Voting Resources
Danielle Trevino
June 1st, 2013
Earlier this month, a state district judge ruled in favor of the Kountze High School cheerleaders who displayed banners adorned with Bible verses at their school's football games. The Kountze ISD school district is now...
June 26th, 2012
Texas Supreme Justice David Medina, TGV bloggers Danielle Chavez and Fernando Trevino, and convention delegate Frankie TrevinoI had the pleasure of meeting Texas Supreme Court Justice David Medina at the state party...
May 15th, 2012
Adela Garza is a longtime resident of the Rio Grande Valley and a true servant to her community.Having served on various school and community boards on a volunteer basis, it is clear she understands the uniqueness of the...
January 18th, 2012
If you’ve browsed the Internet today, you know that a handful of websites, including Wikipedia, TwitPic and WordPress, have blacked out in protest of the Stop Internet Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA).Other...
June 18th, 2011
The right is in a period of welcomed-chaos as political activists, conservative and liberal alike, speak out for and against potential presidential candidates to run against President Obama.While even within our own...
April 8th, 2011
Members of the public questioned and criticized the Brownsville City Commission Tuesday night in regards to a pending contract between the city and Public Charters, Inc.Public Charters is a Pennsylvania-based air charter...
March 22nd, 2011
The harsh realities of public education in the U.S. depicted in Waiting for “Superman” (2010) bring to light, not only the importance of school choice, but also the need for parents to take an active role in their children's...
January 7th, 2011
While most may agree Speaker Boehner’s acceptance of his extra-large gavel straight from Nancy Pelosi’s hands when the 112th Congress convened Wednesday was exciting, the newly-passed House rules may have been the biggest...
November 12th, 2010
Interesting politics are a-brewin’ in Deep South Texas this month after incumbent U.S. Rep. Solomon Ortiz (TX-27) was defeated by Republican Blake Farenthold last week.
October 25th, 2010
Earlier this week, I received my mail-in ballot. This will be my first opportunity to vote in a general election, a time I've been waiting for ever since my kindergarten class read our Weekly Reader and raised our hands to...
June 16th, 2012
Last weekend, I joined many other proud Texas Republicans in traveling up to Fort Worth, Texas to take part in the largest political convention in the country.While there were many highlights to this convention, such as...
May 11th, 2012
Wednesday, Fernando Trevino and I had the pleasure of spending the day with congressional candidate Adela Garza before a political forum hosted by various local media outlets. Garza is in the race to be the first...
June 23rd, 2011
During the U.S. Open coverage on NBC Sunday, the network aired a patriotic montage with children saying the Pledge of Allegiance in the background. However, NBC forgot a few little words, namely "under God."Sorry, NBC, but...
April 21st, 2011
At Little Village Academy in Chicago, a public school, students are not allowed to bring their own lunches from home unless they have special dietary needs or food allergies.Though the decision has seen a lot of media...
March 24th, 2011
The Texas House made amendments to SB 14, also known as the Voter ID bill, before ultimately passing the bill 101-48. Sixty-three amendments were proposed in total to the bill yesterday, with only a handful being adopted....
March 8th, 2011
Since 2007, nearly half of U.S. states have proposed bills allowing concealed handguns on college campuses. Thus far, all bills have been rejected except in Utah where college students are free to exercise their 2nd...
November 23rd, 2010
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said he had a dream his children would grow up in a nation where they were not judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.I too have the same dream for future...
November 4th, 2010
Throughout the past two years, we spoke. Tuesday, the electorate listened.The efforts of conservatives, whether they belonged to the Republican Party, the Tea Party or were simply disgruntled independents, did not go...
September 24th, 2010
While looking around my hometown newspaper’s website, I stumbled across an article that mentioned a stray bullet was found on our community college campus. Our community college, University of Texas at Brownsville, is...
