Archive for September 2022

As we celebrate Diez y Seis today it is fitting that this is in the September 16 front page of the Chron: The Latino population in Texas may have surpassed the white, non-Latino population, according to new U.S. Census estimates. The American Communities Survey, which is conducted every year, showed the Latino population has reached 11.9 million…

GOP Harris County Judge candidate Alexandra del Moral Mealer is a Trumper.  See the featured photo. You can’t have it both ways. During the pandemic when folks were using Zoom to communicate with the outside world, folks would sometimes put an image right next to themselves to promote something. Some TV reporters might put their…

Heights High School is four blocks from my place.  It hit home so to speak when I learned yesterday that the high school was threatened by a possible active shooter.  At the time, I had a technician here working on internet issues. I wasn’t going to do something dumb like run over there and check…

Commentary has said the following before. I think. Harris County’s Latino population is one of the least told stories in America. When people talk about Latinos in Texas, Harris County Latinos have often been overlooked. Of the 11 million plus Texas Latinos, nearly I out of every 5 reside here in Harris County. Harris County…

From the shut-up department. I have seen where some think it would be a good gesture for President Joe Biden to invite Donald Trump to be part of the official U.S. delegation to Queen Elizabeth’s funeral. Shut up! Let’s see. A couple of weeks ago or so President Biden said Trump and his MAGA followers…

I was walking past the flat screen yesterday when breaking news came on that Queen Elizabeth II was no longer with us. We were prepared earlier in the morning when it was announced that her medical condition was being closely supervised. She became Queen just about 10 months before I came on the scene.  I…

A couple of months ago, local GOPers were high fiving when they learned that the Hobby School of Public Affairs poll had GOP candidate for Harris County Judge Alexandra del Moral Mealer one point behind Judge Lina Hidalgo. The Hobby School released their latest poll yesterday and it shows Judge Hidalgo with a 10-point lead. …

Commentary supports local journalism. I have let folks know I subscribe to the Chron hard copy. They take $77 from my bank account every four weeks. I am entitled to let them know they are chickensh-t at times. Like today. Two weeks ago today, their lead front page headline blasted this: Comptroller threatens county budget…

From the Trib today: Tarrant County Judge Glen Whitley, one of Texas’ most prominent Republican local leaders, is backing Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s Democratic challenger. “The one person who I’ll support statewide that will get me a little in trouble: Mike Collier for lieutenant governor,” Whitley said on Y’all-itics, a WFAA politics podcast. Whitley and Patrick…