No Gear

Emily Foxhall from the Trib tweeted this from TribFest on Friday: (Evan) Smith tries to get (Mayor Sylvester) Turner to say who he supports next for mayor. Turner says only that he’ll share his view on it at some point. Turner says he won’t run for office in 2024. “Are you done forever or just…

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RSV

From the Chron today: Alexandra del Moral Mealer, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo’s former Republican opponent, dropped her lawsuit challenging the results of the election she lost last November by over 18,000 votes, according to court documents filed Thursday. Mealer filed an election contest lawsuit on Jan. 6, one of 22 similar cases brought by GOP candidates in Harris…

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Plastics, Please

This is so headed in the wrong direction. Aren’t we supposed to be moving away from plastics? See the featured photo and see this from the Chron: Exxon said it completed a $2 billion expansion of its sprawling chemicals complex along the Houston Ship Channel and has begun operations at the new production units.  The…

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Vouchers

The featured photo was from an event last night in Idylwood.  That’s the neighborhood where State Sen. Carol Alvarado lives.  It is in H-Town’s East End.  A lot of her neighbors showed up. _____ Arsehole Gov. Greg Abbott will go down as one of the worst governors in Texas history. You know that. He is…

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Attacks Ads

Iran freed five Americans yesterday. The names of three were publicized. The other two asked for their identities not to be made public. Huh? _____ This just came out from the Chron: Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg has launched criminal investigations against county officials she was publicly feuding with at least four times since she…

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Paxton’s GOP

The most entertaining part of the impeachment trial was at the end when Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick went off on the Texas House. That was way too funny. Commentary was not surprised with the impeachment verdict. This is Donald Trump’s GOP. The GOP gave away any moral ground years ago.  They are ok with having…

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Tejano Dems for Whitmire

Today is the beginning of Hispanic Heritage Month. The John Whitmire for Mayor Campaign got an early start last night by winning the endorsement of the Harris County Tejano Democrats.  The Whitmire campaign won 54 of the 80 Tejano Democrats votes that were cast last night. Texas State Rep. Ana Hernandez spoke on behalf of…

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No No-No

Most folks with brains know that the GOP has lost its way.  The GOP U.S. House members are looking at impeaching President Joe Biden if they can find something to impeach him on.  The GOP is solidly behind a four-time indicted Donald Trump.  The crooked arsehole Texas GOP AG is currently being tried in the…

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On Astros

Commentary got this tweet message on my Going Negative take yesterday: No white man should be Mayor of Harris County. Sounds kind of racist to me. Also, Harris County government doesn’t have a mayor. The City of Houston has a mayor. On a related note, Channel 11 news has a story on Cong. Sheila Jackson…

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Going Negative

State Sen. John Whitmire is the top target in this year’s mayoral race. It is September 12, six weeks before early voting in person in the H-Town city elections, and two mayoral candidates are going negative, with a third fixing to go negative. Cong. Sheila Jackson Lee’s campaign has an ad out attacking State Sen.…

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