One To Go
This from the Chron sportswriter Danielle Lerner pretty much sums up last night: PHILADELPHIA — As J.T. Realmuto’s fly ball sailed toward right-center field, Chas McCormick’s eyes never strayed from its arc, even as his feet raced to keep up. The ball started its sharp descent and appeared destined to become a one-out double or…
Read MoreBuyer’s Remorse
The Chron E-Board pretty much admitted that they goofed big time when they endorsed Alexandra Mealer for Harris County Judge. A classic case of buyer’s remorse. Dummies. This is what was posted online yesterday from the Chron E-Board. First the headline here: Editorial: Mealer, return your big donations from far right megadonors Here is how…
Read MoreTragic and Sad
46 years ago today was the last time a Democrat carried Texas in a presidential election. Commentary is talking about Jimmy Carter in 1976. I was heavily involved in the effort here in the state. _____ Eye opening. Tragic. Sad. Revealing. Heartbreaking. These are a few of the words to describe the article that was…
Read MoreRain Delay
This morning I went out to fetch the Chron on my front yard. It was still dark. A coyote scooted past me down my street. That is a first. A coyote on my street. _____ You know school vouchers are bad public policy when not even Texas GOP legislators can agree on the issue. _____…
Read MoreHappy Halloween
We all knew it was just a matter of time. The “we” are folks like Commentary who have called out the GOP haters. The demonization and hating of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi by the GOP. This is what you get. Phony arse GOPers who are reaching out to Speaker Pelosi. Donald Trump’s punk kid…
Read MoreCommissioners Court of Color
The lead front page story in today’s hard copy is about the Uvalde families and the DPS honcho they want to resign or get fired. We know arsehole Gov. Greg Abbott is gutless and won’t fire DPS Director Steve McCraw. The Latino police chief of Uvalde CISD was canned. A Latina DPS trooper stepped down.…
Read MoreOur 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…
Read MoreHome 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…
Read MoreNot 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…
Read MoreWorld 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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