Galveston News
By Jim Dallas
President Bush is going to be in Galveston (UTMB Levin Hall, specifically) at noon on Tuesday the 26th -- which also happense to bemy 23rd birthday! -- to pitch his Social Security phase-out non-plan. Galveston County, as some may know, opted-out of Social Security about twenty-five years ago, and has had mixed results ("success" in Republicanese) with a private system.
I'd like to go down there with a big sign saying "Forty-two years from now, I'm going to want my Social Security the way it is now!" But I've got obligations all day long. So somebody please go down there and stick it to the man for me (hint, I hear labor and other folks are trying to form a protest.)
Meanwhile, via Carl Whitmarsh, I hear that they're still having trouble finding a new Democratic county chair; apparently the State Party goofed something up in appointing John Patrick to be the designated-helper-outer. From news reports as well as over-heard gossip, it looks like once the temporary chair situation is figured out, former state rep. Lloyd Criss will probably win election.
Best of luck to Criss or whoever wins. Galveston County Democrats need a real cat-herder these days to turn the county blue again.
Posted by Jim Dallas at April 25, 2005 01:22 AM
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