Mike Engelhart Speaks to Kingwood Area Democrats
The engelhart4judge.com 2008 green hybrid coasted silently (in electric-only mode) into the Kingwood Branch of the Houston Public Library last night. We met with and spoke to the Kingwood Area Democrats. It was a terrific meeting. I spoke with them for about 45 minutes and it was a real give-and-take. The members asked questions throughout the presentation and they were well thought out, substantive questions that gave me a chance to stretch my speaking legs. We talked about bringing meaningful, fundamental change to the courthouse, and not just a change in parties. Rather, a change in attitude from a group that campaigns against juries and against lawsuits to one that focuses on good government and caring about the lives of the citizens that appear before the court and the jurors that make the decisions.
We talked about the importance of juries from 2 perspectives -- both accommodating juries and making their lives easier. We would do this by bringing them into court later in the morning so they were not fighting rush hour traffic, and by maybe leaving early one day and coming in extra early the next to make parking and commute easier. We talked about using e-mail, IM or other technology to signal them when to come downtown rather than making them sit and wait all day for attorneys and judges to get their acts together.
Further, we talked about respecting the sacred role of juries and their verdicts and how to best respect our juries' decisions at the trial court and appellate levels.
We talked about the Democrats' chances in 2008 and the organization and fundraising we're already seeing unfold and how we're going to follow the Dallas model of hard work, organization, a full slate, pushing for straight-ticket voting and $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.
Several individuals at the meeting gave generously to my campaign last night, and I was also very very grateful when the group voted on and approved a motion to make a generous contribution as a whole to my campaign. What a fantastic outing for engelhart4judge.com 2008. KAD Member extraordinaire Stace Medellin took pictures and made an entry on his blog, www.doscentavos.net about the meeting (with not-horrible photos of me). Here's the direct link.
I was truly honored and blessed yesterday to have started out the fundraising season on a very high note-bringing in over $15,000.00 in actual contributions and pledges on the very first day on which fundraising was allowed. That's only a small part of what we will raise in total, however, and we will NOT be at a financial disadvantage to ANY opponent.
Political advertising paid for by Michael C. Engelhart, 4402 Holt Street, Bellaire, Texas 77401 in compliance with the voluntary limits of the Judicial Campaign Fairness Act.
We talked about the importance of juries from 2 perspectives -- both accommodating juries and making their lives easier. We would do this by bringing them into court later in the morning so they were not fighting rush hour traffic, and by maybe leaving early one day and coming in extra early the next to make parking and commute easier. We talked about using e-mail, IM or other technology to signal them when to come downtown rather than making them sit and wait all day for attorneys and judges to get their acts together.
Further, we talked about respecting the sacred role of juries and their verdicts and how to best respect our juries' decisions at the trial court and appellate levels.
We talked about the Democrats' chances in 2008 and the organization and fundraising we're already seeing unfold and how we're going to follow the Dallas model of hard work, organization, a full slate, pushing for straight-ticket voting and $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.
Several individuals at the meeting gave generously to my campaign last night, and I was also very very grateful when the group voted on and approved a motion to make a generous contribution as a whole to my campaign. What a fantastic outing for engelhart4judge.com 2008. KAD Member extraordinaire Stace Medellin took pictures and made an entry on his blog, www.doscentavos.net about the meeting (with not-horrible photos of me). Here's the direct link.
I was truly honored and blessed yesterday to have started out the fundraising season on a very high note-bringing in over $15,000.00 in actual contributions and pledges on the very first day on which fundraising was allowed. That's only a small part of what we will raise in total, however, and we will NOT be at a financial disadvantage to ANY opponent.
Political advertising paid for by Michael C. Engelhart, 4402 Holt Street, Bellaire, Texas 77401 in compliance with the voluntary limits of the Judicial Campaign Fairness Act.
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