Battle For Texas Latino Voters

This post is in regards to an article in the Austin American statesman. In the article it states how crucial the Hispanic vote is going to be to Clinton and Obama in the Texas primary. It discusses the strategy of former politicians who have had success with the Hispanic voters in Texas. Some analysts place Hillary at an advantage because first job in politics was to register Hispanic voters in south Texas. In addition Bill Clinton brought stimulation to the region during his term in the white house, which the Clintons are hoping will play a role with the Hispanics at the poles. Some analysts have Hillary at a 2 to 1 advantage over Barack. Others say Barack’s momentum is unstoppable and has erased any advantage that Hillary may of had. Both candidates have taken similar stances on the “bread and butter” issues such as education, jobs, the economy, and the withdraw of troops. So it seems this will be a battle of who the Hispanics would prefer an African American male or a white female. All this back and forth strategizing to me only raises one question. Do either one of these candidates even truly care at all about the Hispanic community. All of a sudden there is this huge push to get the Hispanic vote. If this was a blow out, they probably wouldn’t be getting this kind of attention if any at all. If I were Hispanic I would find this insulting. “My vote is important when it suits your needs. Prior to now it didn’t seem to matter”. If the Hispanics were of such great importance to these candidates why are we just now seeing all the Spanish campaign ads. I believe the Hispanic community should do their homework and go back to early in their campaign and see which candidate seemed to find the Hispanics important to them from the beginning and disregard any last minute push that may be taking place currently. In my opinion anything being done now just seems like lip service. I would say too little too late. I know that this is how politics works but it just seems so transparent to me. I believe this article should be read by all Hispanics before they cast their vote. Maybe it will sway them maybe it won’t but they should be aware that their political importance to the candidates may be short lived.
For more information see: http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/02/20/0220latvote.html

Bay City's Nuke Plan

In the community of Bay City there are plans in the works to expand the South Texas Project (nuclear power plant) from two nuclear reactors to four. There was a public meeting held recently to go over the details of the project and discuss the environmental issues associated with the proposed expansion. More than two hundred citizens were in attendance. Many were dissatisfied with the focus the elected officials chose to put on the meeting. The meeting which was supposes to discuss environmental issues, spent more time on the economic advantages. This plan is undoubtedly due to the extreme growth in power needs and the desire for clean energy to combat climate change. In my opinion more nuclear power is not the route we should be taking. With all the technological advancements that have been made over the years the governments answer to our problems lies with technology we’ve had all along. This seems like a recipe for disaster. We are consuming too much power so let’s build more terrorist targets; this logic makes no sense to me. I think that money would be better spent putting solar units on peoples residences rather than building huge cancer plants in these peoples backyards and justify it by taunting them with good jobs. The reason we didn’t go completely nuclear years ago is because of the nuclear waste that is produced and the possibility of disaster. Has our dying thirst for power outweighed our personal safety? I think this article would be of interest to anyone who consumes power.

For More Info Please See:

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/stategov/stories/MYSA020608.01B.nuclear.370e134.html