Sunday, February 04, 2007
Advisor to the World,Dr. Garcia organized the G.I. Forum
Hector Garcia: A Texas Legend
The Early Years
A Legacy of Activism and Service
The Longoria Incident
Health Care
Community
Education
Advisor to Presidents
Advisor to the World
Recognition Nationally
Recognition Locally
Mexican American Immigrant and Texas Legend
Home page
Poster--Attencion Veteranos!Poster Attencion Veteranos!
From the beginning, Dr. Garcia was outraged by the discrimination against Mexican-Americans and was compelled to action. This poster from December 30, 1948 invited veterans to come hear Dr. Garcia and other local leaders discuss the problems of segregated schools in Taft, Texas.
Dr. Garcia organized the G.I. ForumThe G. I. Forum
Dr. Garcia organized the American G.I. Forum (1948) initially to improve veteran benefits and enhance medical attention. But it soon expanded to address educational and vocational training, housing, public education, poll taxation, voter registration, hospitalization and employment. Today the American G. I. Forum has nearly 160,000 members in 502 chapters in 24 states.
Letter from Garcia "To all Pres. Of Forum, Auxiliaries and Jr. G.I. Forum"
An example of the many letters by Dr. Garcia to exhort G. I. Forum members to write their political leaders. Dr. Garcia was a strong proponent of education. He is most often quoted for his statement on education: "Education is our freedom, and freedom is everybody’s business."
Compiled by Rebecca Saavedra ED.D., from items in the Dr. Hector P. Garcia Papers Special Collections and Archives, Bell Library, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. Dedicated to the memory and accomplishments of Dr. Garcia. Original web site design by Fausto Meza.
This site developed and maintained by UTMB's Office of Public Affairs.
Copyright © 2006 The University of Texas Medical Branch. Please review our privacy policy and Internet guidelines.
Send mail to UTMB Public Affairs with questions or comments about this web site.
Contact UTMB Public Affairs by telephone at (409) 772-2618 or (800) 228-1841;
by fax at (409) 772-6216; by mail at 301 University Boulevard, Galveston, Texas, 77555-0144.
The Early Years
A Legacy of Activism and Service
The Longoria Incident
Health Care
Community
Education
Advisor to Presidents
Advisor to the World
Recognition Nationally
Recognition Locally
Mexican American Immigrant and Texas Legend
Home page
Poster--Attencion Veteranos!Poster Attencion Veteranos!
From the beginning, Dr. Garcia was outraged by the discrimination against Mexican-Americans and was compelled to action. This poster from December 30, 1948 invited veterans to come hear Dr. Garcia and other local leaders discuss the problems of segregated schools in Taft, Texas.
Dr. Garcia organized the G.I. ForumThe G. I. Forum
Dr. Garcia organized the American G.I. Forum (1948) initially to improve veteran benefits and enhance medical attention. But it soon expanded to address educational and vocational training, housing, public education, poll taxation, voter registration, hospitalization and employment. Today the American G. I. Forum has nearly 160,000 members in 502 chapters in 24 states.
Letter from Garcia "To all Pres. Of Forum, Auxiliaries and Jr. G.I. Forum"
An example of the many letters by Dr. Garcia to exhort G. I. Forum members to write their political leaders. Dr. Garcia was a strong proponent of education. He is most often quoted for his statement on education: "Education is our freedom, and freedom is everybody’s business."
Compiled by Rebecca Saavedra ED.D., from items in the Dr. Hector P. Garcia Papers Special Collections and Archives, Bell Library, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. Dedicated to the memory and accomplishments of Dr. Garcia. Original web site design by Fausto Meza.
This site developed and maintained by UTMB's Office of Public Affairs.
Copyright © 2006 The University of Texas Medical Branch. Please review our privacy policy and Internet guidelines.
Send mail to UTMB Public Affairs with questions or comments about this web site.
Contact UTMB Public Affairs by telephone at (409) 772-2618 or (800) 228-1841;
by fax at (409) 772-6216; by mail at 301 University Boulevard, Galveston, Texas, 77555-0144.
Friday, November 17, 2006
In Response to State Rep Aaron Pena: Straight ticket voting takes the power from the people and gives the elected a free reign.
11.12.2006
A Republican Victory In The 13th Court of Appeals
I am frequently asked why incumbent Court of Appeals Judge Fred Hinojosa lost his race to Rose Vela out of Corpus Christi. It seems to be out of character with the Democratic sweep across the nation and the Democratic victories in Texas. I usually respond with the obvious, namely the strong measure of respect the Vela name carries in South Texas, the growing numbers of Hispanics in the middle and upper classes and an effective advertising or advocacy effort. This coupled with the sad legacy of South Texas boss or strongman politics which relied heavily on patron managed turnout rather than the advocacy of ideas. Lastly and likely coupled with the rest was turnout in this particular election. No longer able to effectively turn to boss politicians, neglect of the fundamentals and the community by the state and national party has led to less than favorable turnout levels. In a community dominated historically by one party rule, lacking competitive elections in the general election and the near absence of party infrastructure, Republicans may see increased success in South Texas.
The success of Governor Perry (Bell received only 41% of the Hispanic vote) in South Texas and the recent Republican victory in the 13th Court of Appeals did not come without warning. Many of us in this region have for over a decade warned state officials of the effects of continued neglect. Party officials repeatedly dismissed our protestations and instead relied heavily on strongman politics and an untrustworthy politiquera (vote harvester) system. I say untrustworthy because politqueras now go to the highest bidder and today that is increasingly the Republican. This is sadly the beginning of more to come. The next wave of elections will likely see more of the same unless action is taken.
With an expected rise in the competition for the South Texas vote by the two parties, Austin and Washington's neglect may yet be remedied with a return to the fundamentals of service to the needs of the community and in respectfully making our case to the individual voter. Coupled with strong and true principles, with an honest commitment to service (to people), a victors salvation comes from respecting rather than neglecting the voter.
In meeting rooms quiet discussions among politicos about the circumstances of the Hinojosa-Vela race are being observed. Republicans will try to replicate the recipe of success in the next cycle. Democratic leaders would be wise to learn from the mistakes perpetuated over generations. The false comfort of the old methods are making the party in South Texas less competitive. The old patron, patronage driven system is dead, as it should be! In it's place should be a principle and service driven advocacy for the hearts and minds of our neighbors and the citizens of our state. Only time will tell.
The Corpus Christi Caller Times carries more on the problems of turnout in South Texas politics.
posted by The Rep. @ 8:35 AM 4 comments
4 Comments:
At Sunday, November 12, 2006 2:14:08 PM, Gritsforbreakfast said...
The Austin court (3rd) went nearly all GOP, too, with one D winning in a squeaker. I'm sure you've read my arguments on Grits that the courts may be Rs electoral Achilles heel. This election, you're right, the appellate races were an Achilles heel for the Democrats, and it's sure worth trying to understand why.
Suerte amigo.
At Sunday, November 12, 2006 5:17:44 PM, Anonymous said...
The Valley counties (Hidalgo, Cameron, and Willacy) accounted for only 88,056 votes.
The Middle counties (Kenedy, Kleberg, and Nueces) accounted for only 70,061 votes.
The Northern counties (San Patricio and everything north) accounted for 82,963 votes.
Democrats are strong in the Valley and Middle counties plus only a couple Northern counties (Bee and Calhoun). The dozen remining counties within the northern end of the district are reliably Republican.
Once upon a time, whoever won Democratic primary won the election, and whoever won Hidalgo, Nueces, and Cameron counties won the primary.
It now apears that Nueces County will support a local Republican in the general election over a Valley Democrat assuming that the candidates are both qualified. I presume that the same is true in Cameron County (the Cameron County voters would likely support a local Republican over a Hidalgo or Nueces County Democrat).
The growing vote north of Nueces County, and its predominantly Republican nature, bodes ill for Democratic candidates from Hidalgo County (and also suggests that the Republicans would do best electing candidates from Nueces or Cameron County).
It is no longer wise to think of Nueces and Cameron Counties as reliably Democratic counties when a local Republican is facing a Democrat from outside the county. Democratic candidates from Hidalgo County would do well to build up their presence and contacts in Cameron and Nueces Counties.
At Tuesday, November 14, 2006 10:52:24 PM, Anonymous said...
In discussing why she won the race, Vela had this to say to the Corpus Christi Caller: "I think [the people] saw that I did a good job as a district judge for eight years and I applied the law evenly and fairly." Vela is clearly living in a fantasy world. Lawyers are in a better position to assess the quality of a judge's performance, and every attorney poll taken, including a poll taken in Corpus Christi, favored Hinojosa. The only thing that people "saw" was a purposeful distortion of Hinojosa's record through her use of mailers and commercials. The only "good job" that Vela did was to use her husband’s money to pay for her disgraceful commercials, through which she accused Hinojosa of allegedly releasing sexual predators out on our streets. Vela knows that the public won't actually read, let alone have the opportunity to read, the cases that her commercials talk about. This is something that Vela counted on when making the commercials, because if one actually did read the cases, as I did, that person would know that Vela painted a grossly inaccurate picture of the truth. The fact that I know about the truth of these cases, however, doesn't really make any difference in the grand scheme of things. However, the judges that currently sit on the Court most certainly know the truth of what those cases actually said. In light of that fact, I have to wonder how Vela plans to "do a better job" while walking into a Court filled with judges who will undoubtedly already view her with disgust. The saddest thing about this whole thing, however, is that she utilized the name of her father-in-law to help her campaign. Anyone who truly knew Filemon Vela would know what a tremendous democratic supporter he was. I think it's reasonable to say that if he was alive today, he would have never allowed all of this to happen.
At Wednesday, November 15, 2006 1:26:57 AM, Jaime Kenedeño said...
It is no longer wise to think of Nueces and Cameron Counties as reliably Democratic counties
That is because the Nueces Democratic Party was infilterated by a Socialist Group who posed as Democrats and called all others DINOS. Anyway it is good for the people that a Candidate cannot assume Polanca Democratica. Keep in mind, the Republicans did not vote straight ticket either.
Straight ticket voting takes the power from the people and gives the elected a free reign. Now we will rebuild a Democratic Party. We will not vote straight ticket until the elected become responsive to the people. We are all conservative and we are all Democrats. Some just more than others.
A Republican Victory In The 13th Court of Appeals
I am frequently asked why incumbent Court of Appeals Judge Fred Hinojosa lost his race to Rose Vela out of Corpus Christi. It seems to be out of character with the Democratic sweep across the nation and the Democratic victories in Texas. I usually respond with the obvious, namely the strong measure of respect the Vela name carries in South Texas, the growing numbers of Hispanics in the middle and upper classes and an effective advertising or advocacy effort. This coupled with the sad legacy of South Texas boss or strongman politics which relied heavily on patron managed turnout rather than the advocacy of ideas. Lastly and likely coupled with the rest was turnout in this particular election. No longer able to effectively turn to boss politicians, neglect of the fundamentals and the community by the state and national party has led to less than favorable turnout levels. In a community dominated historically by one party rule, lacking competitive elections in the general election and the near absence of party infrastructure, Republicans may see increased success in South Texas.
The success of Governor Perry (Bell received only 41% of the Hispanic vote) in South Texas and the recent Republican victory in the 13th Court of Appeals did not come without warning. Many of us in this region have for over a decade warned state officials of the effects of continued neglect. Party officials repeatedly dismissed our protestations and instead relied heavily on strongman politics and an untrustworthy politiquera (vote harvester) system. I say untrustworthy because politqueras now go to the highest bidder and today that is increasingly the Republican. This is sadly the beginning of more to come. The next wave of elections will likely see more of the same unless action is taken.
With an expected rise in the competition for the South Texas vote by the two parties, Austin and Washington's neglect may yet be remedied with a return to the fundamentals of service to the needs of the community and in respectfully making our case to the individual voter. Coupled with strong and true principles, with an honest commitment to service (to people), a victors salvation comes from respecting rather than neglecting the voter.
In meeting rooms quiet discussions among politicos about the circumstances of the Hinojosa-Vela race are being observed. Republicans will try to replicate the recipe of success in the next cycle. Democratic leaders would be wise to learn from the mistakes perpetuated over generations. The false comfort of the old methods are making the party in South Texas less competitive. The old patron, patronage driven system is dead, as it should be! In it's place should be a principle and service driven advocacy for the hearts and minds of our neighbors and the citizens of our state. Only time will tell.
The Corpus Christi Caller Times carries more on the problems of turnout in South Texas politics.
posted by The Rep. @ 8:35 AM 4 comments
4 Comments:
At Sunday, November 12, 2006 2:14:08 PM, Gritsforbreakfast said...
The Austin court (3rd) went nearly all GOP, too, with one D winning in a squeaker. I'm sure you've read my arguments on Grits that the courts may be Rs electoral Achilles heel. This election, you're right, the appellate races were an Achilles heel for the Democrats, and it's sure worth trying to understand why.
Suerte amigo.
At Sunday, November 12, 2006 5:17:44 PM, Anonymous said...
The Valley counties (Hidalgo, Cameron, and Willacy) accounted for only 88,056 votes.
The Middle counties (Kenedy, Kleberg, and Nueces) accounted for only 70,061 votes.
The Northern counties (San Patricio and everything north) accounted for 82,963 votes.
Democrats are strong in the Valley and Middle counties plus only a couple Northern counties (Bee and Calhoun). The dozen remining counties within the northern end of the district are reliably Republican.
Once upon a time, whoever won Democratic primary won the election, and whoever won Hidalgo, Nueces, and Cameron counties won the primary.
It now apears that Nueces County will support a local Republican in the general election over a Valley Democrat assuming that the candidates are both qualified. I presume that the same is true in Cameron County (the Cameron County voters would likely support a local Republican over a Hidalgo or Nueces County Democrat).
The growing vote north of Nueces County, and its predominantly Republican nature, bodes ill for Democratic candidates from Hidalgo County (and also suggests that the Republicans would do best electing candidates from Nueces or Cameron County).
It is no longer wise to think of Nueces and Cameron Counties as reliably Democratic counties when a local Republican is facing a Democrat from outside the county. Democratic candidates from Hidalgo County would do well to build up their presence and contacts in Cameron and Nueces Counties.
At Tuesday, November 14, 2006 10:52:24 PM, Anonymous said...
In discussing why she won the race, Vela had this to say to the Corpus Christi Caller: "I think [the people] saw that I did a good job as a district judge for eight years and I applied the law evenly and fairly." Vela is clearly living in a fantasy world. Lawyers are in a better position to assess the quality of a judge's performance, and every attorney poll taken, including a poll taken in Corpus Christi, favored Hinojosa. The only thing that people "saw" was a purposeful distortion of Hinojosa's record through her use of mailers and commercials. The only "good job" that Vela did was to use her husband’s money to pay for her disgraceful commercials, through which she accused Hinojosa of allegedly releasing sexual predators out on our streets. Vela knows that the public won't actually read, let alone have the opportunity to read, the cases that her commercials talk about. This is something that Vela counted on when making the commercials, because if one actually did read the cases, as I did, that person would know that Vela painted a grossly inaccurate picture of the truth. The fact that I know about the truth of these cases, however, doesn't really make any difference in the grand scheme of things. However, the judges that currently sit on the Court most certainly know the truth of what those cases actually said. In light of that fact, I have to wonder how Vela plans to "do a better job" while walking into a Court filled with judges who will undoubtedly already view her with disgust. The saddest thing about this whole thing, however, is that she utilized the name of her father-in-law to help her campaign. Anyone who truly knew Filemon Vela would know what a tremendous democratic supporter he was. I think it's reasonable to say that if he was alive today, he would have never allowed all of this to happen.
At Wednesday, November 15, 2006 1:26:57 AM, Jaime Kenedeño said...
It is no longer wise to think of Nueces and Cameron Counties as reliably Democratic counties
That is because the Nueces Democratic Party was infilterated by a Socialist Group who posed as Democrats and called all others DINOS. Anyway it is good for the people that a Candidate cannot assume Polanca Democratica. Keep in mind, the Republicans did not vote straight ticket either.
Straight ticket voting takes the power from the people and gives the elected a free reign. Now we will rebuild a Democratic Party. We will not vote straight ticket until the elected become responsive to the people. We are all conservative and we are all Democrats. Some just more than others.
Monday, September 04, 2006
Bob Rowling: Three socialist candidates for District 27: Raul Cano, (Les Cassidy or John Kelley) and Carlos Morin? Feed for Article.
Bob Rowling: Three socialist candidates for District 27: Raul Cano, (Les Cassidy or John Kelley) and Carlos Morin? Feed for Article.
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
one of the good things watts has done
http://www.supreme.courts.state.tx.us/ebriefs/04/04061004.pdf
Friday, June 16, 2006
Political Pulse: Garcia sees Democrats as Davids poised to slay GOP Goliaths this fall.
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
ccisd the original nanotechnology-solomon coles where are you?
return to handbook view
DEL MAR COLLEGE. Del Mar College, originally named Corpus Christi Junior College, was established in 1935 under control of the board of trustees of the Corpus Christi Independent School District, although the junior college district and the CCISD taxes were collected separately. The superintendent of the school district, E. H. Hereford, also served as president of the junior college. The school's name was changed in 1948 to Del Mar College, and in 1951 the college became an independent political subdivision, legally the Corpus Christi Junior College District, governed by a locally elected board of regents. In 1946 Del Mar College won accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
In 1936 the institution had 154 students who attended evening classes at Roy Miller High School. A faculty of ten, four of whom had doctoral degrees, offered courses in business administration, education, English, foreign languages, mathematics, natural sciences, history, and government. In February 1942 the college moved to its East Campus on Baldwin Avenue, and a West Campus was opened in 1957 when additional land was acquired on Old Brownsville Road. Separate classes for black students were begun in 1948 on the campus of Solomon Coles High School and continued until the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision, when the East Campus was integrated.
Though it was conceived as a liberal arts junior college, Del Mar became a two-year comprehensive community college. It offers an associate in arts or science degree for students completing a university-transfer course plan, an associate in applied science degree for those who complete a two-year technical-occupational degree plan, and a certificate for completion of a one-year occupational program. The college's full-time student body grew from the original 154 to 4,125 in 1969, 8,927 in 1986, and 9,941 in the fall of 2000. The college budget was $28,000 in 1937. In 1969 it was $4,504,487 and in 1986, $27,648,220. The faculty increased from the initial ten to 572 in 1999. Terry L. Dicianna was president of the college in 1998.
When founded in 1935 Del Mar was intended to provide an opportunity for students affected by the Great Depressionqv to begin their college careers inexpensively. After World War IIqv the mission was broadened to provide vocational and technical training, and the college's name was changed to signal that the school was no longer a junior college in the traditional sense. In the decade of the 1960s the college also began to offer remedial courses to prepare students for entry into college-level programs. The college was also the birthplace of the Texas Jazz Festival, the Corpus Christi Symphony, and the Corpus Christi Chorale.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Nueces County Historical Society, History of Nueces County (Austin: Jenkins, 1972).
Richard Moore and Nancy H. Bowen
The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article.
Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. "," http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/DD/kcd2.html (accessed June 14, 2006). (NOTE: "s.v." stands for sub verbo, "under the word.")
The Handbook of Texas Online is a joint project of The General Libraries at the University of Texas at Austin (http://www.lib.utexas.edu) and the Texas State Historical Association (http://www.tsha.utexas.edu).
Copyright ©, The Texas State Historical Association, 1997-2002Last Updated: March 20, 2002 Please send us your comments.
DEL MAR COLLEGE. Del Mar College, originally named Corpus Christi Junior College, was established in 1935 under control of the board of trustees of the Corpus Christi Independent School District, although the junior college district and the CCISD taxes were collected separately. The superintendent of the school district, E. H. Hereford, also served as president of the junior college. The school's name was changed in 1948 to Del Mar College, and in 1951 the college became an independent political subdivision, legally the Corpus Christi Junior College District, governed by a locally elected board of regents. In 1946 Del Mar College won accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
In 1936 the institution had 154 students who attended evening classes at Roy Miller High School. A faculty of ten, four of whom had doctoral degrees, offered courses in business administration, education, English, foreign languages, mathematics, natural sciences, history, and government. In February 1942 the college moved to its East Campus on Baldwin Avenue, and a West Campus was opened in 1957 when additional land was acquired on Old Brownsville Road. Separate classes for black students were begun in 1948 on the campus of Solomon Coles High School and continued until the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision, when the East Campus was integrated.
Though it was conceived as a liberal arts junior college, Del Mar became a two-year comprehensive community college. It offers an associate in arts or science degree for students completing a university-transfer course plan, an associate in applied science degree for those who complete a two-year technical-occupational degree plan, and a certificate for completion of a one-year occupational program. The college's full-time student body grew from the original 154 to 4,125 in 1969, 8,927 in 1986, and 9,941 in the fall of 2000. The college budget was $28,000 in 1937. In 1969 it was $4,504,487 and in 1986, $27,648,220. The faculty increased from the initial ten to 572 in 1999. Terry L. Dicianna was president of the college in 1998.
When founded in 1935 Del Mar was intended to provide an opportunity for students affected by the Great Depressionqv to begin their college careers inexpensively. After World War IIqv the mission was broadened to provide vocational and technical training, and the college's name was changed to signal that the school was no longer a junior college in the traditional sense. In the decade of the 1960s the college also began to offer remedial courses to prepare students for entry into college-level programs. The college was also the birthplace of the Texas Jazz Festival, the Corpus Christi Symphony, and the Corpus Christi Chorale.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Nueces County Historical Society, History of Nueces County (Austin: Jenkins, 1972).
Richard Moore and Nancy H. Bowen
The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article.
Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. "," http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/DD/kcd2.html (accessed June 14, 2006). (NOTE: "s.v." stands for sub verbo, "under the word.")
The Handbook of Texas Online is a joint project of The General Libraries at the University of Texas at Austin (http://www.lib.utexas.edu) and the Texas State Historical Association (http://www.tsha.utexas.edu).
Copyright ©, The Texas State Historical Association, 1997-2002Last Updated: March 20, 2002 Please send us your comments.
Monday, June 12, 2006
forty years late
http://www.nuecesdemocrats.org/2006Res12USSLiberty.html
Public Investigation of USS Liberty Incident
WHEREAS, ON June 8, 1967 while steaming in international waters off the coast of the Sinai Peninsula the USS Liberty (AGTR-5) was attacked without warning; and,WHEREAS, the attack on the USS Liberty resulted in the death of 34 and wounding of 175 of the personnel attached to the USS Liberty; and,WHEREAS, according to the Congressional Research Service the United States government has never conducted an investigation of the attack on the USS Liberty; and, WHEREAS, on June 8, 2005 the crew of the USS Liberty filed a “Report of War Crimes Committed Against the United States Military, June 8, 1967” with the Department of Defense; and,WHEREAS, Department of Defense Directive 5100.77 requires the Department of Defense to conduct a thorough investigation of the allegations contained in the report filed by the crew of the USS Liberty; now therefore,BE IT RESOLVED, that the Department of Defense immediately initiate a complete and comprehensive public investigation to properly resolve the issues contained in the “Report of War Crimes Committed Against the United States Military, June 8, 1967” as filed by the crew of the USS Liberty.
Public Investigation of USS Liberty Incident
WHEREAS, ON June 8, 1967 while steaming in international waters off the coast of the Sinai Peninsula the USS Liberty (AGTR-5) was attacked without warning; and,WHEREAS, the attack on the USS Liberty resulted in the death of 34 and wounding of 175 of the personnel attached to the USS Liberty; and,WHEREAS, according to the Congressional Research Service the United States government has never conducted an investigation of the attack on the USS Liberty; and, WHEREAS, on June 8, 2005 the crew of the USS Liberty filed a “Report of War Crimes Committed Against the United States Military, June 8, 1967” with the Department of Defense; and,WHEREAS, Department of Defense Directive 5100.77 requires the Department of Defense to conduct a thorough investigation of the allegations contained in the report filed by the crew of the USS Liberty; now therefore,BE IT RESOLVED, that the Department of Defense immediately initiate a complete and comprehensive public investigation to properly resolve the issues contained in the “Report of War Crimes Committed Against the United States Military, June 8, 1967” as filed by the crew of the USS Liberty.
