At What Cost, Democracy?
I was surprised by a question asked of me last week. A citizen wanted to know how much extra it would cost to be open on Saturday and Sunday for the Special Election caused by the tie-vote. I told them ...

How is it that we get a tie vote?
If you were watching the Advocate web cast on Saturday, May 10th, you might have noticed my surprise at the outcome of the VISD Trustee District 5 race. As is usual on Election Night I was busy with the reports ...

Take Advantage of this Opportunity to Vote
People sometimes complain that we have too many elections. This year alone we have voted a Primary in March, a Runoff in April and now the Joint School & Water Election in May. That's one a month for the last ...

Importance of Local Elections
During the recent primary we had an outstanding turnout. Our final total vote was near 30% of the registered voters in Victoria County. This is nearly double what has been the norm for the primaries of the last 20 years. ...