LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS - CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS

UPCOMING EVENTS & MEETINGS
Thursday evening, May 22, 2008
Annual Meeting to be held at Hester's Cafe & Coffee Bar
Gathering time is 6:15pm with dinner and program beginning at 6:45pm
Cost $22/person; reservations are required. More details to be posted soon.

Thanks to Deanna McQueen Rosales of the Corpus Christi Police Dept our guest speaker at the April meeting, and to Monika K. De La Garza, Public Relations & Outreach Manager - Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program and Lois Huff, Executive Director - Coastal Bend Bays Foundation for their presentations at the March meeting, and to Mr. George K. "Skip" Noe, City Manager for the City of Corpus Christi, for an informative talk at the February 21 meeting.

Locally Produced Voters Guide

LWV-CC has published and distributed a Voters Guide by mid-February for the March 4 Primary, featuring information about the candidates who are facing opposition in the March 4 Primary. Local races/candidates to be featured include:
Democratic Party -- Nueces County Sheriff, Justices of the Peace, Precinct 2, Place 1 and Precinct 5, Place 1; Nueces County Constables, Precinct 3 and Precinct 5; Nueces County Commissioner, Precinct 1; and Democratic Party county chair; and
Republican Party -- 27th District, US Representative.

Free copies of the 2008 Primary Voters Guide with both state and local races have been distributed at local public libraries; Del Mar College Library, and TAMU-CC Library; City Halls in Corpus Christi, Robstown, Portland, and Port Aransas; Nueces County Courthouse; and other public and business locations. Special thanks to these Voter Guide supporters who have helped underwrite printing expenses: Port of Corpus Christi, CITGO, LC Foundation, Patricia M. Eisenhower, Joyce H. Jarmon, and Dr. and Mrs. Jose Miguel Duran.
Interested voters are invited to click on the links below to access on-line copies.

--2008 LWV-CC Primary Voters Guide with voting sites

--Statewide Voter Guide-English language

--Statewide Voter Guide-Spanish language

Candidates Forum

The League partnered with Leadership Corpus Christi Alumni for a spirited Candidates Forum on February 13th at Corpus Christi City Council Chambers. Candidates seeking office in contested races in the March 4 Primary were featured.

Community Dialogue on Immigration

Thanks to everyone who participated in the JANUARY 19, 2008 Community Dialogue on Immigration. The LWVUS non-partisan study was framed around eight well-researched background papers entitled:
~ Economic Aspects of Authorized and Unauthorized Immigration
~Effects of Global Interdependence on Migration
~Immigration and the Economy
~Immigrants: Diversity and Inclusion
~Overview of Federal Immigration Policy and Proposed Reforms
~What Motivates Immigration to America?
~US Immigration Policy: Family Reunification
~Federal Immigration Policy: Enforcement issues.
This study research can also be downloaded from LWV-US . Read the Summary of the table dialogue reflecting what participants said as they answered some specific questions posed by the League.

Be sure to read The Voter (link at the top right corner of this webpage). Read the latest about how YOU can be more involved in LWV-CC; become a member of the Observer Corps, help at Earth Day-Bay Day, assemble Voters Guides and find out more about the LWV National Convention in June and the state convention on April 4-6.

THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS IS WHERE HANDS ON WORK TO SAFEGUARD DEMOCRACY LEADS TO CIVIC IMPROVEMENT. LEARN MORE AT WWW.LWV.ORG AND WWW.VOTE411.ORG. The 2008 LWVUS Presidential Primary Voters' Guide is available now.

Representatives from the Coastal Bend:

Solomon P. Ortiz, U.S. Congressman, District 27

Juan 'Chuy' Hinojosa, State Senator, District 20

Juan M. Garcia, State Representative, District 32

Solomon Ortiz Jr., State Representative, District 33

Abel Herrero, State Representative, District 34

Local Government & Elected Officials (City of Corpus Christi and Nueces County)

Political Party Links