Party nominations; visas for tech workers; Miller and Clinton; Bedford council

Party nominations

The writer of an April 10 letter evidently doesn’t know the difference between nominating and electing.

The writer says let the Supreme Court explain why the use of regular and super delegates to the Democratic National Convention does not follow the one-person, one-vote rule.

That rule deals with elections, not nominations.

Political parties develop means for nominating their candidates for office. (This is a selection process, in which some voting may or may not occur, but it is not a vote for office.)

Nominated candidates then face each other in elections.

The Constitution says nothing about political parties, much less how parties select candidates.

The Supreme Court deals only with constitutional matters.

So the court will not address super delegates, or any other aspect of party nominations.

I’ve been listening to Republican voters who are concerned that the presidential candidate with the most votes will not be the party nominee.

They say that if this happens, it goes against the will of the people and that it will be a disaster.

I couldn’t agree more. Remember George W. Bush vs. Al Gore?

Tech visas

More H-1B visas will not solve the high-tech talent staffing problem, because staffing is not the problem. (See March 25 commentary “Texas needs a better H-1B visa program to help fill tech jobs.”)

There are plenty of highly talented American-born technical skilled workers who have paid taxes and built this country to what it is today.

Sara Tays’ solution, put forth in the commentary, does nothing more than drive down wages for those workers who are citizens and don’t need H-1B visas. She would increase profits for her constituent companies.

What we need is fewer H-1B workers taking away jobs from native American workers and driving the wages down for both imported and native American workers.

Miller and Clinton

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller is playing fast and loose with the travel and campaign rules.

Hillary Clinton played fast and loose with email rules.

Both of them took liberties for which I would, at the least, be fired and possibly prosecuted.

Both of their explanations amount to an enormous pile of horse manure.

Bedford council

Momma always said, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”

Re-elect Roy Turner for the Bedford City Council.

This story was originally published April 19, 2016 at 5:19 PM with the headline "Party nominations; visas for tech workers; Miller and Clinton; Bedford council."