This week, we are talking about the Justice of the Peace elections for Beaumont. We talk to a sitting judge in Jasper county, Daniel Whitton, to explain what the Justice of the Peace actually does and then we hear from the candidates themselves – Annette Reedy and Benjamin Collins.

Sources

Precinct 1 map

Benjamin Collins

Annette Reedy

What does the Justice of the Peace in Texas do?

A quirky powerpoint answering the same question of what Justice of the Peace in Texas does.

Additional 

*   JP refuses to perform same-sex marriage and the Texas Legislature’s low key approval of that action. While both of those articles are a bit older, here’s a more recent profile about the same issue.

*   Fair Housing and the LGBT community and general tenant defenses to evictions in Texas

* One of those think pieces about echo chambers I told you about. And another one, just for good measure.

*   VIDEO: Ted Talk – How to have better political conversations

*   PODCAST: I love you, but I hate your politics

*   PODCAST: Pansuit Politics – 2 women, one from the left and the other from the right, come together to talk about national headlines with no shouting, no insults, and plenty of nuance.