GRASSROOTS AND LIVE OAKS
A daily walk with Mary Ruth in Brazoria County

Hello, I'm Mary Ruth Rhodenbaugh of Wild Peach, Texas. My grandfather and father were both county commsissioners in Brazoria County. I want to follow in their footsteps and represent the people of precinct 4 on Commissioners Court. Join me here for my daily campaign observations, announcements and ramblings. Let's make our county as good for everyone, every day, as it was for me growing up here in the place where Texas began...

Thursday, June 28, 2007

tell the truth
be honest
do what you say you are going to do

Sunday, February 11, 2007

language is the biggest barrier to communication
language is the biggest barrier to communic

Saturday, January 20, 2007

Good Morning!

Compassion is not weakness
and concern for the unfortunate is not socialism.
Hubert H. Humphrey

Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Mary Ruth at Home...


... on Brigance Road in Wild Peach, Texas. This is where I start each day.
Every day in Brazoria County is a blessing. Posted by Picasa

Tuesday, October 03, 2006

Please remember your elderly and shut-ins who cannot physically get to the polling place

How To Get An Application For Ballot By Mail
Or An FPCA For Overseas Voters

  • Click on the correct link below.
  • Print the form.
  • Fill out the form.
  • Mail OR Fax your application to the Clerk's Office.

The deadline for receiving mail applications is October 31, 2006.

By Mail:

Early Voting Clerk
111 E. Locust #200
Angleton, TX 77515

By Fax:

979-864-1011

Application for a Ballot by Mail

http://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/forms/a5-14.pdf

FPCA Application

http://www.fvap.gov/pubs/onlinefpca.pdf






Thursday, September 14, 2006

Friends are like the walls of a house.
Sometimes they hold you up,
Sometimes you lean on them.
But sometimes,
It's enough to know they're just standing by.

Monday, September 11, 2006

A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What a man can be, he must be.
Abraham Maslow