Lubbock Left

In case you’ve ever wondered how the other side lives, here are the contested local/regional races in the 2008 Republican Primary:

State Representative District 83
Delwin Jones
Joe D. Hnatek

Lubbock County Constable, Precinct 1
Paul Hanna
Ken Mull

Lubbock County Tax Assessor-Collector
Molly Ramos
Veronica Lujan
Ronnie Keister

Lubbock County Republican Party Chairman
Clif Burnett
William A. (Bill) Franklin
Chris Winn

Precint 8 Chair
Mike McDougal
Roger Quannah Settler

Precinct 13 Chair
Rose Leftwich Day
George W. Schoner

Precinct 15 Chair
Brian T.H. Thornton
Dustin R. Burrows

Precinct 16 Chair
Andy Harris
Robert W. Pratt

Precinct 46 Chair
Rick A. Uhlig
Louis Constancio

Precinct 57 Chair
R.V. Guynn
Tamera Rickman

Precinct 111 Chair
Scott Parker
Rick Bennett

Precinct 121 Chair
Joe Grimes
Aurora Farthing

Precinct 129 Chair
Ruth Corry Schiermeyer
Reace A. Bennett

It’s interesting to see which contests are joined at the precinct level, especially.

Tomorrow night (Thursday 10/25) the Republican Party of Lubbock is having their third quarterly Executive Committee meeting of 2007 at conflict-of-interest central, aka McDougal Conference Center. It’s scheduled for an hour and a half with Carl Isett as a speaker.

To me, the circumstances of their meeting suggest that the Lubbock Republicans are in a holding pattern and not really engaged in serious work. An hour and a half for a whole quarter’s worth of business in addition to a speaker suggests that the Republican Party of Lubbock is in theater mode right now. Their Chairman, John Steinmetz, is even sporting a Carson Tucker style bowtie on their website.

Of course, this is no reason for Lubbock progressives to let their guard down. Other, more active groups like the Lubbock Area Republican Women are probably getting things done, judging by the frequency of their meetings and the number of elected officials among their members and officers.

So the real question is: what are you doing to take advantage of the lull before campaign season hits?