Archive for June 2023

Commentary doesn’t have a problem with this. This is from the Chron: It was mostly calm and quiet in the auditorium as new Houston ISD board members listened to a presentation about the budget, reviewed an agenda for their next meeting and peppered new Superintendent Mike Miles with questions about his vision for the state’s largest school…

Patrick vs Abbott. Everyone knows Gov. Greg Abbott is a punkarse.  Check the latest from the Trib here: Gov. Greg Abbott is raising the prospect of vetoing large numbers of bills passed by the Legislature as he demands a House-Senate compromise on property tax relief, further raising public tensions with Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick. Sunday is the deadline…

Today’s featured photo is the front page of today’s Chron. I am not impressed. The font should have been twice the size.  The headline should have screamed at us. Donald Trump and 37 counts is a historical first and that is the best they could do? Every network and cable news channel were covering the…

The featured photo today is scoreboard. I just thought it was a cool picture from this past Saturday. It is also a picture I will send to Texas Monthly at the end of this year. A couple or so months ago, Commentary prematurely renewed my Texas Monthly subscription. Maybe I should not have. Texas Monthly…

It is sickening to watch GOP elected officials and GOP leaders defend Donald Trump on the indictment counts.  Sickening. Trump’s former AG Bill Barr said yesterday if half of the charges against Trump are true, then Trump is “toast.” Trump then called Barr a “gutless pig.” Sickening. _____ The H-Town Mayor tweeted out these in…

Commentary said this yesterday: I guess we are kind of on an indictment watch this week. Unprecedented, but not surprising. Considering who might get indicted. The featured photo of today’s Chron front page doesn’t exactly scream at us.  The indictment was expected by a lot of folks.  Donald Trump is a dirty crook. It is…

I guess we are kind of on an indictment watch this week. Unprecedented, but not surprising. Considering who might get indicted. _____ The HISD Board of Managers (BOM) will have their first meeting at 5:30 pm today over at HISD headquarters on W. 18th Street.  Anti-TEA HISD takeover groups will protest at HISD at 4:15…

From the Chron: About 1,500 low-income families in Harris County will get $500 a month for 18 months as part of a new pilot project that puts the county squarely in the middle of a roiling national debate about how best to address stubborn poverty.  The Harris County Commissioners Court authorized the plan Tuesday in a 4-1…

79 years ago, today, was D-Day. On of the most critical days in American and world history. _____ The featured photo is a letter I received from the City of H-Town Public Works Department yesterday letting me know that my water meter had been replaced, I was only being charged the minimum for an extended…

In the press release issued last Thursday by TEA announcing the HISD Board of Managers and Superintendent, Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath said the following:  “We were looking for people from a wide array of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives who believe all children can learn and achieve at high levels when properly supported and who…