Reindeer Games

This is from a front-page story in the hard copy of the Chron today: Coronavirus-related hospital admissions are climbing again in the United States, with older adults a growing share of U.S. deaths and less than half of nursing home residents up to date on COVID-19 vaccinations. These alarming signs portend a difficult winter for…

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Welcome Home!

Congratulations to my good friend and client State Rep. Christina Morales for being elected Vice-Chair of the Mexican American Legislative Caucus. Rep. Morales is also my State Rep. _____ CNN contributor Bakari Sellers tweeted this last night about the Brittney Griner swap: Y’all mad Biden went and got an American? Really? Our President went and…

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John Lennon

42 years ago, this evening, John Lennon was murdered in New York City. Howard Cosell announced the breaking news during a Monday Night Football telecast on ABC. John Lennon was 40 years old. I will never forget. _____ The breaking news this morning is Brittney Griner is finally coming home.  Nice job, President Joe Biden.…

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Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

81 years ago, today. _____ Don’t you love this rant: Fox News host Laura Ingraham did not take kindly to the news that Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock defeated Republican challenger Herschel Walker in Tuesday’s runoff election in Georgia. Neither candidate received a majority of votes in November’s general election, thus triggering a runoff in accordance with Georgia state law. Warnock’s victory…

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LULAC Lawsuit

Commentary supports this. Here is from the Chron today: The League of United Latin American Citizens on Monday filed its long-anticipated lawsuit against the city of Houston, seeking to get rid of at-large City Council seats it says leave Hispanic residents with insufficient representation at City Hall. The group, one of the largest Hispanic civil rights organizations in the…

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Crime Dog

Here is from a front-page story in today’s Chron hard copy: A quarter of Texas rural hospitals are at risk of closing soon because of pandemic-related financial stress on the health care system, according to a study presented Wednesday by the Texas Hospital Association. The study, compiled by health care consulting company Kaufman Hall, found the…

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Darryl Kile

Commentary has said it before about how the elections were conducted in Harris County last month. No races were impacted to the point where results could be questioned. This is from a Texas Monthly piece that has just been posted: By midafternoon on Election Day, Martin Renteria realized he had a problem. Renteria was the…

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Hello, December

It is already December. Christmas Day is three and a half weeks away. It is beginning to look a lot like Christmas.  I have started my shopping. _____ Everyone knows Commentary is going to be helping my good friend, The Dean, in his race for H-Town Mayor. After today, I won’t be spending a whole…

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The Dean’s Event

A good friend I respect a ton attended The Dean’s event last night and here is what he texted some of us including The Dean: Great event tonight, Senator. Great crowd. True reflection of Houston. I was not able to attend due to last minute stuff. I did hear the event was well attended and…

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Epic Failure

Just before 7 am this morning, I got my boil alert lifted notice on my iphone.  At yesterday’s press conference, the H-Town Mayor was asked if folks got a boil water alert on their iphone on Sunday. The Mayor couldn’t answer the question. We didn’t. I don’t recall getting an alert on Sunday. This has…

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