(Post #4)

07-28-2003
Session ends as 11 Democrats slip out
(Dem's Flee state again!)

07-26-2003
GOP effort to redraw districts is crushed
[Texas redistricting]

07-24-2003
Democrats may be free to flee - constitutionally protected, says lawyer

07-24-2003
As new Texas redistricting map offered,
Dewhurst says compromise is in the air

07-23-2003
Committee passes redistricting bill (Texas)

07-23-2003
Texas Republican Senators Forge Ahead on Congressional Redistricting Plans

07-19-2003
[Texas] Senators talk of boycotting any redistricting session
Mr. Dewhurst said he would be on solid ground in working around the Senate tradition requiring a two-thirds vote to take up a bill. The late Lt. Gov. Bob Bullock, a Democrat, did the same thing in a 1992 special session on legislative redistricting, Mr. Dewhurst said.
07-18-2003
New map, same pain for Dems
(Texas Redistricting fun)

07-17-2003
New map surfacing in Texas Senate

07-16-2003
Dewhurst at crossroads on redistricting in Texas Senate

07-15-2003
Ratliff joins Democrats to oppose redistricting
The state Republican Party was quick to point out that the [2/3rd’s] rule has been abandoned on occasion – such as when the Senate took up a state senatorial redistricting plan in 1992.
07-09-2003
DROP IT -- Redistricting would benefit few Texans, harm many
(Editorial)

07-08-2003
Senators have problems with House redistricting map - Texas redistricting

07-08-2003
House passes remap
Veteran Democrats may lose seats if bill goes through Senate

Above article is worthy of showing that a picture indeed is worth a thousand words:
First the Chicken D’s run away to Ardmore, Oklahoma. That didn’t work, so here they are,
still having a fit during the Redistricting debate:

As King began his argument for the new congressional boundaries Monday afternoon, about 30 Democrats in the gallery donned white socks as hand puppets to mock King. Every time he spoke, the little white mouths flapped.
07-07-2003
TEXAS REDISTRICTING--Vote TONIGHT!

07-07-2003
Race rhetoric stokes Texas redistricting fire

07-07-2003
Tension may soar as map debate hits House floor - Texas redistricting

07-06-2003
House panel quickly passes Republican redistricting plan -
map likely to unseat six Democrats

07-04-2003
New GOP map restores (Rep. Martin Frost's) district

07-03-2003
Republicans pull proposed map - redistricting

07-03-2003
Chamber of Commerce and GI Forum Hire Temps to Testify

07-02-2003
The Great Texas Power Grab - redistricting

07-01-2003
Tx Democrats Trying Fight, Not Flight, Over Districts
(The-Terrific-Texan-Special-Session)

Once a Democratic stronghold, Texas is now very Republican, and the democrats are trying to hang onto what they have left. Knowing that they will easily loose the vote, they have decided to flee. Redistricting happens. Democrats in Texas are now strictly limited to the University of Austin and its socialist brainwashing machine, and then parts of the big cities. However, how is a boycott going to effect anything? It would more likely hurt a largely Republican (and conservative Republicans at that) state.

What should be done instead is to brand the fleeing Democrats as undemocratic and childish, instead of calling them brave rebels. Granted its tough in the still strongly liberal media, but a boycott is far fetched. How do you successfully boycott a congressional district?

I called RATliff's local office.

110 South Madison

Mount Pleasant, Texas 75455

(903) 572-1887

The lady was nice, but I let her know I was not happy with him. He is the only R that does not want redistricting. He was also the acting lt gov when the previous attempt failed. He voted with the dims.

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