Election Day 2025
Today is the big day – Election Day. We will finally narrow the field down to two in the CD 18 Special Election. Same goes for the H-Town At-Large 4 City Council race. It will also be a full evening of checking out Election Day returns from California, New Jersey, New York City, San Antonio, and Virginia. It will be interesting to see if any of the seventeen state constitutional amendments go down in flames. Heck, I voted against eleven of them.
I have been without representation in the U.S. House for eight months. I was also without representation for over four months in the latter part of 2024. Sigh.
I have a tradition of picking up breakfast grub from Shipley Do-Nuts on Election Day. I don’t have any campaigns I am working on this cycle, but I will stay with the tradition today.
See the featured photo and go vote.
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We woke up this morning to the news that former Vice President Dick Cheney left us last night. Here is from the person who made him his running mate:
Statement by President George W. Bush on Vice President Dick Cheney:
The death of Richard B. Cheney is a loss to the nation and a sorrow to his friends. Laura and I will remember Dick Cheney for the decent, honorable man that he was. History will remember him as among the finest public servants of his generation – a patriot who brought integrity, high intelligence, and seriousness of purpose to every position he held.
As a young White House aide and chief of staff, a Congressman, a Secretary of Defense, and my Vice President, Dick earned the confidence and high opinion of five presidents. I asked him to join my ticket in 2000 after first enlisting him to help me find the best running mate. In our long discussions about the qualities a vice president should have – deep experience, mature judgment, character, loyalty – I realized that Dick Cheney was the one I needed. I’m still grateful that he was at my side for the eight years that followed.
Dick was a calm and steady presence in the White House amid great national challenges. I counted on him for his honest, forthright counsel, and he never failed to give his best. He held to his convictions and prioritized the freedom and security of the American people. For those two terms in office, and throughout his remarkable career, Dick Cheney’s service always reflected credit on the country he loved.
Dick’s love for America was second only to his family. Laura and I have shared our deepest sympathies with Vice President Cheney’s wife Lynne and their daughters and grandchildren of whom he was so deeply proud. We are praying for Lynne, Liz, Mary, and the Cheney family as they honor a great man.
I will remember him as the person who was at the White House during the chaotic hours after the September 11 attacks. He also played a major role in getting the USA involved in Iraq that turned out to be a huge policy mess.
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I forgot to mention that Owen Conflenti is no longer the co-anchor on KPRC Channel 2 News in the early morning. Last Thursday morning was his final newscast on Channel 2. Here is what the station put out last Friday afternoon:
KPRC 2 News announced today that longtime morning anchor Owen Conflenti is leaving the station.
KPRC 2 VP/General Manager Sean McLaughlin said, “We appreciate Owen’s many contributions to KPRC 2 and the Houston community.”
In a statement, Conflenti shared, “After 20 years, my time at KPRC 2 has come to an end. I’m so grateful to the viewers who welcomed me into their homes each morning, to my coworkers who became family, and to the station for two incredible decades. Thank you, Houston, for the privilege of sharing your stories.”
While the station works to name a permanent replacement, various members of the KPRC 2 News team will join morning anchor Sofia Ojeda on the desk.
That was an abrupt departure. I wonder what happened.
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Thanksgiving Day is 23 days from today. 51 days until Christmas Day. And yes, the SiriusXM Christmas tunes channels are up and playing.
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I don’t have anything from Daikin Park today.