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Further Evidence of Ties Between King Street Tea Party Extremists and Republican Party Presented

(Houston, TX) Media outlets locally and around the country continue to document incidents of voter intimidation taking place at Harris County early voting sites in minority areas. Several reports indicate the source of the intimidation is  a local Tea Party Republican group, the King Street Patriots, and is part of an organized effort to boost Republican prospects by suppressing Democratic turnout [Sources: See clips below]. (more…)

AUSTIN – Gov. Rick Perry says Texas’ public schools are good and getting better. His Democratic challenger, Bill White, says schools have suffered at the hands of the Republican incumbent for a decade and need help from new leadership. (more…)

Accusations of “Voter Fraud” in Hispanic and Senior Communities are Baseless and False

(Austin, TX) – Dallas County Republicans have resorted to fear tactics as a last ditch effort to stir their extremist base. There is no worse example than the race between Kenneth Mayfield, whose “conduct contributes mightily to the court’s famous inability to inspire public confidence,” and Former City Council woman Elba Garcia who is described by the Dallas Morning News as “a bipartisan team player” who has a “respectful, businesslike approach to solving problems” [Source, Dallas Morning News, 10/14/10]. Ken Mayfield’s record is one of division and partisan rhetoric. Most recently, his desperate acts of hurling unfounded accusations of voter fraud prove Dallas County Republicans wish to divide our communities in a frantic attempt to gain votes [Source: Dallas Morning News, 10/21/10]. (more…)

When this newspaper recently recommended Stephen Broden over incumbent Eddie Bernice Johnson in U.S. House District 30, we hoped he would be a leader who could make a real difference for the district. (more…)

For six years, Rick Perry let as many as 2,000 sex offenders roam free — and we know full well that at least one of those sex offenders returned to Texas.

The hammer has dropped. No more puppies and kittens. From Bill White himself:

“Rick Perry cleaned the records of thousands of convicted sex offenders who were deported and kept this policy until we confronted him about it,” said White. “Perry even let deported criminals keep valid drivers licenses.”

“Because of Perry’s failure to secure the border, local police spend their time arresting illegal immigrants who commit crimes every day, as they did when I was Houston’s mayor,” said White.

The facts are absolutely damning. Here’s what happened:

From the time Rick Perry took office until the time Rick Perry took office until October of 2006, he maintained a policy at the Texas Department of Public Safety that allowed sex offenders to be removed from the registry once they were deported. It wasn’t until Bill White himself directed Rick Perry to change the policy that any policy was changed.

The Houston Chronicle: “Database changed to include deported illegal immigrants”

More than 2,000 illegal immigrant sex offenders, whose names were absent from a public statewide database because they were deported, have been restored to the Texas Department of Public Safety public Internet site after a Houston police officer’s slaying a month ago.

Andy Kahan, director of the crime victim’s office for Houston Mayor Bill White, said today he asked the Texas DPS to review its policy to not include deported offenders in the public database after an illegal immigrant, Juan Leonardo Quintero, was arrested Sept. 26 in the shooting death of Officer Rodney Johnson.

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The decision puts 2,084 names of deported offenders back on the list that’s accessible to the public, DPS spokeswoman Tela Mange said.

For more read the Burn Orange Report post.

You can also read Chairman Boyd Richie’s statement here.

Siguiente es una declaración por parte del Presidente del Partido Demócrata de Texas Boyd Richie acerca el anuncio de televisión de Rick Perry que presenta la viuda de in oficial de policía de Houston. (more…)

Below is a statement from Texas Democratic Party Chairman Boyd Richie, regarding Rick Perry’s television ad that features the widow of a Houston police officer. (more…)

Texas Democratic Party General Counsel Chad Dunn announced today that the TDP has succeeded in obtaining access to the King Street Patriots’ financial records.  Review of the records will take place Tuesday at noon.  A hearing will take place Thursday, if necessary, to determine if King Street has made the appropriate disclosures. (more…)

Dallas-area voters wondering whether their vote for governor will make any difference to them need look no further than the roads they drive to work each day – or in their wallets. (more…)

King Street Patriots Failed to Allow Legally Required Access to Bookstand Records

(Austin, TX) – Texas Democratic Party General Counsel Chad Dunn announced today that the TDP is holding an injunction hearing with District Court Judge Dietz, scheduled for Monday, October 25, at 2:30pm at the Travis County Courthouse in Austin. (more…)