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To: longnshort who wrote (32740)	7/2/2010 11:36:02 AM
From: SGJ	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 103300

Higher taxes? Ha! The Marxist, illegal immigrant supporting government wants to take everything. Your business, house, cars, boats, guns, jewelry, art, etc. Then run you out and let the homeless and illegals move in. The Mexicans know how to do this well. Happened in Mexico less than a hundred years ago. Shaping up for that again today here in the USA. Hispanics have a majority population or close in most major metro areas in the South and West. Once they get full dominant control, its over for you, the rich. What country are you moving too? You have 2-4 years imo.

To: longnshort who wrote (32740)	7/2/2010 7:31:24 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Respond to of 103300

TX Supreme Court says Greens can certify candidates By R.G. RATCLIFFE AUSTIN BUREAU July 2, 2010, 3:20PM chron.com AUSTIN - The Texas Supreme Court today stayed a district judge's order blocking the Green Party of Texas from certifying its candidates for the general election ballot. The order allows the Green Party to legally establish a list of candidates for the general election. But the court also set a series of deadlines for lawyers for the Texas Democratic Party and the Green Party to argue whether a ballot petition drive illegally used corporate money. The Supreme Court still could knock the party off the ballot. Democratic Party lawyer Chad Dunn said he does not believe the fight is over. "The effect of the order is to give the Supreme Court time before they open up an enormous loophole for potential election fraud," Dunn said. Green Party lawyer David Rogers said, "We get to put our candidates on the ballot today. We don't know if we get to keep them there." Rogers said the order signaled that the court wants to take its time to decide whether corporate money can be legally used by a political party for ballot initiatives. He said the court signaled that there is a real legal issue "that needs to be considered carefully and thoughtfully and not in 15 minutes." District Judge John Dietz last week had issued an order blocking the Green Party from certifying its candidates by today's deadline, accusing the party of illegally using corporate money to gather the petitions needed to get the party on the general election ballot. Texas law limits how corporate money can be used in politics. The Texas Democratic Party sued to block the certification of Green Party candidates alleging the party's petition drive to get on the Texas ballot was illegally funded by corporate contributions. Democrats believe a Green Party candidate for governor, Deb Shafto, would siphon votes away from Democratic nominee Bill White. During a preliminary injunction hearing last week, it was established that the Green Party had run its successful petition drive with the help of $532,000 in anonymous donations funneled through an out-of-state corporation called Take Initiative America. The group has ties to the Republican Party. There also was testimony that lobbyist Mike Toomey, a close friend and former chief of staff of Gov. Rick Perry, had paid $12,000 to University of Texas student Garrett Mize to organize a petition drive for the Green Party. The party needed 43,991 signatures from registered voters to obtain ballot status. When the Mize petition drive failed, a drive was organized by Take Initiative America. Perry's chief political consultant Dave Carney was involved in 2004 with an effort to get one-time Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader on the New Hampshire ballot to take votes away from Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry. In that effort, Carney worked with Arizona consultant Tim Mooney. Mooney helped organize the Texas petition drive for the Green Party, but Carney has not been directly connected to the effort. r.g. ratcliffe@chron.com