Archive for October 2024

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…

My nephew David Lafuente is 50 today. Wow! Happy Birthday, David! Too bad we won’t be going to an ALDS, ALCS, or World Series game this month. That’s David and me at The Yard in the featured photo. I will see David at dinner this evening! _____ My mail ballot has been received by HarrisVotes.com.…

It was way too funny last night when J.D. Vance complained about being fact checked by one of the CBS News moderators. It was like Vance was saying, hey, y’all agreed y’all wouldn’t call us out for lying. In a way, I am glad there will be no more debates. America is tired of the…

Former President Jimmy Carter is 100 years old today. Happy Birthday, Mr. President!  I have a picture of me shaking hands with the President at the Hyatt Regency in a visit to H-Town when he was president. The picture is framed and hanging on a wall here. I have said it before. President Carter was…