Posts by Campos Communications
Lina Haters
If the H-Town area political community had their own Olympics, Lina hating would certainly be a prime-time competition. Commentary is talking about all the folks in the H-Town area who love to hate on Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo. Let me remind folks, err the haters, that she has kicked your arses at the polls,…
Read MoreDark of Night
I don’t know about this. See this from the Chron: Concerned the University Corridor rapid transit line project could be delayed for years, Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis on Friday called on Metro to move forward with the voter-approved project and hold a formal vote to make clear which board members support shelving it. The…
Read MoreThis is CNN
Folks know that Commentary doesn’t watch CNN these days. They went overboard in trying to please everyone. Still, they got the deal to host the debate this Thursday evening. I will watch, but I don’t have faith that debate moderators Dana Bash and Jake Tapper will be up to the job. Some of us still…
Read MoreAt the Zoo
I must wonder how $8.5 million gets misused before someone figures this out. This story broke this past Friday afternoon. See this from the Chron: A former Midtown Redevelopment Authority official and two vendors are facing felony corruption charges, accused of misusing some $8.5 million in public funds meant to build affordable housing in Third Ward. Todd…
Read MorePinkley & Hawkeye
Folks know that Commentary doesn’t talk a lot about college athletics. I might have to start changing my tune some, now that they are spreading the dough around to a few of the athletes. The University of Houston fired their athletic director yesterday. Here is from the Chron: Before a packed crowd Wednesday night, athletic…
Read MoreGOP Eight Commandments
Hello Summer. Of course, you’ve been here for a couple of weeks or so. Today is the longest day of the year. Enjoy it, y’all. _____ Louisiana is now mandating that every public-school classroom in the Pelican State should now display the Ten Commandments. You know, a GOP thing. The problem is, since around 2016,…
Read MoreJuneteenth
Arguably, the best MLB player ever left us yesterday. Commentary is talking about Willie Mays. I saw him play a few times when he came to H-Town as a member of the San Francisco Giants. A two-time NL MVP. He won a World Series ring, a 24-time MLB All Star, 12 Gold Gloves, Rookie of…
Read MoreCorrect Obit
The creep fella that I mentioned yesterday who croaked a week and a half ago has an obit in the Chron today. Here is a part of the obit: When he was ten years old, Paul (Pressler) accepted Jesus Christ as his Savior. He began teaching a Sunday School class at the age of seventeen…
Read MorePolitics at Play
From the Chron on Saturday’s election results: Kyle Scott and Ericka McCrutcheon won runoff races for two Harris Central Appraisal District board seats on Saturday. Though the elections were officially nonpartisan, the night ended with a strong showing for local Republicans. According to the unofficial results, Scott, a small business owner, beat former Houston City Council Member…
Read MoreAlito Flag Day
Election Day is tomorrow. Go vote in the Harris Central Appraisal District (HCAD) Board of Directors runoff election, please. _____ Today is Flag Day in the USA. I wonder if Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, Jr. is flying the flag in the featured photo. _____ Well, this is kind of surprising. Not all the HISD…
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