Recount

There will be a recount of votes for the Republican Chairman or
Chairwoman Monday May 3rd.

The new Republicans

Well the Republican club met last night with the new Chairman of the
Party. Did anyone attend? How did it go?

Libertarians

The local paper says ''Libertarians advocate abolishing the IRS'' ,
Now there's an idea I can get behind.

TEA Party

About 250 people attended the Upshur TEA party today. Most were
Republicans but there were a few Libertarians and I did see at least
one Democrat. The weather was great, the music was good, and the
speakers stayed on topic. Non-partisan. Free water and lots of good
information. They will take the show up the road Sunday to Mt.
Pleasant, Where Congressman Louie Ghomert will be the headliner.

TEA Party

TEA Party in Gilmer Sat. 10am Court House

Results

Republican County Chair..... Ken Ambrose

County Clerk..... Brandy Lee

Pct. 2 Commissioner.... Cole Hefner

We'll see you in November !

Libertarian meeting

Tuesday, April 13th 6:30 pm Buckeye Cafe Hwy 271 Gilmer Tx
TAX FREEDOM DAY CELEBRATION! Texans work 106 days per year just to pay all their combined taxes. This year that day is April 16. 
Come celebrate early and meet our local Libertarian candidates.
Tea Party Activists welcome!
Duration should be one hour.

turn out

Voting is slowing down but it should pick up later this evening.
Poles are opened until 7 pm.

Runoff results

Reports from around the county show a good turn out in both early
voting and today. Stick with us for election results as they come in.

Finally we are coming to the Close of the Run Off Elections Tomorrow.

From: Chuck Mears 

Sometimes it seems we would never get to the end of this primary election, but like all things that are difficult, some will finally get a sigh of relief after tomorrow. As tired as we supporters are, imagine how the candidates must feel. Those who lose tomorrow will have mixed feelings because they have lost but will be glad to see the stress level fall. Some of those who win tomorrow will likely have mixed emotions, for even though they have won against their own party rivals, most will now have to continue their campaign against the opposing party's candidate, with only a short rest at best.

Political elections in America have often contained strong emotions, both for the candidates and voters. One aspect of political contests that contain mixed emotions, is the act of revealing the negative characteristics of a political adversary. Americans usually refer to this as 'mud slinging'. Rarely do we enjoy and many condemn this element of a political contest. I never enjoy the process but I do recognize both the negative and positive benefits for the voter.

The vast majority of  voters get their information about a candidate by what they hear or read, not by personal experience or knowledge. Mud slinging is a part of that hearing and reading process that can serve to educate a voter about the candidates, in a least two ways. If mud slinging comes with a legitimate document it can be considered a positive educational element about the provable characteristics of a candidate, but if mud slinging does not contain documents, it should be counted as a negative against the slinger, which can be nothing more than a lie or rumor.

The realities of political contests are that some contain all good candidates, some contain all poor candidates and some only contain one good candidate. In all cases,  wise voters are forced to decide by mathematics. Subtract the rumors, add up the positive and negative  'documents,'  vote for one with the most positive documents and against the one with the most negative documentation. In my humble opinion, any other method that does not include these elements is unwise. Like playing the casino slot machines and expecting to win every time, based only on a casinos advertising claims or one's emotional based, 'feeling lucky'.

Polls open April 13, 2010 in most of the same places you voted at in the primary election.


Sincerely,

Chuck

RUNOFF

If you voted in the Republican primary, or didn't vote at all, and
you care about who runs the Republican party in Upshur, you can go
vote in the runoff election. Courthouse all week, Ore City all week,
Gladewater and East Mountain 2 days. Who are you pulling for ?

Easter

Lets take a break from Politics and celebrate the resurrection of our
Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. The reason for the season.