Early Voting

Vice-President Kamala Harris is in town today. I don’t know where. That is all I know. _____ Early voting in person for the City of H-Town runoffs begins today.  Here is from the front page of today’s Chron: State Sen. John Whitmire maintains a 7 percentage point lead over U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee in the Houston mayoral race, with…

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E-Board for Julian

This will be happening on Monday here in H-Town. This is from the Trib: Vice President Kamala Harris is heading to Houston on Monday to tout the Biden administration’s accomplishments for the Latino community, a key voting bloc as the president runs for reelection next year. Harris will take part in a “community conversation” hosted…

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Happy Thanksgiving Day

Another Thanksgiving Day. I give thanks that we still have the right to vote. It is getting more difficult in some parts of the country including Texas. Having the right to vote is going to be the only way we defeat the fascist and racists in our country.  You know, the folks that still don’t…

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60 Years

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…

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November 21, 1963

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…

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Thanksgiving Week

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…

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On Amy

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…

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Rude Amy

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…

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Voters Voting

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…

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Dumb Dems

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…

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