Archive for January 2025

I have addressed this before. The Harris County – Houston Sports Authority negotiated deals with the Astros and Rockets on how they maintained their venues, now Daikin Park and Toyota Center. The teams are financially responsible for the upkeep of their facilities. The then Republican controlled Harris County Commissioners Court handed a sweet deal to…

Back in 2023, former H-Town Mayor Sylvester Turner told KPRC Channel 2 News Investigative-Consumer Reporter Amy Davis that she was “very rude” and went on to tell her, “I don’t like rude people.” Davis was in the middle of her “DRAINED” series investigation of the City of H-Town’s water billing and water meters mess. Davis…

I must give a major thumbs up to the local coverage of the snow and weather provided by KPRC Channel 2 News yesterday. They were just about non-stop throughout the day.  Reporters were stationed across the region including Beaumont, Baytown, Sugar Land, and Eleanor Tinsley and Hermann Parks. They reported on road closures, snowman building,…

Snow, it won’t be long before we’ll all be there with snowSnow, I want to wash my hands, my face and hair with snowSnow, I long to clear a path and lift a spade of snowSnow, oh, to see a great big man entirely made of snow The featured photo is from my front door…

This sad news to report: Cecile Richards, the former president of Planned Parenthood and feminist activist, died Monday of an aggressive brain cancer, her family confirmed in a statement. She was 67. Richards, the daughter of the former Democratic Texas governor, was one of the nation’s most prominent advocates for abortion rights.  Here is the…

Donald Trump did not attend President Joe Biden’s inauguration. Trump broke the tradition of a peaceful transition. MAGA didn’t call out Trump for skipping Biden’s swearing-in. I really don’t want to hear about MAGA calling out Democrats for saying they will not attend next Monday’s ceremony. Monday is also MLK Jr. Day and a national…

My State Representative and good friend, State Rep. Christina Morales, District 145, was one of the nine Texas House Democrats who vote present-not-voting in the race for Texas House Speaker. I don’t have a problem with how she voted. I think most Democratic Party Primary voters in HD 145 don’t have a problem with how…

New Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows got elected yesterday and the majority of his votes came from Texas House Democrats. Here is from the Trib: Burrows won the speaker’s race after two rounds of voting, edging out Cook by a vote of 85-55. During the first round, Rep. Ana-María Rodríguez-Ramos, a Richardson Democrat, received 23 votes…

Folks know that one of my favorite flicks is “The Wizard of Oz.” When Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Cowardly Lion get to Emerald City, the carriage driver who greets them makes reference to the “horse of a different color.” When it comes to who runs the City of H-Town as the H-Town Mayor, Mayor…

This is a first for sure. Commentary has been closely following Texas legislative sessions since 1973, and this is the first one where we really don’t know who the Texas House Speaker will be the day before the session starts. Stay tuned. _____ We are a year and a half into the takeover of HISD…