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Grassroots Coalition Calls Upon Governor Abbott to Verify Voter Citizenship

Posted by Direct Action Texas | August 16, 2018

DAT Calls Upon Governor Abbott to Begin Verifying Citizenship in the Voter Registration Process.

Requests Gov. Abbott take executive action, issue an administrative order, and mandate citizenship verification for voter registration by the Secretary of State.

(North Richland Hills, TX) A Texas Grassroots Coalition sent a letter to the Governor and help a press conference today demanding the Governor direct the Secretary of State to verify citizenship of voter registrations. Below are Aaron Harris comments as well as a copy of the letter send to Governor Abbott.

BREAKING NEWS: Court Rules Against Plano in Harrison Case

Posted by Direct Action Texas | August 14, 2018

Today the 401st District Court Ruled in favor of Tom Harrison, canceling the scheduled recall election against him.

Earlier this year democrats and city officials sought to recall Tom Harrison from the City Council. They used as their motive a controversial Facebook post by Mr. Harrison, however the real motivation is Mr. Harrison’s insistence on being a conservative voice on council and refusing to simply rubber stamp the wishes of the mayor and city manager. A recall petition was carried out, however they used an erroneous calculation for the number of signatures needed to gain ballot access.

At issue was whether one needed to use the “last” election turnout or some other nebulous random election’s turnout as the basis for calculating the number of signatures needed. The city chose to use a 2015 election turnout numbers instead of the most recent election turnout.

In the ruling the presiding judge stated “The Court finds based on clear and convincing evidence the the word “last” is included” [in the City charter]. During the trial Mr. Harrison’s attorneys uncovered multiple different versions of the city charter, causing confusion as to which was the accurate copy.

Mr. Harrison’s attorney, Art Martinez DeVara stated he was very pleased with the decision by the court. Mr. DeVara was particularly pleased that the judge disallowed the city from adding to the charter by “interpretation”, as using the 2015 election numbers was a “creative” interpretation the city was attempting to get away with.

By following the city charter and using the last election’s turnout as the basis for calculating how many signatures were needed for the petition to be valid, the petition against Tom Harrison came in short. The election is called off by the order.

Not only did the judge rule against the City of Plano, he also ordered the city to pay Mr. Harrison’s attorney’s fees within 30 days.

Congratulations Tom Harrison.

READ FULL COURT DECISION HERE.

D’s vs. R’s – The Cultural Divide

Posted by Direct Action Texas | June 22, 2018

*WARNING – MATURE LANGUAGE BELOW

People often ask what the difference between republicans and democrats is…while the elected official’s votes are often hard to differentiate, those in the party have very different cultural behaviors. Nowhere is that more evident than the contrast between the two party’s state conventions. Last week the Republican Party of Texas held their state convention in San Antonio, followed this week by the Texas Democrats holding their convention in Fort Worth.

Why Can’t Tarrant Judicial Candidates Follow the Law?

Posted by Direct Action Texas | May 17, 2018

Will our Tarrant County 2018 Probate Judge candidates please quit breaking the law?

If you remember the story about Catherine Goodman, candidate for Probate Judge, she took an improper donation of $10,000 from a husband and wife. This was a violation of the Judicial Campaign Fairness Act. The Texas Ethics Commission called her out, Goodman returned the amount in violation, and while she is still exposed to civil liability, it is over.

Now we have something different. We have Republican Probate Court Runoff candidate, Patricia Cole who has broken a much more serious law. Cole has accepted contributions from corporations. This is not an ethics violation, but a criminal violation! Read More

CITIZENS AREN’T TIRED OF WINNING IN COLLEYVILLE – An Open Letter by Steve Waltens

Posted by Direct Action Texas | May 10, 2018

All across our great nation for the last year and a half, legions of sore-loser liberal elites have been pitching a non-stop fit, refusing to accept the fact that our country has soundly rejected their tired narrative and policies that are just plain bad for Americans.

An interesting (and more relevant) observation is that very same pattern of behavior is going on right here in our very own Colleyville. The last seven elections for Mayor and the six City Council seats have been very spirited races, to say the least. Every one of the candidates in these seven races have been supported by the same passionate group of volunteers and the opposing issues have basically remained the same in each race. And that leads me to the puzzling part of this story.

Since every one of these seven races was decided by landslide victories during record voter turnouts, why on earth does the Protect Colleyville crew cling tightly to their seven-times failed campaign strategy?

Is everything in Colleyville rainbows and unicorns? Of course not. But in the two years since the new Mayor and majority citizen-advocates took office, this list of positive citizen-requested changes have become reality:

Lowered the tax rate TWICE.
Made up the unbelievable $600,000 shortfall of pay to our first responders.
Stopped the practice of price gouging and profiting off water sales.
Saved over 400 trees along Glade Road that were destined for demolition.
Established a plan to improve Glade Road with engineered drainage, turn lanes, and sidewalks saving taxpayers millions of dollars as compared to the previous plan.
Negotiated land purchase deals along Glade Road, instead of stealing land for trails.
Instituted a new, more transparent bidding processes to ensure taxpayer money was being spent in the best possible way.
Asked the citizens to adopt term limits for elected officials, which we passed with an overwhelming 82% of voters voting in favor.
Stopped the race towards transforming Colleyville into a high-density urban jungle by setting the land development code straight.
Asked the citizens to adopt more stringent disclosure and transparency rules for both elected officials and staff heads which passed by an overwhelming majority.
Passed a long overdue resolution to move forward with a new storm water master plan.
Beautifying and enhancing our medians and roundabouts.
Repairing major streets that were crumbling due to a decade of neglect.
Established a record number of citizen committees to leverage the knowledge, expertise, and input of our citizens
Created community events such as the farmers market, live bands, and movie nights.
Established a second ambulance service to eliminate high out-of-city ambulance fees and save taxpayers money.
Repealed the anti-free speech policy that prohibited citizens from criticizing City Council members when addressing the council.

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