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Lately, voters residing in the South Dallas community have been bombarded with calls to vote for Terri Hodge. This is nonsense. Don't waste your vote by casting it for Terri Hodge. A vote for Eric Johnson in state House District 100 is a vote for fair, honest government -- something South Dallas has sorely lacked for many years. Voters should reject all appeals to vote for Terri Hodge, who has admitted that she betrayed the people by using her office for personal gain. Hodge herself has said people should not vote for her. If Hodge does get the most votes on Tuesday, she cannot serve. Instead, precinct chairs will select another person -- someone who has not even come forward to put his or her name on the ballot so that the voters can measure his or her credentials and judge his or her fitness for office. Regardless of whom that person might be, that is a continuation of the sort of under the table, backroom politics that have damaged the southern part of our city for too long. Johnson had the courage and the decency to put himself forward and run against Hodge. He is a qualified candidate who has played by the rules. He deserves the votes of everyone who wants to see District 100 prosper. He also deserves the votes of everyone who wants an end to corruption, secrecy and abuses of the democratic process. It's time for South Dallas voters to stand up and say that enough is enough. Hank Lawson, Dallas CommentsE-mail entry: |
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Excellent commentary. Eric Johnson has worked months to show voters that he is committed to the District 100 race and will serve with honesty and integrity. He has pulled together a coalition that mirrors the diversity of the district and the city and I look forward to him representing his constituents well in Austin.
Well,if people want to waste there vote on Hodge,that should tell you alot about the people that we have voting in our elections,nuff said.
Unfortunately Dave it will speak loudly about the voters but it will also raise the question of whether the election was fair or stolen by the same dishonesty and corruption that has so domained politics in general and South Dallas in particular! I'm hoping that more informed voters have and will turn out for Eric! Our district should NOT have to suffer further indignity and embarassment surrounding our choice of leadership.
well said. Voters know what they are getting with Eric Johnson as he has been front and center with what he will do for the voters in his district. Why should the people delegate their voice to people they don't really know for reasons that will never be clear?