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60 years ago today, a Friday, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. I remember that weekend well. My elementary teacher gave us the news and we listened to coverage on his radio. When I got home from school, we watched the coverage on the black and white TV we had. I remember…

60 years ago today, First Lady Jaqueline Kennedy and President John F. Kennedy visited H-Town.  They dropped by a LULAC event at the Rice Hotel then they went to a dinner at the Sam Houston Coliseum honoring Cong. Albert Thomas. My Dad was at the dinner. _____ Texas State University in San Marcos will host…

Commentary met First Lady Rosalynn Carter in 1978.  She was campaigning for Democrats in San Antonio, and I was involved in putting together the event.  I always admired her. _____ Gov. Greg Abbott’s voucher scam was soundly defeated in the Texas House Friday afternoon.  Good for Texas. _____ Early voting in person for the City…

22 days until Election Day in the City of H-Town runoffs. _____ This is a follow-up from my Rude Amy take from yesterday. Here is from Chron.com: Outgoing Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner doesn’t seem to like being asked about high water bills. When approached on Wednesday by KPRC 2 Houston investigative reporter Amy Davis regarding her ongoing investigation into water bill issues, Turner appeared…

Commentary has said that Channel 2 consumer/investigative reporter Amy Davis has been doing outstanding work on the City of H-Town water division billings and stuff. She has even gone to address city council meetings on two different occasions.  This morning she was reporting on another water division story, and she approached the H-Town Mayor after…

We know the Chief Justice and Justices of the Supreme Court watch and read the news. That is why they came up with a code of ethics. Now it needs an enforcement mechanism. _____ On my take yesterday on Dumb Dems, I should have mentioned that we have this problem because the Harris County Judge…

The State Sen. John Whitmire for Mayor Campaign started running runoff TV ads today. _____ The featured photo is a preview of an upcoming Channel 2 news story on the City of H-Town water division.  Investigative/consumer reporter Amy Davis continues her stellar work uncovering major problems with water billings and stuff. Last night, Channel 2…

I ran across this yesterday. Gene Goltz of the Houston Post won a Pulitzer Prize in 1965 in the Local Investigative Specialized Reporting category for his writing about government corruption in Pasadena, Texas that led to reforms. Now you know. _____ Early voting in person for the runoff starts two weeks from today. This past weekend,…

The featured photo is the headline of today’s Chron E-Board take. A wasted take may I add. As long as the same folks are running the Texas Democratic Party like for a few decades now, Democrats don’t have a prayer of making gains.  The current chair of the Texas Democratic Party has overstayed his welcome…

Commentary didn’t watch the GOP debate on NBC last night. I saw the highlights. Former Gov. Nikki Haley called the Vivek fella “scum.” She went light on him. I would have called him a POS. _____ I was reviewing the election returns for the H-Town mayoral race. There was one East End precinct with zero…