May 14, 2011: Local Elections (WE NEED CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATES!)

The Clear Lake Tea Party is actively looking for concerned citizens to support for local offices ranging from school boards to city councils.  Please see the list below that was published in the Houston Chronicle and thoughtfully consider meeting with us.

Myriad of Bay Area elections planned

Voters will have plenty of issues to decipher and decisions to make in May 14 elections for some regular and special elections in Galveston County and the Bay Area.

Clear Creek ISD

The Clear Creek Independent School District will hold a regular election to fill the District 2 seat held by Win Weber and the District 3 position held by Ken Baliker.

A special election will fill the unexpired term of District 4 Trustee Page Rander.

To apply for a position on the ballot, pick up an application and information packet at the CCISD Education Support Center, 2425 E. Main St. in League City from Feb. 14 to March 14.

Applications must be received by 5 p.m. March 14.

For more information, contact Melinda Perales at 281-284-0181 or via e-mail: mperales@ccisd.net.

City of La Marque

A recall election is being considered to remove La Marque Mayor Geraldine Sam from office after the city clerk certified enough signatures from residents seeking the mayor's recall. It would mark the fourth recall election in six months for seats of the La Marque council.

The election in May will coincide with a special election to fill the seats held by Larry Mann and Deanie Barrett, who lost their seats in a recall election last November.

The 2010 recall effort also targeted Councilwoman Connie Trube, who survived by a narrow vote and has since refused to attend most council meetings to oppose the mayor's attempts to fire City Manager Eric Gage. Sam recently sat out a council recent meeting where trustees were to decide whether to hold a recall election.

College of the Mainland

College of the Mainland will hold an election to fill Trustee positions held by Annette Jenkins and Don Criss.

COM trustees also may call for an $86 million bond proposition to fund a number of construction and renovation projects that include building a health sciences center ($7.85 million), making an addition to the work force training center ($5 million) and renovating the student center ($4.2 million).

City elections

These entities in also are planning city council elections on May 14:

• Bayou Vista
• Nassau Bay
• Webster
• Seabrook
• Clear Lake Shores
• Dickinson
• Galveston
• Hitchcock
• Jamaica Beach
• Kemah
• League City
• Santa Fe
• Tiki Island

The following area school district also are considering May 14 elections:

• Dickinson ISD
• Hitchcock ISD
• La Marque ISD
• Santa Fe ISD

robert.stanton@chron.com