Investigation Unveils Ethics Violations in Houston City Election

June 23, 2025

This Ethics Commission investigation involves City Council Member Nan Huffman, Tony Buzbee, The Houston Hispanic PAC, The Harris Progressive PAC and an unknown candidate for office, Enyinna Isiguzo. The Houston Chronicle wrote a detailed article prior to the election.

Background
During the city election of 2023 Buzbee, Huffman, and Isiguzo ran for City Council District G, the River Oaks area. Isiguzo had no money, no background, and no business running, but he did. Someone sent out glossy mailers supporting him. Other mailers attacked Huffman in an attempt to draw enough votes away from her. Isiguzo drew 11% of the vote and forced a runoff which Huffman later won. An ethics complaint was filed and the Texas Ethics Commission investigated and assess a fine of $12,500.

Who sent the mailers?
The mailers were printed by Long Printing and paid for by the Houston Hispanic PAC and the Harris County Progressive PAC. Neither PAC filed with the Texas Ethics Commission. They spent over $29,000 on the mailers. An ethics complaint was filed and the registered agent was fined $12,500. The mailers also had a fake Union logo which could lead to a fine of up to $10,000. Falsifying a union label is consider a breach of federal trademark registration and copyright, according to the Houston Chronicle.

Falsifying a union label is considered a breach of the federal trademark registration and copyright laws, said Oscar Lopez, president of Houston’s Printing, Packaging, Production Workers Union Local Chapter 4535M.

Who is the Houston Hispanic PAC and the Harris County Progressive PAC
The HHPAC was created in 2016 according to the Secretary of State. I found no information about the Harris County Progressive PAC. Both are not registered with the Texas Ethics Commission. Neither have any association with the Harris County Democratic Party. Isiguzo ran as the “progressive” candidate in the deep red district.

Who is Daysi Marin?
Daysi Marin is the registered agent of the HHPAC and is good friends with Gilbert Garcia. Garcia ran for Mayor in 2023. He was also the treasurer for Tony Buzbee. Marin has been featured on Garcia’s talk show in the past. Marin was the Vice President of the Texas Democratic Women’s organization but was removed from her position. According to the TEC, Marin ignored the Ethics Commission’s complaint. She did not respond to the complaint and failed to attend the informal or formal hearings. The hearing video concerning this complaint is available here starting at 3:50:22. In short, she ignored the complaint, she hindered the investigation, and the TEC fined her $12,500. You can read all of the details in the Order and Agreed Resolution here.

Who is Enyinna Isiguzo?
Good question. Little is known about Enyinna. A google search reveals little. His campaign finance reports shows he spent just $150 of his own money. Buzbee spent millions in his losing effort while Huffman spent a couple hundred thousand. His treasurer was Heather Riley of Houston. According to the Chronicle he knew nothing about the expenditures in his favor.

“I don’t even know who those people are,” Isiguzo said. “I would definitely like to find out who paid for that, too, because they didn’t tell me anything.”

Conclusion
I am sure everyone can connect the dots between Marin, Garcia and Buzbee. Marin will probably never pay the $12,5000 fine just like Harris County Department of Education Trustee, Eric Dick. The Texas AG will write a sternly written letter threatening legal action and then will do nothing. The TEC does not have enforcement authority so this will be just another of many unpaid fines. The entire event almost succeeded and could lay the foundation for others interested in swaying an election.

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WTF is wrong with you: Galveston Municipal Police Association.

June 21, 2025

What a bunch of assholes.

Yesterday the Galveston Municipal Police Association thought it would be cute to post the above on their social media platform after former President Joe Biden visited the island for the Juneteenth celebration. They received a boatload of comments, mostly negative, including one simply saying “What a bunch of assholes”. That was me. They have since TACOed and removed the post.

The GMPA is a non profit organization and according to their Facebook page “GMPA was formed to represent the interests and concerns of police officers within the Galveston Police Department”. They have a PAC that raised just over $15,000 in 2024 spending over $8,000 on the services of Wayne Dolcefino instead of an actual website. Dolcefino is a former journalist with KTRK. According to the Houston Chronicle Dolcefino torpedoed Turner’s chances for Mayor with a story that was deemed to be false. A jury awarded Turner $5.5 Million. Dolcefino is now a glorified blogger.

Biden’s visit was greatly appreciated by those attending the celebration. While in office Biden made Juneteenth a federal holiday. On June 19, 1865 enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas, were finally informed of their freedom, two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation.

The GMPA honored those who celebrated the occasion by being a bunch of assholes. It’s as if their goddamn parents didn’t instill a lick of fucking sense when it comes to shutting the fuck up. Sometimes that is all you have to do, just shut the fuck up, to act like a fucking human being.

You can contact these assholes at (409) 766-2118.

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League City Mayor Nick Long’s Social Media Meltdown.

June 20, 2025
Galveston County Daily News

La Marque was on the edge of taking over the chaos in the city until Nick Long found a keyboard.

You would think the Mayor of League City would learn to read the room and STFU especially after this buddy Justin Hicks passed the chaos torch to La Marque and resigned. But the peaceful protest in his city against his lord and savior, Donald Trump, triggered him.

The protest was a huge success with almost 1000 showing up in a deep, deep, red area of Texas. The police did a great job and were greatly appreciated. The Trump supporters arrived in the single digits, at most 9 at one time. They had more signs than people to hold them. That didn’t stop Long from making ignorant comments on social media and commenting on a made-up claim about being harassed. (That didn’t happen)

He claimed that Elon Musk’s AI app, Grok, estimated just 350. Grok and Elon are NAZI trash. Besides, why in the fuck would Long care? It was a successful and peaceful protest. No one brought guns. No one stormed city hall. No one beat up or killed a cop. No one was flying NAZI or Confederate flags. League City received praise for all of this from the Galveston Daily News. All Long should have done was take credit for it, thank the protestors and the police, and go do something more productive like picking on the Gay Community. Again.

Here are pics of Long’s anti-protestors:

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SpaceXplosion. Boca Chica, we have a problem.

June 19, 2025
Facebook Video.

Another Xplosion.

SpaceXplosion has a serious systemic problem. How many more explosions is the FAA going to tolerate before they determine the root cause of these mishaps. How many more explosions will the local residents tolerate? Who has to die before someone makes SpaceX stand down until they determine WTF is going on?

The video to the left is disturbing. Not only was the vehicle destroyed but the pad was destroyed and I would bet homes in the area might have damage. There is probably environmental damage as well. But watch that video and count between the time you see the explosion and the time you hear it. The people who took the video was just over a mile away. I was able to get a pass on “The Causeway” to see a Shuttle Launch many years ago. That location was about 8 miles away. My parents were VIPs at the visitor center which was just over 3 miles away. You can actually hear the person who took the video comment about the heat from the Xplosion. They were that close.

After this many accidents SpaceX needs to stand down and determine the root cause of the multiple failures. Calling the explosions cute names like a RUD “Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly” isn’t funny anymore. These accidents have become a RUFUS “Rapid Unscheduled Fuck Ups”.

You can watch the official SpaceX video below. If you watch from a couple of minutes before the explosion you will hear them talking about a June 29 launch and what I consider as an unprofessional attitude to a very serious endeavor. They then reference to the event as a RUD but then simply refer to it as what it really happened. It blew up.

Again.

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CliffNotes: The Political Chaos in La Marque

June 18, 2025

It is pretty damn ugly.

Dolph Tillotson lives in Galveston and is a member of The Daily News editorial board. He wrote a column “Politics in La Marque has descended into dysfunction“. I believe Tillotson is a Conservative (not a MAGAt) and his comments are spot on. Take a moment to read it.

Background:
So in a nutshell what is happening in La Marque and why? The chaos in La Marque is mostly due to one person, Council Member Joseph Lowry. Lowry won his seat in District C just over a year ago and has brought divisiveness, pettiness, and chaos into city politics. He claims to be a “journalist” writing on a Facebook page with childish comments and doctored pictures of his fellow Council Members. His claims of corruption have been baseless and his personal attacks on members of Council and citizens have grown old. His pettiness makes my pettiness look petty. The infighting caused by Lowry was the main reason for a Council Member to resign his seat. You can search the Galveston Daily News for many articles concerning Lowry here.

Multiple Censures and Suits:
Lowry has been censured a number of times by Council. He has been sued by members of City Council for harassment. He owns a concrete business and is being sued by one of his competitors for defamation. He is being sued by Galveston County for unpaid taxes amounting to $43,000. There has been a complaint filed concerning his application for $50,000 in COVID related relief. He has a very troubling criminal past in Washington State which called for a decision on whether he is legally qualified for his position. (The Council took the issue up and took no action.) He has sued the City for breach of his 1st Amendment rights. A federal Judge sided with the City.

Failed Recalls:
According to the Galveston County News Lowry orchestrated a number of failed recalls. One concerning a tax rollback and a couple concerning the Mayor. Needless to say his time on Council probably isn’t the most productive. The article documents a profaned laced interaction with a city resident which was highly criticized by City Council.

Cease and Desist:
And recently his harassment of the new City Manager, JP Pritchett, took a nasty turn. Lowry, along with the City and the Chief of Police, was served with a Cease and Desist order from attorneys representative Mr. Pritchett. This C&D claims he has been harassed, threats made, and has been stalked by Lowry. The order specifically demanded the following:

The letter goes on to demand that Lowry cease and desist from making any further false statements, harassment, threats, and stalking of Mr. Pritchett. They ask for the City to take immediate action to prevent Lowry from accessing city facilities where Mr. Pritchett works and to prevent any further release of private or confidential information.

You can read the entire C&D here.

The Recall:
Lowry has used his Facebook page to harass members of the community and in return they have filed a Recall Petition. The community members are actively obtaining signatures to force a recall vote. Unfortunately these recalls are relatively expensive but based upon Lowry’s actions it may be the only action the city can take. If the recall is successful then an election must be held to fill the seat.

Film at 11.

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Republicans Denounce Kim Oggs Endorsement

June 17, 2025

Its Ogg. Ugh.

Former District Attorney Kim Ogg just can’t keep out of the press. Yesterday she called for the Gang Of Phuckers (GOP) to take over Harris County. Ogg might want to read the room and then consider leaving. It’s like being at a party without an invitation. Eventually someone is going to ask “Who the fuck invited you?”.

If she hasn’t been keeping abreast of the news lately, the Republicans are as popular as herpes at a hot tub party, or as an aunt crashing your high school sleep over, or a rocking chair at a long tailed cat convention. You get the idea. The republican name is crap. It’s shit. They have become Trump. They have become lying, cheating, grifting, whiny little bitches. Everything they say is a lie. Everything they do is to please Trump. They have their lips firmly attached to Trump’s ass. They will turn on each other like a pack of hyenas trying to share a warthog. Sucking up to them at this time might not be the best idea for good reason.

The lying, cheating, whiny little bitches don’t like Ogg. They don’t want her endorsement. The face of the party doesn’t need to be Kim Ogg. The Democrats made that real clear back in 2024 defeating her by 50 points in the primary. In her last term her divisiveness was on an epic level, one the party could no longer tolerate. She needed to just move on but instead she is moving into the other party that didn’t invite her.

Responses from the Republican Party was swift: A Precinct Chair said “Who?”. Greg Abbott said “Kim is just what we need to take attention off of my very popular voucher plan and the waste of our National Guard resources.” Lt Governor Patrick was quoted “I will beat off all those who attack my plan to ban THC”. Senator Ted Cruz stated “Kim Ogg? I’ve never met her.”

Yep. It’s satire. But I would be very cautious about an invitation to a hot tub party hosted by the Republican Party.

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League City Mayor, Nick Long, controversy. Again.

June 16, 2025

La Marque City Council was successfully wrestling the title of “most controversial” away from League City until yesterday.

Nick Long might want to put his hatred for the gay community on hold for a bit. He might want to stop believing every white wing post on twitter. He might want to get back to doing the work of the city like providing outstanding support to the protest held on Saturday. And he might want to read the room. Being a hateful dick is becoming very unpopular.

Yesterday Long had to make a stupid comment on a post concerning the New York Mets. The Mets were celebrating Pride month and during the National Anthem the TV screen briefly showed the pride flag. So Long had to make his ignorant comment claiming the Mets had replaced the American Flag with the pride flag. How fucking stupid is Long to believe something that incredibly stupid. Long actually isn’t stupid. He knew this was total bullshit but he wanted to show off his hate for a select group of people in League City like he did when he supported Justin Hicks book ban.

This is who he is.

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More Disturbing Details from the La Marque Council Meeting

June 11, 2025

And now, the rest of the story.

Yesterday I wrote about the La Marque City Council meeting and the censure vote of Councilman Joseph Lowry. The city attorney, sitting next to Lowry, was advising council not to take up the censure of Lowry based upon something the city had just received. What was received wasn’t disclosed to Council. Until now.

The letter (below) was a Cease and Desist Letter from the Boswell Law Firm addressed to Councilman Joseph Lowry, the Chief of Police Randal Aragon, and the City of La Marque concerning defamation, harassment and threatening conduct. The lawyers were representing the new City Manager J.B. Pritchett. The letter documents defamatory, threatening statements by Lowry and threats by Aragon to convene a grand jury, stalking and tracking of Pritchett, unauthorized disclosure of private information, and failure of the City of La Marque to provide a safe work environment.

The letter goes on to demand that Lowry cease and desist from making any further false statements, harassment, threats, and stalking of Mr. Pritchett. They ask for the City to take immediate action to prevent Lowry from accessing city facilities where Mr. Pritchett works and to prevent any further release of private or confidential information.

Needless to say this is some pretty crazy shit. Now you know why the City Attorney cautioned the Council from taking any further action on the Lowry censure. You can read the entire letter below.

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The Political Freak Show of the Bay Area. La Marque.

June 10, 2025

Move over League City.

The City of La Marque has taken over the unfortunate side show of League City. I don’t believe any of the members of the city council are contributing to this show unlike what happened in League City with the book banning and other issues but they have to deal with it. The video of last nights meeting to address a censure of City Councilman Joseph Lowry wasn’t pretty. The segment starts at 1:51:48 and lasts for about an hour.

In public comments a couple of citizens made complaints concerning Lowry and his acceptance of $50,000 in COVID relief funds, his history of bullying citizens, and the recall petition filed last week. That segment starts at 21:43.

At the end of the meeting a censure resolution was discussed at 1:55:07 with Councilman James Ross taking the floor. This censure has something to do with an email sent by Lowry making accusations and disparaging remarks towards members of Council. The email was enough for Ross to file a complaint. At one point the legal advisor asked that the censure be tabled in order to address the legal implications of the email and the possible exposure of the city to legal action.

During his rebuttal Lowry made an accusation towards another member concerning his proposed Lego store. (I believe he is trying to open a legos store in an unused mall) He made a reference to children which prompted the member to stand from his chair and the Mayor to stop the discussion. You can watch that at 1:57:58.

In the end Lowry made a motion to censure himself for “exercising his first amendment rights”. It failed. The next censure item was tabled at the request of legal counsel. For the most part the council meeting was cordial and professional except for the discussion concerning Lowry.

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Local School to Host Convicted Jan 6 Rioter

June 9, 2025
FILE PHOTO: ear gas is released into a crowd of protesters, with one wielding a Confederate battle flag that reads “Come and Take It,” during clashes with Capitol police at a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S, January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

No Place but Texas. And Alvin.

The Bay Area chapter of True Texas Project is holding their next meeting at a private school in Alvin, Apogee Gulf Coast. (Kind of far away from the Bay Area, more on that later) Their host for the evening is convicted Jan 6 rioter Treniss Evans who was sentenced to 3 years probation. You can read the entire indictment here. In conclusion the indictment states:

Evans knowingly and voluntarily admits to all the elements of Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1752(a)(1). Specifically, Evans admits that he knowingly entered and remained in a restricted building and grounds, that is, any posted, cordoned-off, and otherwise restricted area within the United States Capitol and its grounds, where the Vice President and Vice President-elect were temporarily visiting, without lawful authority to do so.

Treniss is now the founder of Condemned USA, an organization claiming to provide legal assistance to those affected by the”government overreach” such as the Jan 6 insurrectionists. He is making the tour of republican clubs and organizations. When asked about this meeting, Apogee Gulf Coast claims they are not a political organization. That may be true but they might want to research the far white political groups they are catering to.

Who is True Texas Project?
The Southern Poverty Law Center has added the True Texas Project to their list of extremist organizations categorized as a general anti-government organization. The Bay Area local chapter was banned from holding meetings at the Webster Presbyterian Church after the elders learned of their background. They moved to the Holiday Inn for a number of months but are now at Apogee.

The local group has attempted to enter the League City elections by holding a forum for the candidates. Only one candidate accepted the invitation. TTP is considered so extreme even the extremists of the Republican Party refused to participate in their birthday celebration. The venue, The Fort Worth Botanic Garden stated the event would not be held there, and that it “rejects all forms of hate speech, discrimination, or bigotry.” According to The Texas Tribune:

Billed as the 15th anniversary celebration for True Texas Project, the conference agenda claims that there is a “war on white America,” and urges attendees to embrace once-fringe ideologies such as Christian nationalism or the Great Replacement Theory, which claims that there is an intentional, often Jewish-driven, effort to destroy white people through immigration, interracial marriage or the LGBTQ+ community.

Local politicians support
Our local elected officials State Representative Dennis Paul and CCISD Trustee Scott Bowen have been guest speakers to the organization. Paul is now running for the Senate and Bowen is running for State Representative.

Funding
TTP has been funded by the Scott Bowen’s billionaire buddies, Timothy Dunn and Farris Wilks, with $40,0000 coming from their new PAC Texans for a Conservative Majority. Their former PAC, Defend Texas Liberty, was disbanded after The Texas Tribune exposed them for meeting with Nick Fuentes, a known white supremacist.

Apogee might want to reconsider who they associate with.

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