Why We Should Elect Judges

In the days after the election, everyone from Republican partisans to Steve Blow raised up a clarion call we’ve heard before: Why do we elect judges? Isn’t there a better way? Well, in short, there may be a better way to elect judges, but there is not a better way to get judges than through […]

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Free Speech and Our Elections

The following stories are ones I have waited to share for two years. Each of them happened during the campaign of 2004, when my wife originally ran for judge in Dallas County. I did not share them until now, because in no way did I want to affect (positively or negatively) her election campaign this […]

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Why Democrats Won in Dallas County

Many people have already written about the Democrat’s win in Dallas County. Here is a very good essay by Ken Molberg that covers much of the same ground that I will here. I think Ken is quite right in almost everything he says. (UPDATE (12.16.06): The Lone Star Project has now released their own report […]

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Election Night 2006

On the day after early voting ended, I decided to do a little analysis of the vote, based on a quick and dirty formula I personally devised. You should know that I am not the best “detail” person in the world. I don’t do trees very well. But I do forests exquisitely. So, I took […]

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Judge Dennise Garcia Video

Wanted to give you a heads up about the new campaign video from my wife, Judge Dennise Garcia. It’s a website video, intended for you to: 1) watch for yourself, and then 2) send off to your friends with a note about Dennise and why they should vote for her. Click here to watch the […]

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Judge Merrill Hartman

In the midst of this election season, it’s seems a good time to remember a judge who is retiring, and whose legacy will stay with the Dallas Community for years to come. The judge is Merrill Hartman, and he is retiring from the bench after being a State District Judge in Dallas County since 1984. […]

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Rest in Peace, Buck…

For all of those who are regular readers of my blog, you may be worried that I’ve fallen off the planet or something. Nothing of the sort. But, with the election looming, now eighteen-days-away, things are little hectic around our household. Every spare moment I have these past few weeks has been devoted to working […]

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Yard Signs: We’ve Got ‘Em, and You Need One.

The Re-Elect Judge Dennise Garcia campaign continues to roll along through September. The big push this month for the Judge is to attend a lot of campaign events. The big push for her many volunteers and friends has been to get out the yard signs. Several of you have told me that you have seen […]

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Judge Garcia Gets the Dallas Morning News Endorsement

The buttons are popping off my shirt today, and not because I haven’t been exercising. This morning, the Dallas Morning News has come out with it’s editorial endorsements for the Family District Courts in Dallas County. My favorite Judge, Dennise Garcia, gets the nod for her court, the 303rd State District Court. Every now and […]

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Eagles/Chicago Tribute Show Update

Well, I broke my promise to you. I promised that I’d keep you updated on the Eagles/Chicago Tribute Show. The show is just two days away, and so I obviously have done a poor job. Here’s the scoop on the show: Tribute to the Music of The Eagles and Chicago 7 pm, September 16th Wesley […]

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