Not Finest Hour

This is a mess. This should not be happening. This is not the City of H-Town’s finest hour. Here is from the Chron: A boil water notice was issued for Houston Sunday after a power outage knocked down water pressure in the city’s primary water system. As a result, Houston ISD decided to cancel classes at…

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Linkee

We ate a lot yesterday. A whole lot. After dinner, we were also introduced to a new game. Linkee. It is a game that involves four questions and answers and figuring out the link. It took Commentary a few rounds to get going and the hang of things. If you can think and talk, you…

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Thanksgiving Day

Today is my regular trash and recycle pick-up day. Since today is a holiday regular trash pick-up will be tomorrow. I will have to wait a couple of weeks for recycle pick-up. It didn’t use to be that way. Hopefully the next administration will get it back the way it used to be. _____ On…

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Baytown Refinery

Commentary has said before that my Dad’s house is four blocks from the Baytown ExxonMobil refinery. We also own property directly across the street from today’s featured photo on Airhart Drive. The Chron E-Board has a solid take today on lawsuits against the facility over emissions. Here is a part of the E-Board take: At…

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Letters on Mack

I will never forget what happened 59 years ago today in Dallas, Texas.  It took me a long time to get over my dislike of Dallas. _____ I got my third COVID Moderna booster yesterday. This is my fifth COVID related shot. I also got my flu vaccine. One in each arm.  I got issued…

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Personal Ad

59 years ago, this evening, President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kenney were in H-Town where they made an appearance at the Houston Coliseum and the Rice Hotel. My Dad saw them that night. _____ Commentary is guessing Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo has succeeded in getting under Mattress Mack’s skin.  Maybe he…

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Amy Investigates

Folks know Commentary watches Channel 2 News Today first thing in the morning. This week investigative reporter Amy Davis has been doing a series of stories on the City of H-Town water issues. Billing, rates, bad and old meters, filmy water, and how our water department compares to the other cities. Here is an interesting…

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Criminalize Voting

Let me remind folks that SB 1 was the GOP’s racist voter suppression measure that was a response to increased voting in Harris County. It should come as no surprise to hear that arsehole Gov. Greg Abbott and the loser Harris County GOP now want to criminalize voting here. See this from the Chron today:…

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On Harrisvotes

From the where is the story department. Here is a headline from an online Chron story: Dozens of protesters allege, without evidence, widespread fraud in Harris County elections Here is the beginning of the story: Dozens of protesters joined high-profile election deniers Steven Hotze and Weston Martinez Tuesday outside Harris County Commissioners Court where they…

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Governor-Elect Hobbs

Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs getting the call last night, well, made my night.  She wins the race for governor of Arizona. Yuk, yuk, yuk to Kari Lake. Loser. MAGA loser. From an online story: Hobbs marked her victory Monday night with a tweet that read: “Democracy is worth the wait. Thank you, Arizona. I am…

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