Today my county, tomorrow the world!
Today I attended my local Democratic Party County Convention here in Texas. It was convened because of a court order due to the redistricting battle, where, as usual, the Republicans are trying to disenfranchise voters (but that's another story for another time).
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We are a small county in the belly of the beast, surrounded by Republicans everywhere you look. So it wasn't surprising that attendance was low. We had 10 people show up and proceeded with the meeting. We went over what our goals were, what we want to accomplish and what resolutions we want to present at the State Democratic convention in Houston this June.
Then we moved on to nominating our delegates for the convention, and I'm proud to say that I am now a new County Delegate. And on top of that, I'm the new County Delegate Chairman, and my daughter is an alternate delegate!!!
How awesome is that?
I'm really excited about finally getting active and getting my daughter started early. I can still remember that when I was young, my mom worked for the George McGovern campaign, and I cut my teeth being around those wacky hippy types. And I'm comfortable saying I am a member of the DFH club, hah! I'm very progressive and plan on doing everything I can to move the party back to the left for the good of the country, and IMO to save this world from the crazies.
Last weekend my daughter and I went to a 99% Spring Training session that moveon prepared and we loved it. It was fantastic talking with like minded, intelligent people for a change. We are going to continue our involvement with that group too.
Anyway, I know these are small steps, but I'm stoked about getting out there and actively fighting for our causes.
And for all of you out there like me who have procrastinated about getting involved...it's not as hard as you think. Get out there and join me in this fight.
It's time for me to put up or shut up. And I ain't gonna shut up.