Past Blasts

Commentary is guessing the Chron got the photo it wanted of Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, a pi__ed off Judge Lina Hidalgo. See the featured photo. Judge Hidalgo held a press conference yesterday to call out crooked GOP AG Ken Paxton for trying to derail the Uplift Harris program that is giving $500 a month…

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Recurring Issue

This is from the “Today” website. They also had a story on it this morning: People magazine is celebrating a major milestone. On April 10, People Editor in Chief Wendy Naugle revealed exclusively on TODAY the magazine’s 50th anniversary issue, which includes on its cover Hollywood legends like Oprah Winfrey, Jennifer Aniston and Michael J. Fox.…

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Personal Dud

Personally, for Commentary, the eclipse yesterday was a dud. See the featured photo. Thick clouds allowed me to only catch brief glimpses of the eclipse. Like seconds at a time. What a bummer. I had to watch NBC’s live coverage to see folks get excited like Lester Holt, Al Roker, and Kate Snow experience the…

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Eclipse

There was another great job report this past Friday. The GOP talking heads on Fox News are flabbergasted. They don’t know how to respond to the strong economy under President Joe Biden. Maybe they ought to take a page from Gov. Greg Abbott’s political playbook.  Abbott says it is the Texas economy that is picking…

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Water Fix

See this from the Chron: Mayor John Whitmire revealed the details of his long-awaited water bill improvement plan Thursday, with the goal of providing relief to thousands of Houston customers who have received exorbitant bills in recent years. Under the plan, customers who have been receiving city water for more than a year would be charged a monthly rate based on an…

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No-nos

The H-Town Mayor is going to unveil his revamp of the water billing mess today. Anything other than what we currently have would be an improvement. It is one of the City of H-Town’s lousiest services if you ask Commentary. I have firsthand experience that I have detailed. _____ From ABC Channel 13 News: BRACKETTVILLE,…

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Street Parking

Like since forever, when Commentary goes to The Yard for a ballgame, I do street parking. After 6 pm, parking is free on the street. Nowadays, I have the ParkMobile app, see the featured photo, that makes it easy. I no longer have to feed the sidewalk gizmo my credit card, cash, and license plate…

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Siete

Commentary said this yesterday: I got my mail ballot for the May 4, 2024, election which includes the State Senate District 15 Special and the Harris Central Appraisal District Board of Directors races. See the featured photo. Only Molly Cook and State Rep. Jarvis Johnson are listed on the ballot for SD 15. I guess…

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Mail Ballot

Commentary said this after the Democratic Party Primary about three and a half weeks ago: For what it is worth, according to the Texas Secretary of State website, Michelle Bonton, Molly Cook, State Rep. Jarvis Johnson, and Todd Litton were the only ones to file for the May 4 State Senate District 15 Special Election…

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Good Friday

Here is a headline from a Chron front page story today: Abbott’s order targets campus antisemitism While he is throwing around orders, why not one at his own GOP. _____ I got a letter from CenterPoint yesterday. They informed me that next week they would be doing some work in my neighborhood, and we would…

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