Archive for April 2024

Let’s be honest. Since Donald Trump came on the political scene in 2015, there has been a severe decay in the moral values of way too many in the GOP.  Here in Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott’s weapon of choice is razor wire against families seeking asylum. He also is viciously attacking the trans and LGBTQ+…

Commentary recently put out a take on a possible HISD bond campaign this November. The Houston Landing has a story on an HISD bond campaign possibility and here is a part: While Houston-area voters have generally supported recent bond proposals, it’s unclear whether they would back one this year in HISD. According to a recent…

Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced yesterday that she is bringing in the crooked Texas AG’s office to prosecute the three indicted staffers who used to work for Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo. Let’s see. Texas GOP AG Ken Paxton has been impeached, indicted, and is currently being investigated by the FBI. The crook…

The head of the City of H-Town Public Works Department is a goner. Commentary is surprised she lasted this long under Mayor John Whitmire. If you have watched KPRC Channel 2 news investigative/consumer reporter Amy Davis’s water bill and water meter stories over the past 18 months, Public Works Director Carol Haddock came off as…

I am sure you heard about this yesterday. See this from the Chron: The Supreme Court of Texas has temporarily blocked Harris County’s new guaranteed income program, Uplift Harris, after two lower courts denied Attorney General Ken Paxton’s requests to stop the payments. Paxton sued Harris County earlier this month, alleging its new income program violates a state law…

Commentary likes Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo. I was disappointed in the way she attacked Mayor John Whitmire when he was running for mayor last year. My good friend Mayor Whitmire has been a great Democrat who has been fighting for Democratic Party values for 50 years at our State Capitol.  Judge Hidalgo bought into…

On this Earth Day, I always go back to my go-to favorite environmental tune. It doesn’t make anyone’s Top 25 best environmental tunes hits, but it’s on mine. It doesn’t get any run because the tune came out before we really got into environmental activism. Commentary is talking about “Nature’s Way” by Spirit’s Randy California. …

I got a mailer yesterday from Texas State Senate District 15 Democratic candidate Molly Cook letting me know she got an abortion 10 years ago. Got it. See the featured photo. I have been doing political campaigns longer than anyone in these parts and I have to say that is the first time a candidate…

It is National High Five Day. If you have followed the Astros closely the last four or five years, you have probably heard that former Astros Manager Dusty Baker was involved in the first high five ever. It turns out there is an Astros angle to this. See this from ESPN.com: The conventional wisdom had…

Grayson County, Texas is on the Oklahoma and Texas border. It is also 70% white. See this from the Trib: Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has asked the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, the state’s environmental agency, to halt approving permits for concrete production plants in Texas until the 2025 legislative session. Patrick’s letter to TCEQ Chair Jon…