Draft Day 2

GOP State Rep. Briscoe Cain tweeted this last night: Late night but I’m laying out Senate Bill 1750 in the House Committee on Elections to eliminate the Elections Administrator position in Harris County. The people who run our elections should be accountable to voters. What an idiot.  The Harris County Elections Commission, all elected by…

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Draft Day

This has to be both heartbreaking and infuriating. See this Trib story: Public wasn’t warned about lingering chemicals after ITC fire near Houston | The Texas Tribune. How does this even happen? I feel for the folks in the Deer Park area. _____ More on Mattress Mack from the Chron. Check this headline: McIngvale was…

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Mr. Mack

NBC is airing a special this evening to honor Carol Burnett on her 90th birthday today. The Carol Burnett Show aired on CBS for eleven years. Got it? _____ The Chron has a lengthy piece on Mattress Mack online. It looks like he may get a lot of coverage over the next few days. Good…

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Day-O

Harry Belafonte left us. He was a great American. A civil rights activist, singer and actor. NBC broke into their regular programming this morning to give us the news of his death. He was 96. Daylight come and we want go home. _____ Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon were fired within a couple of hours…

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Silipint

462 folks applied for the 9 Board of Managers slots who will oversee HISD, according to the Houston Chronicle. 52 are Latino or 11% of the applicants. Here is from the Chron: The extended deadline netted an additional 88 applications. Still, the Hispanic population remains vastly underrepresented with just 52 applicants. Latinos make up roughly 62%…

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My Disney

Today is San Jacinto Day. It is one of the most important days in Texas history. The San Jacinto Battleground is right down the street from where Commentary grew up. Too bad most Texans don’t observe. _____ Everyone in the H-Town area have a safe Taylor Swift weekend! _____ The following is the description of…

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Ballots

The SpaceX Starship blew up just after liftoff and folks are making wisecracks on social media. That’s what happens when the SpaceX owner is a total arsehole. _____ Jen Rice and Alexandra Kanik of the Chron have put together a must-read piece on the ballot shortage problems in Harris County on Election Day in November…

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B9

That is where you will find the Dominion v Fox settlement story. On page B9 of the Chron hard copy today. One would think that it would be the lead story on the front page. You know. Fox News pays a hefty price for spreading lies. $787.5 million to be exact. You know. The threat…

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City Connect

I read where GOP Texas legislators want to do away with the position of Harris County Elections Administrator and go back to letting the Harris County Clerk run the local elections and the Tax Assessor Collector handle voter registration. If that happens, I really don’t see the Harris County Clerk doing things that will stifle…

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Peppermint

It is Dominion v Fox today and you know who I am rooting for. _____ On “What’s Your Point” yesterday, the Texas Breitbart and Urban Reform fellas kind of stammered when asked to explain Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’s ethics issues. Thomas is a sleazeball for sure. _____ The SJL campaign said they would not…

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