Native American Heritage Month is a time of the year to recognize all the original peoples of this continent and to understand who they are, as well as the struggles and sacrifices they have had to endure.
The Reauthorization Of The Violence Against Women Act Languishes In The House. One Vital Provision Is Needed.
According to the National Network to End Domestic Violence, there is virtually a 1:1 correlation between domestic abuse and financial abuse. Survivors often name financial constraints as the one of top reasons for their decision as to whether to leave an abusive partner. What’s more, financial abuse is often the first sign of domestic abuse and is used as a …
REPUBLICAN GERRYMANDERING CONTINUES
Texas Republicans have gone all-in with partisan gerrymandering to both protect incumbents and preserve their mostly white minority rule in this round of redistricting. Their redrawing of districts in Collin County is particularly bad. The Legislature’s first map (click the image for a larger view) for Texas House of Representative districts was made public only on September 30, and this …
Register Collin: An Interim Report
Register Collin (RC) is a Collin County Democratic Party (CCDP) program to register likely Democratic voters in Collin County. The program began in mid-June, 2021 and runs through the second weekend of October 2021. RC uses volunteers to directly canvass precincts across Collin County using the “Map the Vote” web app to identify homes and apartments with unregistered potential voters …
Bring Back Postal Banking
By Jeff Williams, MBA PROGRESSIVES WANT TO BRING BACK POSTAL BANKING. HERE’S WHY YOU SHOULD SUPPORT IT TOO In today’s digital economy, the working poor, in both urban and rural areas alike, is finding our banking system less and less accessible. As of 2019, according to an FDIC survey, approximately 7 million households had no bank accounts. Roughly 25% of …
Texas Republicans Enact Nation’s Strictest Anti-Abortion Law
By Sarah Mitchell, President, Women Organizing Women Democrats. In May, Governor Greg Abbott signed into law one of the nation’s strictest abortion measures, SB8, banning abortions as early as six weeks into a pregnancy with the law effective September 1, 2021. His Facebook Livestream said the Legislature “worked together on a bipartisan basis to pass a bill that I’m about …
I’m Asking You to Care About Me
Hi, my name is Katie. I am your neighbor in Celina. I’m asking you to wear a mask for me. It’s 2021, and at forty years old I am reviewing my will because I don’t know if I will make it to forty-one. I am one of the immunocompromised. I spend many nights wondering if tomorrow will be the day …
Statement on Death of Marvin David Scott III
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 18, 2021 Our local media has generally given only scant attention to the death Sunday night of McKinney resident Marvin David Scott III while being held at the Collin County Detention Center. However, details have been emerging in recent days that this death of yet another Black man at the hands of law enforcement deserves not …
CCDP Statement on the Capitol Riot
January 6, 2021 Like all Americans, the Collin County Democratic Party is horrified and appalled by the illegal and out of control take-over of the US Capitol today by hundreds of people carrying Trump flags and other items identifying them as Trump supporters. That this violence occurred today was no accident; the President himself had encouraged a pro-Trump protest in …
County Chair’s Statement on Collin County 2020 Election Results
November 4, 2020 Mike Rawlins, County Chair As I write this Wednesday morning, I suspect a lot of you are feeling what I do – an odd mix of exhaustion, sleep deprivation, anxiety over the uncertainty of the Presidential outcome, disgust, disbelief (“not again?” for Texas, “WTF?” for Collin County) and gratitude where we can find positive things. So what …
Your health care is at stake in the Texas U.S. Senate race — make sure to vote accordingly
Your health care is at stake in the Texas U.S. Senate race — make sure to vote accordingly ABBY SPRINGS John Cornyn wants to end the Affordable Care Act, MJ Hegar is fighting like hell to save it. It’s been 230 days since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, thousands of Texans have lost their jobs …
Vote Blue 2020 Because we are the cavalry!
It’s the beginning of the end of four long years of Republican failures, corruption, and greed. 😢 Our very lives have been put at risk, including those of our children and grandchildren, because the President decided that ignoring the truth about COVID-19 boosted his election chances. 😢 Our healthcare is at risk, including pre-existing conditions and women’s rights to …
Throw Shade Then Vote
Pete Souza “I photographed Obama and Reagan. Here’s why Trump’s White House is a national disgrace. First and foremost, I am an American citizen. I have the absolute right to speak out. To paraphrase the late Rep. John Lewis, if you see something wrong, say something, do something.”
Press Release: AG Paxton’s Legal Woes have Collin County Roots
For Immediate Release Collin County Democratic Party Contact: John Shanks AG Paxton’s Legal Woes have Collin County Roots Local GOP Leadership Facing Scrutiny Again Plano, TX – October 5, 2020 – The latest in a string of indictments and allegations besetting Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton couldn’t come at a worse time for four Collin County Republican candidates seeking reelection …
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg – May Her Memory be a Blessing
Mike Rawlins, County Chair She came to be known to many of us as “The Notorious RBG”. She was so incredibly dedicated, and seemed indestructible, persistently and insistently carrying on the work of her life’s passion through numerous personal hardships and illnesses. Until she didn’t. I think that’s one reason that her passing last Friday evening felt so unexpected, and …
Democracy is Something You Do
Date: June 25th, 2020 Author: Misty Hook For many, the 2016 election was a wake-up call. It certainly was for me! Sure, I voted in every election but I didn’t know who my local elected officials were or what some of my local governmental entities did. I’d lived in Texas for 16 years and had never heard of a Commissioner’s …
United We Stand
by Sam Johnson and Penny Robe Democratic Nominees for 366th and 380th District Court of Collin County June 18, 2020 There are Looney Tunes cartoons featuring Sam Sheepdog and Ralph Wolf, where the two battle ferociously after they punch in to start their workday, and when the five o’clock whistle blows, the two work adversaries are friends again. In the …
Bill Baumbach Remembrance
June 16, 2020 Written by Deborah Angell Smith, County Chair 2003-2007 Friends, I am incredibly sad to report that we’ve lost a true leader in the Collin County Democratic Party and the progressive community in North Texas. Our dear friend, Bill Baumbach, died suddenly of natural causes (unrelated to COVID19) Wednesday night, 6/10/20, in Dallas. An evening of remembrance is …
New Rule in Memory of George Floyd
New Rule: A white person cannot be hired as a police officer, sheriff, or constable for the next five years. Inspired by Bill Maher’s New Rules segment on the HBO show Real Time with Bill Maher. This is meant more to provoke conversation rather than be a serious proposal 4 June 2020 Please note, the opinions are my own and do …
Liars, Scammers and Cheats! Oh My!
by Billye Johnson March 14, 2020 Who knew when we were raising a glass of champagne on December 31 2019 that 2020 would be a banner year for craziness? While certain politicians were busy pretending the coronavirus was a new version of the garden variety flu, another group was looking at it as a new way to part people from …
LifePath Systems – Underfunded and Understaffed
April 30, 2020 By Courtney Brooks, candidate for Collin County Commissioner, Precinct 1 LifePath Systems in McKinney, TX is Collin County’s local authority for both mental health and substance abuse services. Individuals who qualify for state-funded assistance are able to get treatment based on available funding. In 1986, the Collin County Commissioner’s Court became the sponsoring agency for LifePath, providing …