Who is Funding Traci Gibson for Harris County Democratic Chair?

January 22, 2026

You might recognize some of these names. And you might be disappointed.

Traci Gibson is a newly appointed Precinct Chair with a sparse Democratic voting record. She didn’t vote in the 2020, 2022, or 2024 primary. She hasn’t been in the field. She hasn’t been involved with county politics. She woke up one morning and decided to lead the 3rd largest county in the United States as Chair of the Democratic Party. As one current Precinct Chair has said:

We should also ask ourselves: Why is she running? {But please don’t ask her why she’s running. She’s blown up on a few people for simply asking this simple question. And more importantly — who is behind her?  The speed and style of her campaign suggest that she has powerful backers. Some have speculated about outside influences. Regardless of who’s funding or guiding her, it’s clear that her run is highly coordinated. Her lack of disclosure about her true intentions during meetings with Precinct Chairs — many of whom were invited under the impression that the meetings were not campaign-related — is especially troubling.

So who is funding her campaign. Gibson did outraise our current Chair who was busy raising money for our party and for the 2026 elections in November. According to her report she raised $70,028, spent $17,416, and has a Cash on Hand of $52,612. There are a couple of names on the list of donors that concern and surprise me. Here are the donors who gave $500 or more for a total of $42,000.

By the way, our Chair has provided steady leadership. He is doing what he is supposed to be doing, raising money. He pulled our Party out of a financial hole. He has served the Party honorably. As my dad used to say when I had the hood of the car open, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!”.

5000Gibson, Theresa
5000Ayers, Tiecia
3312.5Gibson, Traci
2500Pittman, Aubrey Nick
2250Brown, Jeremy
2000LaMarr, BIvory
1500Green, Ronald
1367Ayers, Tiecia
1110Gibson, Theresa
1050Douglas, Durrel
1000Bell, Je’Freshia
1000Phillips, James
1000Irvin, Cheryl
1000Jones, Ashley
1000Miles, Borris
1000Branch, III, Theldon R.
1000Riggs, Carolyn
865.46Brown, Jeremy
500Reid, Rachel
500Gibson, David
500Comer, Arielle
500Blue, Alfred
500Benoit, Alfred
500Oginni, George
500Demuren, Samantha
500Ulmer, Gregory
500Wesley II, Waymond
500Bell, Je’Freshia
500Anderson III, David
500Blue, R. J.
500Rios, Aleida
500Jones, Rodney
500Dunham, Mark
500Ulmer, Gregory
500Reid, Rachel
500Jones, Dallas

Buying the Texas AG’s Office by Candidate “Money” Mayes Middleton

January 20, 2026

This what happens when we allow christian nationalist billionaires control our lives.

Bay Area’s State Senator “Money” Mayes Middleton, after spending millions of his own money to secure his State House seat and State Senate seat, he now has his bank account set on becoming Texas Attorney General. In his first campaign finance report Mayes raised $973,735, spent $7,133,607, and has a Cash On Hand balance of $5,098,210. None of this makes cents but….

The $973,735, does not include Money’s personal fortune. Of the total raised $11,819,527, $10,000,000 came from his own pocket. Of the $973,735 actually raised, $720,393 came from out of the district including, Midland, San Antonio, Dallas, and others. This represents 74% of his total fundraising efforts. 54% of this actual fundraising, $526,653, came from deep pocket donations of $10,000 or more.

If elected Money has pledged to rid the State of “Sharia Law”, which doesn’t exist in the United States, and replace it with his Christian Nationalists ideologies whether you like it or not. He will promote law and order, except for the Jan 6 rioters and he will replace Ken Paxton’s on the ass of Trump. That is what money can do for “Money” Mayes Middleton.

Summary:

Total Raised as Reported$11,819,527100%
Personal Donation$10,000,00085%
Spent$7,133,607
Cash On Hand$5,098,210
Actually Raised$973,735
Out of District Donations$720,39374%
Deep Pocket Donations$526,65354%
Donations From Constituents18730226%

Deep Pocket Donations:

Oberndorf ,William50,000.00Oberndorf EnterprisesSan Francisco
Scharbauer ,Chris25,000.00Scharbauer ManagementAmarillo
Hardeman ,Will25,000.00Continental Auto GroupAustin
Jauer ,Brad25,000.00GulfTex Energy LLCBoerne
Montgomery ,Bennett25,000.00Uncaton HospitalityDallas
Rowling ,Robert25,000.00TRT HoldingsDallas
Swinbank ,Joseph25,000.00The Sprint CompaniesHouston
Elswick ,Roger20,000.00Community AutoHouston
Gilliam Jr ,Frosty15,000.00AGHorn Operating IncOdessa
McGill ,John10,331.00SelfCypress
Hankamer ,Emerson10,331.00Vacation PublicationsHouston
Crew ,Paxton10,330.58Crew Law FirmFriendswood
Hankamer ,Emerson10,330.58Vacation PublicationsHouston
Scott ,James10,330.58Trans-Global Solutions, Inc.Nederland
Oden JR ,Edwin10,000.00Oden HughesAusitn
Gore ,Rex10,000.00CleanScapesAustin
Gore ,Rex10,000.00CleanScapesAustin
Hock ,Stacy10,000.00retiredAustin
Lonsdale ,Joe10,000.008VCAustin
Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC10,000.00Austin
Halili ,Raz10,000.00Business OwnerBacliff
Popolo ,Joe10,000.00Charles� Potomac Capital, LLCDallas
Thompson ,Jim10,000.00Preston Hollow CommunityDallas
Hunt ,Woody10,000.00Hunt CompaniesEl Paso
Hunt ,Woody10,000.00Hunt CompaniesEl Paso
Jones ,Jonathan10,000.00SelfHattiesburg
Austin ,Brian10,000.00Alliance ResidentialHouston
Dennard ,Ryan10,000.00Criss Cross Commercial Group Houston
Gulf States Toyota State PAC10,000.00Houston
Gulf States Toyota Inc State PAC10,000.00Houston
Nick Long Campaign10,000.00League City
E & S Joseph Family Partnership LTD10,000.00Longview
Frasken Management LLC10,000.00Midland
Poole ,Gregory10,000.00Barbers Hill ISDMont Belvieu
Isbell ,JJ10,000.00TTEPasadena
Isbell ,J.J.10,000.00Texas TranseasternPasadena
Lewis ,Rod10,000.00Lewis Energy GroupSan Antonio
Del Papa ,Larry10,000.00Del Papa Distributing CompanyTexas City

Raising Campaign Cash: Bob Mitchell for Bay Area State Representative

January 19, 2026

Mitchell also has a $50,000 outstanding loan.

Since announcing for State Representative for the Bay Area Bob Mitchell has raised $91,831. 60% of the total, $55,719, came from Associated Republicans of Texas Campaign Fund out of Austin. They have provided research, mailers, push cards, and polling.

$25,000 came from Joan McKinney of Norman Frede Chevrolet. These two donors make up 88% of all his donations. 74% of his donations came from out of district. At least he isn’t taking money from billionaires with ties to Nick Fuentes.

There is a better choice in this race.


Scott Bowen’s Billionaire Buddy’s Donations

January 19, 2026

Bowen’s Billionaire Buddies are back.

Scott Bowen continues to fund his campaigns with money from his billionaire buddies, Timothy Dunn and Farris Wilks. As you may remember Dunn and Wilks created Defend Texas Liberty PAC and funneled money into the CCISD elections after encouragement from CCISD Trustee Scott Bowen. The PAC later disbanded after being caught meeting with Nick Fuentes a known white supremacist.  But they are back under a new name Texans United for a Conservative Majority. (TUCM)

Bowen raised a total of $122,751 since running for State Representative. Of that amount, 48% came from two donors. $25,000 came from TUCM and $35,000 came from Texans for Lawsuit Reform. TLR has raised millions to support candidates who will pledge to limit our rights to our civil court system. More on them later.

80% of his donations, $97,638 came from out of the district with about $1000 coming from out of State. Over $1000 came from Chris Russo. As was posted before:

Chris Russo. (More on Chris below) Director of Texans for Strong Borders. Was seen chauffeuring Fuentes to and from the meeting at Pale Horse Strategies this month. Multiple people, who asked not to be named to avoid drawing the attention of white nationalists, told the Tribune that Russo has ties to Fuentes’ so-called “groyper” movement. 

Bowen also has a $50,000 outstanding loan. There are better choices for House District 129. Do your own research.


Cartel Member Running for Congress?

January 18, 2026

What the living f***?

Alex Mealer, formerly known as Alexandria Del Moral Mealer, is running for Texas Congressional District 9. She is pictured here dressed up like a cartel member. Like a tough guy. Macho. This pic is from her TV ad. She is running against State Representative “Little Baby” Briscoe Cain. Both of them are gun nuts. Both have little regard for those killed by gun violence including the 19 children killed in Uvalde. It is sickening but this is the republican shoot first, forget later, party.

Mealer ran against Lina Hidalgo back in 2022 and lost by a slim margin. Mattress MAGAt Mac spent millions trying to get her elected. After losing, as many republicans did she whined and sued. And lost. So now she is going to run as a cartel member. There are better candidates to vote for. Go do your own research.


It’s Officially Over. La Marque Recall Fails. Legal Action May Follow

January 17, 2026

Don’t hold your breath for Councilman Lowry to file a suit against the city. He is like a constipated two year old. He can’t do shit.

The Chicken Little of La Marque Texas has failed. Womp Womp. The Galveston County News had an excellent article about the failed recall of the Mayor. If you can, take a few minutes to read it, but let me summarize. Lowry is blaming the City Clerk for not giving him enough signature sheets. He had plenty and wasn’t able to even fill those up. He is blaming the city and threatening a lawsuit as I posted earlier, demanding 100 billion dollars. (actually it is $750,000) He acknowledged the recall effort failed. According to the article:

Lowry late Tuesday had not provided documentation supporting his allegation of criminal conduct. The city clerk had not been charged with any offense, and no law enforcement agency had announced an investigation related to the matter.

So now what? Lowry ain’t going to sue anyone for anything. If he does he will have to go through a process called discovery and disclose all of his so called “evidence” of the crimes the Mayor committed as Lowry claimed on the recall petition. Lowry ain’t that stupid. If he is and does file suit then his 5 years of undercover investigative journalism against the Mayor will finally pay off, for everyone but Lowry. It will probably show he was passing around false information on the petition, possibly a felony offense. But don’t hold your breath. He has made threats before and hasn’t done shit. Much like Chicken Little yelling “The sky is falling” Lowry is yelling “Criminal Activity”.

Lowry is now in deflection mode and has resorted to posting pictures of himself with wads of cash, cash he could have used to pay his damn taxes and liens by the IRS, the State, and the City.


Scott Bowen: I’ll Fight to Cut School Funding. Again

January 14, 2026

As I said before, if elected former CCISD Trustee Scott Bowen will take a knee to Greg Abbott.

Following Greg Abbotts lead Scott Bowen is literally running on abolishing property taxes, the taxes that are used to fund CCISD, your city, your county, flooding projects, roads, law enforcement, etc, etc. It’s as if everything will magically become “free” like a socialist. Bowen championed Abbott’s school voucher gimmick while on the CCISD school board. CCISD voters threw his ass out because of that. Now as a candidate for State Representative he will continue his fight to cut school funding. Take a minute to watch this cringe worthy Facebook Ad.

Ending property taxes with the stroke of a pen might get the brain dead excited but eventually you have to ask “Who is going to pay for all of this free stuff?”. I’ll give you a hint, you are. Somehow you will pay for the free stuff. Money has to come from somewhere. Yes property taxes are high. This is a result of the leadership by the Republican Party over the last 30 years. This isn’t a new problem in fact this problem was created by the Republican Party and now Scott Bowen is going to ride in and solve a problem his party created?

Anyone with a lick of sense would address the problem at the root. Property taxes are based on home values. Home values have skyrocketed leaving most with no chance of owning a home. Couple that with the crippling cost of home insurance and you have a serious problem that must be addressed.

Bowen has a history of causing chaos on the CCISD school board. He has a history of being unable to lead or working with others. He has no idea what he is doing, or going to do besides taking a knee for Abbott.

Jesus folks. There is a better candidate for State Representative running against Bowen.


Councilman Threatens Legal Action against La Marque Residents

January 11, 2026

This is getting old.

La Marque City Councilman Joseph Lowry, AKA Chicken Little, is at it again. According to Lowry he has been running in circles for 5 years exposing criminal activity, bribes, cabal-ing, yada yada and yet like a constipated two year old he ain’t doing shit. Now he is threatening a lawsuit against the citizens of La Marque because he needs a distraction from his failed recall petition.

Lowry has posted a confidential pre-suit notice to social media. (so much for being confidential) It looks like an AI generated legal document. He is good at using AI. He makes claims about the City Clerk, the Mayor, and others claiming civil rights violations, yada, yada. He is demanding restitution of $750,000 from the citizens of La Marque. It’s hard to read. It makes you want to sit back and tell Chicken Little to cluck off and STFU. Seriously. This is embarrassing. Hell I’m embarrassed for writing about it.

This pre-suit is about Lowry’s failed attempt at obtaining enough signatures for a petition to recall the Mayor. Lowry has until Tuesday to submit his petitions for the County to verify. As I said earlier he has probably failed and is now looking for a scapegoat. I doubt he will make his petitions public for the citizens of La Marque to see, but if he files suit he will be forced to submit to discovery. If you want to waste some time you can read the entire document at The Mark, a Facebook page documenting Lowry’s daily stupidity. I suggest doing something more productive like eating day old sushi at your local gas station.

The City Council meeting on Monday ought to be interesting.

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Did the La Marque Mayor Recall Fail?

January 9, 2026

La Marque’s Chicken Little is clucking mad!

La Marque City Councilman Joseph Lowry might have failed to obtain enough signatures to force a recall of the Mayor and he is madder than a wet hen. Mr. Chicken Little went to social media to blame the City Clerk claiming he wasn’t given enough signature sheets. These sheets cannot be copied and must be obtained from the city and have a city stamp.

According to a whiny ass video, Mr. Little posted to Facebook, the clerk gave him enough petition sheets for 750 signatures. (I thought he only needed about 500 signatures) He now claims he asked for more and she refused. Of course he claims she is a “criminal”. He claims he whined to the police and they wouldn’t take any action. He then starts whining about the tax increases and some other crap once again calling everyone a criminal including the Mayor, Council Members, and the Clerk. He even starts blaming the District Attorney’s office and demands action. The video is 6 minutes of red faced stupidity. He might want to check his blood pressure.

I wouldn’t trust Mr. Little’s word. He is probably just trying to blame someone else for his stupid stunt that probably has failed miserably. I bet he obtained less than 100 signatures. Of course he can make the signature sheets public record to prove that I am full of wit but you have a better chance of Lowry passing up a donut shop without stopping.

The City Clerk needs to tell Chicken Little to cluck off. Lowry was last seen running around in circles, flapping his arms and yelling about someone being a criminal.


Texas Insurance Commissioner to Retire in February

January 8, 2026

According to the Texas Department of Insurance the Commissioner, Cassie Brown, will be retiring in 2026. She held the position after only 4 years and will leave the state in a horrible situation with rates skyrocketing across the state especially in the Bay Area. Brown was appointed by Governor Abbott. She will leave her position on February 2. Abbott will appoint a new one to serve until the election in November. 

Brown was the speaker for the Clear Lake Chamber of Commerce back in the Summer. 

After telling the business community how wonderful the TDI has protected the consumer from the rising cost of insurance and explaining why rates are so high, she left the stage, took no questions, and quickly left the building. Many in the crowd were not  happy especially those at my table.

Insurance on all levels will be on the ballot this November. We need to demand action from our candidates. I have made it clear that this insurance issue is NOT a political issue. It affects all of us no matter what side of the aisle you are on. It affects owners, businesses, schools, insurance agents, realtors, and others.

It’s not a political issue but only our politicians can address this and if our elected officials refuse to address the problem, then we need new politicians. Elections are coming in November of 2026. Know who is running and vote your pocket book and your values. Demand all  candidates running for office address the issue with their plans to solve the problem.


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