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Chair's Update

August 2006

TREPAC Contribution Presentations
Your Governmental Affairs Director has coordinated and attended the following TREPAC contribution presentations:

Rep. Rob Eissler - $2500 TREPAC contribution presented at the Montgomery County Area Networking Meeting on August 2 by TREPAC Chair Vicki Fullerton
Rep. John Davis - $1500 TREPAC contribution presented at his office in La Porte on August 7
Rep. Martha Wong - $1500 TREPAC contribution presented at the August 10 Keller Williams Metropolitan sales meeting by HAR Secretary/Treasurer Margie Dorrance
Rep. Glenn Hegar - $4000 TREPAC contribution presented at the Katy Area Networking Meeting on August 10 by Political Affairs Advisory Group Chair John Nichols

TREPAC contribution presentations are scheduled for the following State Legislators:

Rep. Corbin Van Arsdale - $1500 to be presented on August 16 at 10:00 a.m. at Stewart Title located at 12777 Jones Road. Please open this link to see the “Politically Speaking” invitation and plan to attend the TREPAC contribution presentation: http://66.151.72.141/DispNewsletter.cfm?NEWSLETTER_ID=1573.
Rep. Wayne Smith - $1500 to be presented on September 6 at 2:00 p.m. at Stewart Title located at 1300 Rolling Brook @ Garth Road in Baytown
Rep. Beverly Woolley - $2500 to be presented on September 19 at 9:00 a.m. at the Greenwood King Properties sales meeting at the Jr. League Building

Political Affairs Advisory Group Conducts Nov. 7 General Election Business
The PAAG met on August 9 to interview Congressional District 22 Democratic candidate Nick Lampson who had asked to meet with HAR's political leadership.

The PAAG made a motion to recommend to its members HAR and TREPAC support for Democratic candidate Borris Miles in the House District 146 election. Borris Miles beat incumbent State Representative Al Edwards in the runoff election. There is a Libertarian candidate, Gerald W. “Jerry” LaFleur.

The PAAG made a motion to support Harris County District Clerk Charles Bacarisse for re-election. The recommendation does not include TREPAC support.

The PAAG made the following motion for candidate support in the November 7, 2006 election:

HAR Recommends Support to its Members for the Following Candidates in the Nov. 7, 2006 Election:

U. S. Senator	Kay Bailey Hutchison*(R)
U. S. Representative District 2	Ted Poe*(R)
U. S. Representative District 7	John Culberson*(R)
U. S. Representative District 8	Kevin Brady*(R)
U. S. Representative District 9	Al Green*(D)
U. S. Representative District 10	Michael T. McCaul*(R)
U. S. Representative District 18	Sheila Jackson Lee*(D)
U. S. Representative District 22	Nick Lampson (D)
U. S. Representative District 29	Gene Green*(D)

Governor	Rick Perry*(R)
Lieutenant Governor	David Dewhurst*(R)
Attorney General	Greg Abbott*(R)

Commissioner of the General Land Office	Jerry Patterson*(R)
Commissioner of Agriculture	Todd Staples(R)
Railroad Commissioner	Elizabeth Ames Jones*(R)

Justice, Supreme Court, Place 4	David M. Medina*(R)
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 6	Nathan Hecht *(R)
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 8	Phil Johnson*(R)
Justice, Supreme Court, Place 2	Don Willett*(R)

Presiding Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals	Sharon Keller*(R)
Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals Place 7	Barbara Parker Hervey* (R)
Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals Place 8	Charles Holcomb *(R)

State Senator, District 13	Rodney Ellis*(D)
State Senator, District 15	John Whitmire*(D)
State Senator, District 17	Kyle Janek*(R)
State Senator, District 18	Glenn Hegar (R)

State Representative District 15	Rob Eissler *(R)
State Representative District 16	Brandon Creighton (R)
State Representative District 18	John Otto*(R)
State Representative District 26	Charlie Howard*(R)
State Representative District 27	Dora Olivo*(D)
State Representative District 28	John Zerwas (R)
State Representative District 126	Patricia Harless (R)
State Representative District 127	Joe Crabb*(R)
State Representative District 128	Wayne Smith*(R)
State Representative District 129	John E. Davis*(R)
State Representative District 130	Corbin Van Arsdale*(R)
State Representative District 131	Alma A Allen*(D)
State Representative District 132	Bill Callegari*(R)
State Representative District 133	Jim Murphy (R)
State Representative District 134	Martha Wong* (R)
State Representative District 135	Gary Elkins*(R)
State Representative District 136	Beverly Woolley*(R)
State Representative District 137	Scott Hochberg*(D)
State Representative District 138	Dwayne Bohac*(R)
State Representative District 139	Sylvester Turner *(D)
State Representative District 140	Kevin Bailey*(D)
State Representative District 141	Senfronia Thompson*(D)
State Representative District 142	Harold V. Dutton, Jr.*(D)
State Representative District 143	Ana E. Hernandez*(D)
State Representative District 144	Robert E. Talton*(R)
State Representative District 145	Richard J. (Rick) Noriega*(D)
State Representative District 146	Borris L. Miles (D)
State Representative District 147	Garnet F. Coleman*(D)
State Representative District 148	Jessica Cristina Farrar*(D)
State Representative District 149	Hubert Vo*(D)
State Representative District 150	Debbie Riddle*(R)

Harris County Judge	Robert Eckels*(R)
Harris County Commissioner Precinct 2	Sylvia Garcia*(D)
Harris County Commissioner Precinct 4	Jerry Eversole*(R)
Harris County District Clerk	Charles Bacarisse*(R)

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE
PRECINCT 1, PLACE 2	David Patronella*(D)
PRECINCT 2, PLACE 2	George Risner*(D)
PRECINCT 3, PLACE 2	Tony Polumbo*(D)
PRECINCT 4, PLACE 2	Tom Lawrence*(R)
PRECINCT 5, PLACE 2	William Yeoman*(R)
PRECINCT 6, PLACE 2	Armando V. Rodriguez*(D)
PRECINCT 7, PLACE 2	Zinetta Burney*(D)
PRECINCT 8, PLACE 2	Louie Ditta*(R)

* indicates Incumbent
(D) indicates Democrat
(R) indicates Republican

Approve _____ Disapprove _____ Abstain _____
The Political Affairs Advisory Group will present their local judicial recommendations at the September Board of Directors meeting.

Governmental Affairs Advisory Group
Since the beginning of the year, Houston City Councilman Adrian Garcia has sought HAR’s input in updating this Graffiti Ordinance. Here are the links to the most recent version of the Graffiti Ordinance: http://edocs.har.com/govtaffairs/GRAFFIT3.PDF and http://edocs.har.com/govtaffairs/RCAGRAF.pdf. Councilman Garcia is again asking for HAR’s comments and endorsement of the revised Graffiti Ordinance, so please let me hear your comments at the August 14 Board of Directors meeting.

TREPAC DEADLINE - SEPTEMBER 30, 2006!

The end of year push has begun with several challenges, phone calls and a mail piece going out to office managers and brokers. Please encourage those in your office to make their investment online today so we can reach our $575,000 fundraising goal.

*All ticket costs and entry fees will count toward the individual's 2006 TREPAC investment.*

	Dana Kervin
	Director of Governmental Affairs
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	Anna Kong
	Governmental Affairs Coordinator
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	Karen Driscoll
	TREPAC Coordinator
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	Jamie Honeycutt
	Governmental Affairs Administrative Coordinator
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