Lightning Strikes Twice
By: Pastor Kason Huddleston & Susan Fountain
At this time in our nation, many of us are laser-focused on the upcoming November election. While thousands of us are rightfully engaged, enlightened and energized for November, many of us are also working overtime to look ahead to the upcoming local elections in May 2025. We have to put this on our radar.
Much of the bulwark being set in place to offset liberal policies in our school boards and municipal administrations is beginning to take root in the form of a focus on local elections. At least 5 or 6 years ago leaders in our community began the effort to recruit and elect candidates to run under the Conservative banner, and inform voters of the candidates ideological beliefs and voting records. This has steadily evolved, especially over the past 3 years.
We have evolved from a stance of, “we don’t participate in non-partisan elections” to a new era of, “this candidate has very liberal tendencies and that candidate is a strong fiscal conservative and pro-growth.”
We often hear the lament, “I won’t vote in the upcoming school board and/or city council election because I don’t know which candidate aligns with my values.” We now know the importance of becoming informed of the ideologies of each candidate in a "non-partisan" race.
The City of Rowlett is a poster child for the effort to prove that a thriving conservative, small town-like community whose leadership had gone “woke” could be salvaged and brought back to sane, fiscal decision-making. It's been a ray of sunshine breaking through the clouds watching a community come together, get involved, roll up their sleeves, and get to work.
In this community a Conservative Men’s Club was established, meeting regularly at a local church in Rowlett. Centered around a group of very active conservative precinct chairs, they began with a concentrated mission to find a replacement for a Rowlett City Councilman who had resigned from their recently elected council duties. A special election was called and four conservatives announced their intentions to file.
Knowing that four conservatives would split the voters and likely end in a victory for the liberal, the four met to determine which one had the best chance at victory. After an hour, they decided and agreed which one they would support. However, one of the four reneged and filed to run anyway, making it two conservatives and two liberals in the race.
Of those four candidates, two advanced to a runoff, and the one who had reneged and lost then angrily endorsed the remaining liberal candidate. The election process began all over again. The conservative ran on a fiscally conservative policy and exposed the liberal candidate for their DEI support along with many other liberal policy agendas. With this revelation, voters finally were able to make an informed decision. The task force doubled down, used data and contact info, recruited a large group of local support, and our conservative voters showed up, electing their like-minded candidate and winning by over 13%. They knew they finally had a choice.
The lesson here: KNOW before you VOTE!
Fast forward 6+ months. With that extra conservative vote on the Rowlett City Council, the motion was made and followed by a second to dismantle the DEI Commission. In the blink of an eye, the votes were cast 4-3. The gay pride events disappeared from public funding and the DEI Commission was promptly dismantled and erased from the City of Rowlett website overnight, clearly demonstrating that it is not the job of the city nor a good use of tax dollars to fund such agendas and activities.
Lightning sometimes DOES strike twice!
It begins with YOU! Now is the time to change YOUR city for the better!
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