Our Darth Vaders

Commentary is not an expert on the local criminal justice system. Here is this from the Chron: For a second time, a Harris County judge has declared a mistrial in the deaths of Dawn and Antonio Armstrong Sr., a killing in 2016 that led to the arrest of their 16-year-old son on a capital murder charge.  Judge Kelli…

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Home Field Advantage

Happy Birthday today to State Sen. Carol Alvarado!  I first met Sen. Alvarado in early 1988 when she volunteered on a couple of campaigns I was running. We hit it off well on the first day we met at the campaign headquarters. I have had a front row seat watching her grow into an outstanding…

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Not Offended

Harrisvotes.com put out the Day 1 Early Voting results last night and mail ballots are down from 2018. Before folks start theorizing on why, here is my humble take.  They just didn’t mail most of them out on time. My Dad and I got ours later than usual. Plus, 75 thousand ballots have been mailed…

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World Series

Now this is what Commentary wants and needs to know. If you care about our local elections process, you want to know this too. Here is from this weekend’s Chron: Harris County residents likely will have a long night waiting for election returns Nov. 8, according to county Elections Administrator Clifford Tatum. It takes around one minute for…

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At 70

It is over. The latest poll has Beto down by 11 points and Rochelle Garza down by 14. If we are to believe that poll, then it is going to be a massacre for sure statewide and locally. I don’t believe it. _____ Commentary is 70 today. A few years ago, a very good friend…

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Silly Tweet

Remember when the GOP Texas Legislature passed the voter suppression bill to make it harder for folks of color to vote.  State Sen. Carol Alvarado filibustered for 15 hours to focus national attention on this travesty. Now the GOP led Texas Secretary of State and the crooked GOP AG are trying to intimidate the Harris…

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Rematch

The Chron has a piece on Alex Mealer today.  Here are parts: (Judge Lina) Hidalgo’s ads include an image of Mealer being interviewed with a framed photo of Trump in the background, though the interview did not take place at Mealer’s home. Mealer has said Trump lost the election in 2020 and, barring evidence of…

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Lazy Chron

2022 will go down in political campaign history as the year a 31-year-old Latina Harris County Judge was relentlessly attacked by negative ads.  This has to be the first time in H-Town area political history where a young Latina has been so viciously attacked. Think about that. Think about all the young Latinas who look…

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ALCS

My Dad and I sent in our mail ballots over the weekend. It took a few minutes to go down the ballot and put a mark by every Democrat running.  That is the featured photo. I also voted for the Harris County and City of H-Town bonds. We also included 4 digits of our SS#…

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YorHappy

The January 6 Committee laid out dramatic images of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other congressional leaders from behind the scenes on that day.  The committee then voted to subpoena Donald Trump.  Trump was shown to be the biggest coward in American history.  Think about it. GOP elected officials and candidates, including Alex Meaner, bow…

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