Archive for October 2024

Early Voting in Person starts in four days. _____ It is obvious that the Houston Housing Authority is a mess. KPRC Channel 2 investigative/consumer reporter Amy Davis did a follow-up story on shady contracting deals. The Chron today has a report on an audit that was completed: Here is from the Chron story: A new…

I watched the debate last night between Cong. Colin Allred and Cancun Cruz. The abortion issue took up the first ten minutes of the hour-long debate. Good. Here is what the Quorum Report’s Scott Braddock tweeted: Some Texas Republicans already privately saying Allred’s hit on Cruz about Jan 6 was the Congressman’s best moment. Here…

Election Day is three weeks from today. _____ H-Town Mayor John Whitmire has said that he wants to root out corruption at City Hall before he considers raising our property taxes. KPRC Channel 2 investigative/consumer reporter Amy Davis is certainly helping the Mayor identify corruption. See this from her latest story: Public trust, private deals.…

Early Voting in Person starts a week from today. As of this morning, the Harris County Clerk has received 16,656 mail ballots. This past Friday, I dropped by the post office in Pasadena, the one close to City Hall. It is a pretty big post office. Inside, I noticed the sign in the featured photo…

Ethel Kennedy left us yesterday at age 96, 56 years after her husband, U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated. I always admired her for how she raised her 11 children, nine who are still with us, after the death of her husband. She was a special and great American. On a related note, I…

Early Voting in Person starts in eleven days. _____ There are tons of MAGA suckers across the country.  Here is the latest on how Donald Trump owns and plays these suckers. See this from the AP: WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of copies of Donald Trump’s “God Bless the USA” Bible were printed in a country that the…

John Lennon was born 84 years ago today. He left us at age 40. “Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cupThey slither wildly as they slip away across the universe” One of the greatest for sure. _____ Early Voting in Person starts in twelve days. _____ State Sen. Carol Alvarado had…

Election Day is four weeks from today. 6,000 mail ballots have been sent to the Harris County Clerk. _____ Four members of the H-Town City Council want to raise our property taxes. Mayor John Whitmire is opposed. Here is from the Chron: Houston City Councilmembers are divided over a proposed emergency, one-year property tax increase that would…

Early Voting in Person starts two weeks from today. As of Saturday, a tad over 3,300 mail ballots have been sent to the Harris County Clerk. 181,000 voted by mail in Harris County in 2020, the COVID year. In 2022, 61,000 voted by mail. In the recent 2024 primaries 18,000 Democrats and 7,000 GOPers voted…

We celebrated my nephew David’s 50th birthday last night at Caracol. The restaurant is in the Galleria area. I sampled chicken enchiladas, guac, fried calamari, sushi, and an array of desserts. Great grub for sure. _____ The Cancun Cruz Campaign rolled out an ad this morning featuring Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg. In her…