Burnt Orange Report

Help Texas Democrats Take Back The Lege

By Andrew Dobbs

For the remainder of the special legislative session, 21 days, the Texas Democratic Party will be raising $181 a day. In case you didn't do the math yourself, that equals $1 for every legislator every day of this special session. We need your help in raising this money, and every little bit helps.

Rick Perry has called the session and it will almost certainly be the fourth time in a row that the legislature has failed on school finance. Democrats came within one vote of passing their own school finance plan, one that had more money for schools, more tax relief for home owners and fewer headaches for educators. We came one vote short: let's make sure we don't have to worry about the margin next time around. We need to elect more Democrats and it won't happen without your help.

Either click on the link above, or copy and paste https://www.onlinecontribution.com/tdp/ into your browser. Every penny will help us rebuild our party from the ground up all across this state. We can win some big ones in 2006, but we'll need your support if we are going to do it. I know this is a bit more cheesy than the typical BOR fare, but this is an important time for the state party.

Thanks for the money, and have a great day!