The Voter Registration Card

Today is Presidents’ Day. Commentary has been around for 14 Presidents, voted in 13 presidential elections, and have had my photo taken with two Presidents who are still alive. 40 of my years have been under GOP presidents and 31 years and four months under Democratic presidents. I was also a key player in a…

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Chron E-Board for Jarvis

State Rep. Jarvis Johnson was endorsed today by the Chron E-Board in the race for State Senate District 15 in the Democratic Party Primary. See the featured photo. This is how the E-Board take starts: In the fight to fill the state Senate seat vacated by Houston Mayor John Whitmire, voters will have to consider not…

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Kids Included

The Super Bowl Champions Kansas City Chiefs and hundreds of thousands of their fans were having their parade celebration in Kansas City yesterday. A mass shooting occurred. Victims included children.  See the featured photo. Thanks to the NRA and the GOP. I don’t think this was in the celebratory gunfire category. Welcome to the party,…

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Saint Valentine’s Day

Let’s see, the U.S. House voted to impeach the Secretary of Homeland Security by one vote, and a few hours later, Democrats flipped a GOP House seat.  Out of touch GOP. _____ Commentary loves to see GOPers go after each other. See this from the Chron: WASHINGTON — A $95.3 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel…

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44 Days

Early voting in person in the Texas primary elections begin one week from today, but you know that. _____ Let’s see. Mayor John Whitmire has only been in office for 44 days and some folks, including the Chron E-Board, already have a case of the jitters over his transportation views.  I think it stems from…

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Super Game

Cong. Colin Allred was endorsed for the U.S. Senate in the Texas Democratic Party Primary election by the Chron E-Board yesterday. Go check it out. _____ On Saturday, the Texas GOP put a censure on Texas GOP House Speaker Dade Phelan and Scott Braddock tweeted this afterwards: Speaker @DadePhelan’s operations hits back, saying the Texas…

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Relentless

The Chron E-Board endorsed Mo Jenkins in the Texas State House District 139 Democratic Primary race. That is the seat that State Rep. Jarvis Johnson is leaving to run for the State Senate District 15 position that H-Town Mayor John Whitmire resigned from to become mayor. Got it? _____ President Joe Biden is 81. The…

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Altuve Day

H-Town’s Houston Avenue is getting a lot of run these days.  They did a makeover recently and now Mayor John Whitmire is undoing the makeover.  Some folks are not happy with the mayor’s decision.  I trust the mayor and want to see how this plays out. _____ Commentary is glad he sounded the alarm on…

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It was 60 years ago today.

I wonder what they are thinking at the former U.N. Ambassador and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley campaign this morning. See this from CNN: Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley lost the non-binding Nevada GOP primary to “none of these candidates,” according to a CNN projection, an option voters have to express their dissatisfaction with all of…

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Sentenced

I received a pre-filled out mail ballot application yesterday to vote in the Democratic Party Primary Election. The application had the reelection campaign logos and photos of Judge Cheryl Elliott Thornton and Judge Ramona Franklin and the logos and photos of judicial candidate Vivian King and Tax Assessor-Collector candidate Claude Cummings, III. The disclaimer read…

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