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Progressive Views: Just Say “No” (Again) to School Vouchers

Gov. Greg Abbott is boasting that he now has the votes to pass his “school choice” voucher program during next year’s session of the Texas Legislature. He’s confident because during the recent primary he ran a successful “revenge campaign” against incumbents from his own party who helped defeat vouchers during the last legislative session. This, despite consistent polling that shows a majority of Texans do not support vouchers. Democratic legislators will be our only line of defense to defeat them once again.

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July 1, 2024

Climate Change / Petroleum

Progressive Views: High Gasoline Prices – Who Should We Blame?

World markets determine the prices for most energy commodities with oil being the most important. The price of oil is the main factor affecting the price of gasoline and makes up about 50% of the cost of a gallon of gasoline. The other significant factors are margins, transportation, taxes, and refining operating costs. World crude demand is now about 102 million barrels per day and still growing slightly. We must move to renewables without forgetting the petroleum work

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June 18, 2024

Broadband / Issues / Medicare/Medicaid / National

Progressive Views: Working for All Americans

Several changes in Medicare and Medicaid services and broadband services have happened in recent months, including minimum staffing requirements for nursing care, capping insulin costs, and reclassifying broadband as a Title II telecommunications service.. These changes underscore the work the Biden-Harris administration is doing to help ALL Americans.

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June 2, 2024

Energy / ERCOT / Issues / National

Progressive Views: Cryptocurrency: A Scam that’s Costing Us All

Cryptocurrency mining companies can make more money from shutting down their power-hungry server farms, earning a payment from ERCOT (the entity that manages the Texas power supply), than they can make from generating actual crypto. Crypto mining is a scam enabling some private companies to make cartloads of money off the backs of Texas ratepayers and it is wrong.

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May 27, 2024

Energy / Issues / National

Progressive Views: Possible Clean Energy Solutions

Energy options such as hydrogen, geothermal, and fourth-generation nuclear power plants can help us get to net zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2050. While it is the most abundant element in the universe, hydrogen has issues as well as being expensive, but it could be used in special applications. Geothermal is sustainable, environmentally friendly, renewable and always on. Nuclear energy can replace fossil fuel plants with zero carbon technology and be much safer and smaller.

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May 6, 2024

Action / Culture Wars / Issues / National

Progressive Views: Diversity is a Strength

DEI simply levels the playing field, so qualified people from less-than-optimum backgrounds have a fair chance to succeed. Helping those that have and are suffering discrimination is a strength, not a weakness. Diversity, equity, and inclusion programs help create a fairer environment to provide opportunities for individuals who need help. Attacking DEI is just another effort to divide the country. The essential elements for a democracy to function are civility and truth but we must also care about those less fortunate.

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April 14, 2024

Action / Issues / Kendall County / Party

Progressive Views: Getting to Work

This is the most important election in our lives. Our very democracy is at stake, and here in Texas, our leaders are racing each other further and further to the right. We must make sure every voter knows the stakes. So we’ll need everyone on board to help in one way or another. We are all those those thoughtful, committed individuals, and together, we can change things here in Kendall, in Texas, and nationally. We just need your help to do it!

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April 14, 2024

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Issues / Kendall County / Local / National

KCDP in Newsweek!

Newsweek logo from newsweeks.com This week, KCDP made it it onto national news! The article is titled "Texas Independence Campaigners Could Be Barred From Office" and it is written by…

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March 20, 2024

Climate Change / Conservation / Issues / National

Progressive Views: COP 28 Climate Conference Yields Progress

COP 28 was held in Dubai and was chaired by the head of a national oil company. In addition to transition away from fossil fuels language, progress was made in a number of areas, including reduction of methane emissions (which account for about 30% of the Earth’s warming), increasing renewable energy, accelerating a switch to electric vehicles, and promoting carbon capture. Nuclear fusion is in the news and may be a silver bullet longer term. Of course conservation could help a bunch.

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March 17, 2024

Issues / Kendall County / National / Vote

Progressive Views: One More Chance to Vote, then the Democratic Convention

The early voting period for the 2024 Primary Election closed on Friday. If you didn’t vote early or send in your ballot by mail, you have one more chance to vote on Tuesday, March 5. Polls will be open from 7am-7pm. Kendall voters may vote at any of the eleven Voting Centers. You can find a list of polling locations on the website of the Kendall County Elections Office (KCEO). We need all local Democrats to vote in the Democratic Primary, so we can field the strongest slate of candidates for the November General Election. For more information on our activities, call our office at 830-331-1243 or visit www.kcdems.us.

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March 3, 2024