Good news, forwarded from Texas, about the small border community of Hondo, Texas:

From the Southwest Workers' Union. The items detailing various methods of vote suppression--including outright fraud to stop earnest citizens from voting--are alone worth the price of admission:

"Hondo Voters Ready for REAL CHANGE!

With record shattering turn out, the voters of Hondo, Texas elected 3 members of the Hondo Empowerment Committee (HEC) to the Hondo City Council on May 10th. In an elections typically decided by less than 10% of registered voters, the efforts of HEC and SWU turned out over 51% (or 1,622) voters. ...   more »