Merry Christmas

Today will be my first Christmas Day in Baytown without a parent. Hey, I made it this long. Some folks aren’t as fortunate. One thing about my parents, Alicia, and Tony, err, Mom and Dad, they went to great lengths to make sure their kids, grandkids, and great grandkids had wonderful Christmas Days. Love, gifts,…

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Christmas Weekend

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said yesterday that the Donald Trump indictments impacted his campaign for president. Here is his quote: “I would say if I could have one thing change, I wish Trump hadn’t been indicted on any of this stuff. I mean honestly, I think from Alvin Bragg on, I’ve criticized the cases, I…

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Christmas Tune Poll

Hello, winter. Well at least I am not running my AC. _____ Here is my political take for today. If Donald Trump isn’t on the ballot next year, a lot of his supporters stay home and don’t vote in November of 2024. If the U.S. Supreme Court says he isn’t qualified or if the GOP…

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On Frumencio

I mentioned I would have more on Frumencio Ryes, Jr. He left us a couple of weeks ago. Here is his obituary: Frumencio Reyes, Jr.03/07/1939 – 12/06/2023Frumencio Reyes, Jr.,84, was born on March 7, 1939, and passed away on December 6, 2023, while surrounded by his loving family. Frumencio was survived by his wife of…

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Friends & Family Christmas

Commentary has received three Christmas cards. One from The White House – the same one Miya Shay tweeted out days ago. One from Andrea and Bill White – the former Chron E-Board member and the former H-Town mayor. And one from my best friends Julie and Al Luna and their family. _____ This is BS.…

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Luv Ya Loser

That has to be one of the NFL top bonehead gimmicks. Commentary is talking about the Texans beating the Oilers yesterday. Luv Ya Loser. When they were showing the fans dressed in Columbia blue looking agonized, I felt their pain. We have been there.  I did feel kind of bad rooting against the Oilers. Heck,…

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Most Liberal

Commentary would argue that the Texas State House district where I reside, House District 145, is one of the most liberal in Texas. I am really not that surprised that my State Representative, Christina Morales, was named by Mark P. Jones, the Political Science Fellow at Rice University’s James A. Baker III Institute for Public…

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Christmas Cardless

I saw this in the Chron today. Remember this? Three years ago today: December 14, 2020: The largest vaccination campaign in U.S. history began with health workers getting shots on the same day the nation’s COVID-19 death toll hit 300,000. Over 1.1 million folks in the USA died from COVID-19 because dumbsh_t GOP leaders fought…

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Landing a Campaign

Your Harris County Democratic Party at work for you. From the Chron: District Attorney Kim Ogg was reprimanded on Tuesday night by the Harris County Democratic Party, which passed a resolution calling for her admonishment. By a vote of 129 to 61, precinct chairs approved the resolution accusing Ogg of not adequately representing the values of the Democratic Party. Here…

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More Latinos

Local democrats are not saying much about three City of H-Town At-Large council positions going to GOPers. That is your Harris County Democratic Party at work – not. Here is from the Chron article today: Late Saturday night, as voting results continued to update, At-Large Position 3 candidate Richard Cantu hoped Election Day votes would…

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