WHO WANTS TO RUNOFF BEFORE THE HOLIDAY?
TX 23 voters began casting their ballots 12/2 despite Gov. Rick Perry’s request for a starting date of 12/4. Yet although ex-Rep. Ciro Rodriguez’s camp and the League of United Latin American Citizens’ successfully petitioned Bexar Co. to permit voting 12/2, the civil rights union remains dissatisfied. It claims the scheduled 12/12 runoff could hurt the Latino vote. Harvey Kronberg’s Quorum Report has the latest: • The League of Latin American Citizens claimed Perry “tried to suprress the Latino vote by stetting the date for next month’s runoff… on a Catholic holy day” (Qurum Report/San Antonio Express-News). In Other News: • Rep. Henry Bonilla is “rightly criticized for putting the interests of his party over the needs of his constituents. That was well-evidenced when he sought to allow GOP House members, such as former Majority Leader Tom DeLay, to maintain their leadership posts even if indicted on felony charges.” Despite criticism against Bonilla, his membership to the House App
