| If you needed another reason to vote for BOR endorsed candidate Dale Henry, here it is: his opponent, Mark Thomspon, has not voted since 1996, when he voted in the Republican primary and the November general election. From the Houston Chronicle's Texas Politics blog: Thompson agreed that he hasn't regularly voted although he said he cast a ballot in an Austin city election a few years ago. He remembers meeting Chris Bell in 2006 but isn't sure if he went to Travis County polls that year when Bell was the Democratic candidate for governor. Thompson said he rarely votes because he's not excited about most candidates because they "just care about getting themselves in office."
Our own Vince Leibowitz, who is Henry's campaign manager, had this to say: "Earlier this week, Thompson told the Texas Observer that Dale Henry wasn't fighting for the people and that was why he did so well on March 4," said Leibowitz in a press release. "Not only is that a complete fallacy based upon the fact that Thompson barely campaigned and most voters didn't have a clue who he was, but the idea that someone who hadn't voted in a decade is out fighting for the people in an election is utterly laughable."
Early voting begins Monday and Election Day is April 8. |
