(cross-posted at Blue Dot Blues)<

April 15th, “tax day” in America, an estimated 20,000 people from all over Texas and other parts of the nation attended the San Antonio Tea Party.  Why did these people of all ages and incomes, representing Democrat, Republican and Independent voters, come together in front of the Alamo?  Was it to rock out with Ted Nugent, protest high taxes and socialism, learn more about Constitutional principles, or just see TV host Glenn Beck? To find out, Texas Magazine randomly asked a cross-section of patriots a simple question: “Why are you here”?

Now that the national election is over, most people are settling back into their routines, getting ready for the Christmas season and ignoring the pundits' arguments and pronouncements concerning the incoming administration.  Politics is a seasonal hobby for some, a passion roused only every four years, and every eight if they're particularly lucky. 

The Valley Star reports:

"Proposed changes in the state's voting laws would require everyone to prove their citizenship in order to vote in local, state and national elections."

Why this would be controversial, I have no idea. Texas Republicans are introducing measures in the upcoming legislative session to prevent voter fraud. But opponents of the measures are calling it the "voter suppression bill."  
 

Hello Texas! I'll be blogging here at Texas Magazine on a regular basis, so keep checking back. Let me introduce myself. My name is Kathleen McKinley and I live in Houston Texas with my husband, four children, and two dogs.