C’mon Houston! Occupy the Vote!

Texans Together is hosting a fun get out the vote event tomorrow, Sunday, October 28th (click to enlarge): Sounds like fun! A great way to get out, have a little fun, then march to the polls and cast your ballot! Hope to see you there. Click here for a map to the festivities. If you can’t make [...]

Some Words of Praise from a “Garage-Door Politician”

All too often we who press for constructive change in an organization dwell so much on our criticisms that we fail to praise positive activities and outcomes.  Effective criticism always should promote positive change, and the effective critic should note when positive change occurs. Over the last few months, I was identified on one local [...]

A Lot of Observations From a Very Long Political Spring

“Time flies when you’re having fun.” I was reminded of the irony of that old saying when I realized that I had not written a post for Big Jolly Politics in over two months—I believe that is the longest I have kept my keyboard silent since I started posting columns on this site in 2010.  [...]

Kelly Horsley: The Grand Old Party?

So, here’s a little story I got to tell about a local party you know so well….  Which party?  Ah, yes, the GOP.  What comes to mind when you think of the current GOP, especially the one in Harris County?  I can tell you my thoughts on the subject.  Unfortunately lately it hasn’t been grand [...]

Harris County Republican Party: Brother, can you spare a dime?

If you’ve been following Ed Hubbard’s posts about the state of the Harris County Republican Party or have been on the receiving end of any one of hundreds of emails about the situation at the HCRP, you already know that the party is financially broken. If you haven’t, I’ll recap: the party couldn’t afford to [...]

Harris County Republican Party: An Update and a “Thank You”

I was going to post about the results of Monday night’s Executive Committee Meeting yesterday, but too much was still unfolding to give an accurate report.  So, with a little time for sleep and reflection, here is what happened and where we are right now. A majority of the Harris County Republican Precinct Chairs in [...]

Harris County Republican Party: A system we should be ashamed of

I had promised myself, my family and my friends that I would stay out of Republican primary battles this year, and simply prepare for helping GOTV efforts after the State Convention.  Maybe that promise became one of the many casualties of the protracted primary season here in Texas, but I can no longer stay silent [...]