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Texas Progressive Alliance Round-Up; April 7,2008

It’s Monday and that means it is time for another Texas Progressive Alliance Blog Round-Up. The weekly round up is compiled from submissions by member bloggers.

Don’t forget to vote Tuesday April 8 in the runoff elections.

Matt Glazer of Burnt Orange Report writes about how the TexBlog PAC shattered expectations to raise $3782.09 from 106 donors over the past week, putting the PAC in position to make a $5,000 donation to a House candidate before the end of summer.

Refinish69 of Doing My Part For The Left gets election fever and decides to through his hat in the ring in Elections 2008- Yet Another One.

Off the Kuff takes a look at where the early vote came from in the GOP runoff and hazarded a guess about what it might mean for the candidates.

The civil rights movement effected us all, and continues to do so today. Over at Texas Kaos they’re remembering the impact of Dr. Martin Luther King-in ways both large and small.

Corn? Soy beans? Those are for eatin’! The Texas Cloverleaf looks at the next best Texas biodiesel crop– algae!

XicanoPwr reports on Texas’ Child Protective Services (CPS) removal of 183 young
women, girls and boy, ages 6 months to 17 years, from the
Fundamentalist LDS Church’s compound near Eldorado, TX.

Pete Olson, a Texas CD 22 candidate has elevated Hal’s blog to that of a “prominent local Democrat blogger” In That’s MISTER Half Empty, Bub, we get Hal’s take on that.

WCNews at Eye On Williamson has the latest on a new GOP’s scheme to finance toll roads around the state in Sen. Ogden Wants To Gamble With Your Money.

John Coby of Bay Area Houston comments on the High Cost of being a Republican

McBlogger this week takes a look at a certain court case involving some SoftSoap and a naughty child.

Stace Medellin of DosCentavos writes about Senate Leader Harry Reid’s statement on Cesar Chavez’s Birthday. Reid gave the strongest response among Democrats and pointed to GOP obstructionist tactics regarding various issues affecting Latino Americans.

The Seventh Congressional District of Texas draws national attention and PDiddie at Brains and Eggs has the linkage in Skelly Goes National.

Vince at Capitol Annex tells us that the recent uproar involving a criminal complaint filed over a blog is a wake-up call for bloggers’ rights.

CouldBeTrue over at South Texas Chisme wants to be shocked that Chertoff decided to bypass all laws to build that d*mn fence! Republican arrogance and incompetence knows no bounds!

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