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21 July 2020 by Lulu Seikaly On July 14th, Collin County Democrats made history. We refused to be silenced in the face of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis and a complete lack of leadership from our state’s highest officials. We made our voices heard, setting an impressive new record for voter turnout. I greatly appreciate every volunteer, election worker, staffer, party …
by Mike Rawlins, Collin County Democratic Party Chair April 9, 2020 There’s no doubt that some people will read this title and be upset about this situation being politicized. But this is the same as complaining that it’s too soon to talk about common sense gun control after a mass shooting. If we don’t address this now we are just …
June 27, 2019 Mike Rawlins, County Chair Today, in a deeply flawed ruling, the Supreme Court of the United States of America ruled that the courts have no power to rule on complaints of explicit partisan gerrymandering, despite that the justices recognized it is undesirable and has negative effects on our democracy. At best, this five to four decision is a shirking …
BY TAREK LUCIEN RADJEF. Most of us are aware that there is good and bad Cholesterol. The bad LDL must be under 100 mg/dL and the good HDL must be over 60 mg/dL. Well, there is good and bad Nationalism. It took me a while to realize that because I never talked about it in the past. Now, when the …
By Tarek Lucien Radjef. About our right to vote … The United Nations Universal Declaration on Human Rights states that “The will of the People shall be the basis of the authority of the government. This shall be expressed by periodic and genuine elections.” Thomas Jefferson observed that “We do not have a government by the majority of the people; …
By Mike Rawlins, County Chair. With the May nonpartisan elections for various city councils and school boards heating up, and with Senator Sanders again announcing for President, there has been a lot of talk about who is and isn’t a real Democrat. This raises an even more basic question about why we even have political parties. I’d like to step …