The Texas Alliance for Retired Americans is organizing a tribute to our beloved President, Tony Padilla. He stepped down on June 14 because he and Mrs Padilla decided he should put his health first. Officers of the Texas Alliance do not get paid. They give and give straigh... Read more
Anybody, any time, can write a letter to editors. If it gets published or read on the news, it will reach more people than one could reach with months of calling or door canvassing. The trick is getting it published. The Main Tactic Is to Write a Lot I get about one letter ... Read more
Texas retirees are not taking our eyes off the critical struggle for voter rights, but we continue to champion other senior issues. On June 7, we joined a coalition for a rally at the German Embassy in Dallas to "Free the Vaccine!" [caption id="attachment_2934" align="aligncen... Read more
The Texas Alliance for Retired Americans (TARA) needs you. We want you to help us fight Texas voter suppression. We oppose legislation (as in SB 7 and HB 6) that limits early-voting hours, creates new obstacles to voting by mail and voter registration, and pro... Read more
Seniors Oppose Voter Suppression. TARA "Free the Vote" Rally on Facebook Leaders of the Texas retiree movement and voter rights experts will speak on the Texas Retired Americans Facebook Page at 6 PM Friday, April 9. Texas has been called the very center of the fight for vote... Read more
NEWS RELEASE April 1, 2021 Contacts: Tony Padilla, 512-552-8703 or tonypadillatcuiam@austin.rr.com Judy Bryant, 214-729-0063 or Judy4TARA@aol.com Texas Retirees Stand Against Voter Suppression Legislation Seniors Demand that state legislators vote against t... Read more
One of the major tools of voter suppression is the voter purge. This voter suppression tactic takes advantage of the fact that there are many voters who are apartment dwellers. People who live in apartments move more often. If a voter does not respond to correspondence from th... Read more
The Texas Alliance for Retired Americans (TARA) needs you. In 2021, we want you to help us fight Texas voter suppression so that we can use our power at the polls to make breakthroughs on key issues. [caption id="attachment_2876" align="alignnone" width="1200"] fight for the r... Read more
We have to fight once more for the right to vote. White southerners were outraged when other people won the vote after the Civil War. Eventually, through outright violence and reactionary local laws, white southerners prevailed from roughly 1876 to 1965 when the sacrifices of ... Read more