The local Republican Party plans to open a satellite office on the county's east side, in part as a way to reach out to Hispanics.
The party will take over the lease on the eastside headquarters of the Roy Morales for mayor campaign in mid-January, Harris County GOP Chairman Jared Woodfill said.
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Woodfill said the party will offer free classes in English-as-a-second-language, as well as seminars on small business and Social Security benefits.
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"For too long, as Republicans we have not taken our values to the community," said Woodfill, a lawyer running for re-election as party chairman against three other lawyers in March. "We've allowed the Democrats to go in and define who we are as a party. Part of the battle is showing up and letting people know what you stand for."Now see, that's cute. Democrats have defined the local GOP? No, they've done just fine all by themselves beating the anti-choice, anti-gay and anti-immigrant drum in every hysterical way imaginable. City voters certainly got bombarded with their messages of hate and fear in the last month and a half. I think HCRP has tried this before - opening up a HQ in the East End. Anyone remember that? Am I making that up? John Coby has blogged about their bike program to Hispanic kids - and not in a complimentary way.
For an entertaining read on the Harris County Republican Party in disarray, read this Chron story. Mismanagement of funds, finger pointing, lack of attention to detail, circular firing squad - yep, it sounds like the mean Democrats - and most likely Bill Clinton and Barack Obama - are to blame for their troubles.
I attended an interesting talk by Dr. Richard Murray Thursday night. He predicts that by 2020, Harris County will be rock solid blue to the point where a Democrat can just sign up to be on the ballot and win. Until then, it's going to be a fight for small margins. So, game on!
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