Bexar County Democratic Party Accomplishments

Bexar County Democratic Party Chair Carla Vela with former Presidential candidate & New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson (photo)

In May 2006 we started with...

• No known bank accounts and no Money
• A few broken down pieces of furniture
• Three barely working computers
• No lists of voters
• Almost $300-thousand in debt
• Less than $500 per month in donations
• A federal PAC with a debt of $58-thousand from lawsuit
• A past due AT&T phone bill of $700
• A debt in excess of $7-thousand from the Wurzbach leases
• Bexar County 2004 Primary bill>14-thousand
• Bexar County 2006 Primary bill >200-thousand
• 2006 Primary Final cost Report was never completed
• Democrats had no way to contact the pArty or find information
• No volunteers
• No CEC involvementor working committees
• Bexar County 2006 Primary Bill

Where we are now....

• On healthy bank account with $32-thousand & one Primary Account with in excess of $150-thousand
• An attractive & fully staffed 1,000 q. ft. centrally located & easily accessible from all sections of Bexar County. It is open 5 days a week and is large enough to accomodate all BCDP Committee meetings
• Office furnished with donations from generous Democrats, a little ingenuity & purchases
• Six fully functioning computers with the promise of two more
• A master list of almost 2,500 Democrats including over 1,100 email addresses
• An actively working Partnership Program bringing in an average of $3,700 per month. Our partners and our leadership council receive full credit both on our website and on the wall of the BCDP office
• Except for CEC approved, monthly obligations , the BCDP is debt free
• With assistance from Mikal Watts, a lawsuit has been dismissed and the Federal PAC is in the process of being closed
• AT& T phone bill paid in full
• Wurzbach Lease is the responsibility of former Chair Rudy Casias
• $14-thousand dollar debt dismissed
• $200-thousand dollar debt cleared
• Up to date website with calendar of events, links to other sites
• More than 60 new volunteers
• Full CEC involvement in all major decisions making, through monthly CEC meetings

We have accomplished much in 18 months with the help of hardworking Bexar County Democrats. Although there is still much to do, we must move forward to turning Bexar County completely Blue. Now is the tome to put our differences aside and work together with the one goal of electing Democrats in 2008.

Carla Vela, Bexar County Democratic Party Chair