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More legislative primaries

Freshman State Rep. Tara Rios Ybarra, who knocked off veteran Rep. Juan Escobar in the 2008 Democratic primary, will have a primary opponent of her own. Kingsville businessman J.M. Lozano, aged 29, announced via a video on Facebook and You … Continue reading

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Dems versus Vasquez

Looks like we’re not ready to make nice with the Harris County Tax Assessor’s office over their handling of voter registration last year. Any honeymoon between Democrats and the new Harris County voter registrar ended suddenly today. Democratic state Reps. … Continue reading

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The Onion takes on Betty Brown

I suppose this was inevitable, given how low the fruit was hanging. But now that we’ve had all this fun at Rep. Betty Brown’s expense, I’ve got to agree with David Mauro in that this has largely served to reinforce … Continue reading

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More Ramey Ko

KXAN’s Jenny Hoff has a really good interview with Ramey Ko about last week’s Betty Brown incident. She gets into some depth about why Rep. Brown’s dumb remarks are problematic and how it all relates to voter ID, and includes … Continue reading

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Ramey Ko speaks

The Asian American Action Fund blog talks to Ramey Ko about the Betty Brown incident, and also about her apology, which wasn’t particularly well received by the Asian American community. There’s a lot more coverage of this story, which has … Continue reading

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What’s in a name, Betty Brown style

You know, I was just thinking the other day that what this legislative session was lacking was a dose of absurdity. Thank God for people like State Rep. Betty Brown. A North Texas legislator during House testimony on voter identification … Continue reading Continue reading

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