Archive for October 2025

Today is the last day to vote early. Please vote. _____ From the Trick Department. See this from the Trib: The state program intended to give additional exposure to businesses owned by women, minorities and disabled veterans seeking state contracts was frozen by the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts’ office this week, the latest instance…

Commentary voted for State Constitutional Amendments Props 4 and 14, the props mentioned in the following story. See this from the front page of today’s Chron hard copy: Two proposed constitutional amendments, one with the full weight of Gov. Greg Abbott behind it and the other a centerpiece of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s agenda, are facing…

The Chron E-Board at times is giving the editorial column to guest writers. Yesterday, it was Kenny Webster and here is the E-Board’s description of Webster: Kenny Webster can be heard weekdays on KPRC 950 in Houston and dozens of other radio stations around the country.  He’s also the executive producer of the Walton and…

That is not a bad idea. Commentary is talking about a cartoon on the editorial page of today’s Chron hard copy. It is a kid wearing a cardboard file box with “Epstein Files” written on it trick or treating. I have a stack of empty cardboard file boxes here. Nice. _____ This is in the…

I was at dinner with local political players recently and the redrawn 29th Congressional District upcoming Democratic Party primary race came up. It looks like there will be a major battle. The kind you don’t want to see in the Democratic Party. Some folks smell blood in the water if you know what I mean.…

“Today” had a piece this morning about the self-checkout kiosks at retail outlets. See the featured photo. Some folks want to eliminate them or reduce them. There is also a theft problem with self-checkout kiosks. When checking out, I prefer the self-checkout kiosks. Kroger, Lowe’s, and Target have some that I always use. I don’t…

The Trib has a piece today on the new 29th Congressional District and the upcoming Democratic Party primary. See this from the Trib: When Texas Republicans redrew the state’s congressional map this summer, Latino Democrats in Houston saw warning signs for their political future. Since its creation in the early 1990s, the 29th Congressional District,…

As folks know, Commentary from time to time mentions my Dad, Tony Campos, and his political activism. Heck, last week or so, it was about his work with LULAC and the Little School of the 400. A couple of weeks ago, Eleanor Klibanoff, of the Texas Tribune, reached out to me and wanted to interview…

The rainbow is not going away anytime soon.  “Over the Rainbow” is one of the best tunes of all time. The best movie tune of all time for sure. Somewhere over the rainbow, way up highThere’s a land that I’ve heard of once in a lullaby.Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blueAnd the dreams that…

It is early voting time. Early voting in person begins today. _____ Just in from the Chron: The Montrose rainbow crosswalk was gone Monday morning after protesters faced off with police as construction crews started restriping the intersection overnight and some were were detained by police. As of 8:15 a.m., fresh pavement had been laid, and police were…