Dockets and settings
Court that runs on time
Cases called when they are posted, so a hearing costs an hourly worker a morning instead of a day's pay and a write-up from a supervisor.
Six things this court controls
A Justice of the Peace decides the cases that determine whether an ordinary week goes sideways. Here is the standard this bench will be held to.
Small claims and evictions
Plain English from the bench
Both sides hear the process, the deadlines and the right to appeal in words they can act on, said out loud before the ruling rather than printed on a form after it.
Class C fines
A fine, not a trap
Texas law already allows community service and payment plans for people who genuinely cannot pay. Use them. A ticket should never turn into a warrant, a suspended license and a lost job.
Truancy
Kids in school, not in court
Ask the district why the student stopped coming, and fix that. A citation that never asks the question solves nothing and follows a kid for years.
Inquests
Dignity on the worst day
Justices of the Peace conduct death inquests in Texas. A family that has just lost somebody deserves a judge who comes when called and says plainly what happens next.
The clerk's window
Someone answers
Posted hours that hold, staff who return calls, and forms a person can fill out at the kitchen table without hiring anybody.
This one gets won on foot
Precinct 1 is walkable, the lists are built, and the margin here is thin enough that a single Saturday moves it. Tell us what you can do, or just tell us what is on your mind.
- Walk a SaturdayTwo hours, a printed list and a partner. We train you at the first door.
- Phones and texts from homeAn hour on your own couch reaches more voters than an hour anywhere else.
- Help a neighbor vote by mailVoters 65 and over can vote by mail. Most just need a hand with the application.
- Put up a yard signFront yard, shop window, church lot. We deliver and we come pick them up after.
- Greet at the pollsShifts through early voting and all day November 3. Chair, water and a schedule provided.
Signs, doors and postage
That is the entire budget. Nothing here goes to a consultant in Austin. Twenty-five dollars puts four door hangers on four doors.
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