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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GOP Disarray

The right wingers on “What’s Your Point” yesterday admitted that they got it wrong on the Harris County Judge race. They didn’t have any excuses. Host Greg Groogan opined as to why more Harris County voters didn’t heed the message on crime and judgeships.  I will tell Greg why. Democrats think crime is a major…

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Rural Democrats

Today is Veterans Day. Thank a veteran. _____ Jasper Scherer of the Chron has a frontpage story that focuses on Texas Democrats, rural Texas, and Tuesday’s election outcome. Commentary is quoted in the story. Here are parts: Throughout the midterm campaign, Beto O’Rourke and other Texas Democrats tried to chip away at Republicans’ lopsided advantage…

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Post-Election

We are still waiting to see who controls congress. The Donald Trump GOP certainly didn’t expect this result. _____ Here is from today’s Chron: Fresh off a narrow reelection that was anything but assured, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo on Wednesday held a news conference to praise colleagues, thank supporters and call out some members…

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