LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS - CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS

INFORMATION, UPCOMING EVENTS & MEETINGS

March 2nd Primary Election - Texas LWV Voters Guide and the LWV-Corpus Christi Area Voters Guide

. Where do I go to vote? Links for local polling locations, calendars and ballots.
Nueces County County Clerk
San Patricio County Elections Administration.

Be sure to visit the month's Voter for more information about LWV-CC.

Membership and Business Card advertising provide financial support for our local league. Individual membership $60, Household $85 and Student $30. If you are not already a member, join today using the membership link at the top of this page!
Business card non-political ad $100 for all ten issues of our monthly Voter publication.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11TH 6 PM TO 9 PM
Candidates Forum at City Hall.
The League of Women Voters is hosting the Candidates Primary at City Hall with President Evy Coppola and Board Director - Voters Services Pat Parr. They will be assisted by Corpus Christi Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta and Leadership Corpus Christi representative Jessica Davilla Burnett who will share in asking questions of the candidates of paramount interest to our organizations and voters. Questions will also be encouraged from the audience in writing on index cards provided and collected by our volunteers. Please e-mail Pat at patgparr@aol.com or Evy at evylwv@earthlink.net if you have some burning questions you would like directed to specific candidates. The airing of our Forum will run on the Community Channel network a few times through the month.

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18TH 11:45 AM TO 1 PM
Luncheon at First Baptist Church Recreation Center (3115 Ocean Drive). Speaker: Police Chief Troy Riggs will give us his updates, his focus and goals for the future for our city. Commissioner Court Precinct 4 Chuck Cazalas will debate Joe McComb in the second half of our luncheon program.Meal: Cod fish sandwich and slaw or taco salad with beverage and desert.Cost: $10/$15 Reservations required no later than Tuesday February 16th: 880-6501

TUESDAY FEBRUARY 23 5:30 PM TO 8:00 PM
Dinner Program at Luciano's (1821 S. Alameda)
Candidates for JP Court, Precinct 1 - Place 1 have all been invited to debate and give information as to the position they are seeking and why they are the best man or woman for the job. Nick Adame, Joe Benavides, Bea Molina, Ray Madrigal and Larry Young.Choice of Meal: Pasta Primavera (mixed vegetables sautéed in light tomato sauce and served over linguine) or Baked Ziti (baked with ricotta cheese, seasoned ground beef and tomato sauce, topped with mozzarella.Cost: $20 Reservations Required:

LWV-CC is one of eight Leagues to be honored April 23-25 2010 at the LWV Texas state convention. Details page 3, September VOTER

Candidates Waffle Breakfast was held on Sunday January 10th at The Victorian Hall, 5550 Kostoryz. Candidates present who were running in the upcoming Primary Elections all gave a 3 minute speech to the crowd that totaled over 250 guests. Thanks to all who participated!

LWV-CC Annual Meeting
Photo - Left to right Treasurer Bobbie Wood-Hughes, VP Programs, Maria Jimenez, Secretary Sylvia Samaniego, Director Lena Coleman, Director Ricky Walraven, First Lady Kathy Adame, VP Membership Sandra Heatherley, Mayor Joe Adame, President Evy Coppola, VP Commuity Relations, Director Martha Gray and Nominating Chair Esther Martinez.
May 21 - Newly elected Mayor Joe Adame kicked off his Mayorship with the League event being his first official speaking engagement as Mayor. First lady Kathy Adame accompanied her husband and everyone had a fantastic evening. Mayor Adame gave us hope for the future of our City to work cohesively and informed us he was the first Hispanic to be elected Mayor of our fine City. Hester's did a great job and several prior members (who we hope will rejoin) attended and we had a packed house to welcome in the new Board and approve the proposed budget and nominating committee's choice of Board members. Watch for them to continue the fine work of the League of Corpus Christi and surrounding areas plus the implementation of some additional opportunities.

Outgoing President Chris Davis Garcia, who received a standing ovation, was presented a beautiful plaque by incoming President Evy Coppola.

Our new Executive Board had their retreat June 6th at President Evy Coppola's Island home. Watch for upcoming programs, expansion of our monthly Voter newsletter newsletter which is so beautifully produced and edited by League member and Director Ricky Walraven each and every month.

Monday, March 9. Statewide Conference & League Lobby Day in Austin. Read more in the February Voter.

Thanks to: Ray McMurrey, President of the Corpus Christi American Federation of Teachers Local 3456, Texas AFT, AFL-CIO and a teacher in the public school system for 19 years who presented on January 21.

Candidates for Commissioner Court District 2. who joined us for the January 12th meeting!

Diana Barrera, Clerk of the Count Court, and Evangelina Chapa, US Census 2010 Partnership Specialist for sharing information about the upcoming Census at the Thursday, November 19th meeting.

RTA Board Chair Crystal Lyons (former LWV-CC President) and (RTA) Director Ed Carrion who shared the progress, plans, goals and future of RTA's plans for our City's future regarding their role in providing and enhancing transportation and improvements, and to Commissioner Betty Jean Longoria for her local update about the United States Census 2010. October Meetings

Members who attended the April 23rd special evening meeting and discussed the pros and cons of the League-supported National Popular Voter Compact and considered the seven Consensus questions .

Judge Loyd Neal for his participation in the September 22nd LWV-CC evening meeting.

Irma Caballero, Economic Director for the City of Corpus Christi, for her presentation on September 17.

All who participated in the August 11 dinner meeting and the August 20 lunch meeting for discussion about the Las Brisas project recently presented to the City Council and being considered by the Port of Corpus Christi, landowner for the proposed project.

Eduardo Carrion, CC Regional Transportation Authority, for updating League members at the April 16th lunch meeting held at the First Baptist Church Recreation Center, 3115 Ocean Drive.

All who joined LWV-CC and Leadership CC Alumni at the March 11 Candidates Forum for individuals seeking election to the Corpus Christi City Council. Copies of the Spring 09 VOTERS GUIDE for City Council election were distributed to all public libraries, Corpus Christi City Hall, Nueces County Courthouse, and other business and community locations.

Mayoral candidates Henry Garrett, Joe Adame and Douglas Schaffer who joined us at the February 19 meeting.

Paul Bass, City of Corpus Christi, and Pat Suter, Coastal Bend Sierra Club, who lead the discussion about Recycling. More details in November Voter.

Lorette Winters, communications director, for information about the proposed $193 million bond election for CCISD at the October 16th meeting.

Candidates who participated in the October 9th General Election Candidates Form.
State Rep. Juan Garcia (D-incumbent) and Mr. Todd Hunter (R), candidates for District 32, guests at the Sept 18th meeting.

Speakers from BoldFuture for the Coastal Bend visioning initiative, a collaborative project under way between the City of Corpus Christi, Nueces County, San Patricio Economic Development Corp., TAMU-CC, and Del Mar College who joined LWV-CC on August 21

Dr. Lorraine Stehn, local physician and LWV-CC member June 19 meeting speaker. Read more about the US National Health Insurance Act, HR 676, at www.physiciansproposal.org.

Deanna McQueen Rosales of the Corpus Christi Police Dept our guest speaker at the April meeting.

Monika K. De La Garza, Former Public Relations & Outreach Manager - Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program and Lois Huff, Executive Director - Coastal Bend Bays Foundation for their presentations about local bays and estuaries at the March meeting.

Mr. George K. "Skip" Noe, Former City Manager for the City of Corpus Christi, for an informative talk about City Issues at the February 21 meeting.

Be sure to read The Voter (link at the top right corner of this webpage). Find out how YOU can help LWV-CC by participating as a newsletter sponsor, how to be more involved in LWV-CC; become a member of the Observer Corps, and more.

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.

October 18, 2008 - LWV Corpus Christi Area celebrates local heroines.

2008 League of Women Voters Corpus Christi area VOTERS GUIDE Posted 10-17-08

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 Primary is long past. However, access to Primary Voters Guides is still available:

Pros & Cons for November 3 election by LWV-Texas; Also available in print at local libraries. Need information about where to vote? Contact www.nuecescounty.com or call Nueces County Voter Registration (361) 888 0404.

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

--Statewide Primary Voter Guide-English language

--Statewide Primary Voter Guide-Spanish language

LWVUS Presidential Primary Voters' Guide