Archive for October 2022
Happy Halloween
We all knew it was just a matter of time. The “we” are folks like Commentary who have called out the GOP haters. The demonization and hating of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi by the GOP. This is what you get. Phony arse GOPers who are reaching out to Speaker Pelosi. Donald Trump’s punk kid…
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The lead front page story in today’s hard copy is about the Uvalde families and the DPS honcho they want to resign or get fired. We know arsehole Gov. Greg Abbott is gutless and won’t fire DPS Director Steve McCraw. The Latino police chief of Uvalde CISD was canned. A Latina DPS trooper stepped down.…
Read MoreOur Darth Vaders
Commentary is not an expert on the local criminal justice system. Here is this from the Chron: For a second time, a Harris County judge has declared a mistrial in the deaths of Dawn and Antonio Armstrong Sr., a killing in 2016 that led to the arrest of their 16-year-old son on a capital murder charge. Judge Kelli…
Read MoreHome Field Advantage
Happy Birthday today to State Sen. Carol Alvarado! I first met Sen. Alvarado in early 1988 when she volunteered on a couple of campaigns I was running. We hit it off well on the first day we met at the campaign headquarters. I have had a front row seat watching her grow into an outstanding…
Read MoreNot Offended
Harrisvotes.com put out the Day 1 Early Voting results last night and mail ballots are down from 2018. Before folks start theorizing on why, here is my humble take. They just didn’t mail most of them out on time. My Dad and I got ours later than usual. Plus, 75 thousand ballots have been mailed…
Read MoreWorld Series
Now this is what Commentary wants and needs to know. If you care about our local elections process, you want to know this too. Here is from this weekend’s Chron: Harris County residents likely will have a long night waiting for election returns Nov. 8, according to county Elections Administrator Clifford Tatum. It takes around one minute for…
Read MoreAt 70
It is over. The latest poll has Beto down by 11 points and Rochelle Garza down by 14. If we are to believe that poll, then it is going to be a massacre for sure statewide and locally. I don’t believe it. _____ Commentary is 70 today. A few years ago, a very good friend…
Read MoreSilly Tweet
Remember when the GOP Texas Legislature passed the voter suppression bill to make it harder for folks of color to vote. State Sen. Carol Alvarado filibustered for 15 hours to focus national attention on this travesty. Now the GOP led Texas Secretary of State and the crooked GOP AG are trying to intimidate the Harris…
Read MoreRematch
The Chron has a piece on Alex Mealer today. Here are parts: (Judge Lina) Hidalgo’s ads include an image of Mealer being interviewed with a framed photo of Trump in the background, though the interview did not take place at Mealer’s home. Mealer has said Trump lost the election in 2020 and, barring evidence of…
Read MoreLazy Chron
2022 will go down in political campaign history as the year a 31-year-old Latina Harris County Judge was relentlessly attacked by negative ads. This has to be the first time in H-Town area political history where a young Latina has been so viciously attacked. Think about that. Think about all the young Latinas who look…
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