Election Turmoil: The Higginbotham and Hicks Saga

March 9, 2025

The signs are out on the streets yet City Council has not authorized an election to replace Justin Hicks who resigned last week after month of turmoil. Scott Higginbotham, who lost to Council Member Tom Crews in 2024, got a jump on City Council and has put up signs throughout the city. In that election he lost by just a few hundred votes while his buddy Justin Hicks easily won by 10 points, not vote, points. Go figure. I had expected the Higginbotham/Hicks team to win. Maybe Higginbotham didn’t have enough baggage like Hicks had. As I said in a previous post:

Justin ran on his credentials of being a MAGAt conservative and decorated Iraq war veteran. The voters gave Hicks a pass on his inability to be honest about his campaign finance reports, hold a job, pay his bills, or his filing for bankruptcy. Someone with this type of record should never get near an elected office. Yet the same voters who put Hicks back in office also re-elected a true conservative, Tom Crews. They voted from one extreme to common decency.

Higginbotham self financed his campaign with over $20,000 and a donation from Nick Long’s PAC. He has an Ethics Commission investigation for this donation. Higginbotham gave Long’s PAC $5000 who then gave $5000 to Parabellum Media LLC in support of Higginbotham. It’s very strange and worth looking into.

But make no mistake about it. Higginbotham is endorsed by Hicks, the Mayor and Council Member Tom Cones who refused to call for Hicks’ resignation. Higginbotham’s ethics complaint might be resolved this month before the election. Until then it is clear Hicks 2.0 is going to be on the ballot.

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Update on Eric Dick and the dead guy

March 8, 2025

I don’t know what to believe.

Eric Dick, HCDE Trustee and an insurance attorney, was given till March 7th to explain why it looks like a dead guy signed documents that he submitted in a case against Allstate. According to a previous post:

Today a Judge signed an order claiming Dick filed an affidavit from an expert named Richard Gadnow. The affidavit claims Gadnow had inspected a home and found damage. The signed affidavit by Gadnow was filed almost a year AFTER Gadnow died from brain cancer.

Dick claimed the Richard Gadnow who inspected the property and signed the documents was not the deceased but his son who is quite alive. Yesterday Dick filed a response which included his response, a declaration from the son, and a declaration from the Notary Public who witnessed the signature process. None of these documents were notarized but then again I don’t believe that is required. You can view the response from Dick here.

So now the ball is in the Judges court.

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Why did SpaceX have another RUFUS? (Rapid Unscheduled F*** Ups)

March 7, 2025

It’s the second time SpaceX blew up within a few months. This is not normal.

One of the last classes I took at NASA was a course concerning Root Cause Analysis. It was a class teaching how NASA conducts an investigation to determine the cause of an accident. NASA has standards to determine if an independent RCA is to be conducted. At the time I believe the standards included the loss of life, or injury to an individual, and/or the loss of a mission that is over $1 Million. The Challenger and Columbia accidents are examples. Unlike these two SpaceX accidents did not result in a loss of life but they have all resulted in huge economical impacts.

At the time of the class SpaceX had just experienced one of their many accidents. I asked if NASA would be involved in this RCA. The instructor was reluctant to address this because the contract between NASA and SpaceX allowed them to self investigate their accidents. So SpaceX has investigated over and over again and yet their RUFUS continue. Something is truly f***ed up.

As with any other NASA investigation an independent group of experts perform a deep dive into the accident and will issue a detailed report. Have w never seen a detailed report from SpaceX? All we read about the accidents are what SpaceX gives to the media and then the accidents continue.

Maybe one day SpaceX will stop learning from their fuck ups and start learning how to prevent their fuck ups. This isn’t a fucking game. This explosion cause air traffic to stop on the east coast. I spewed debris over the launch area. If the root cause of these accidents is not adequately investigated what else could we lose?

BTW. Fuck Musk.

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Is Sheriff Fullen Above the Law? An Investigation

March 6, 2025

No Place But Texas. Literally.

OMG if Galveston County’s Sheriff Jimmy Fullen was named Hunter Biden he would have been cancelled yesterday. Instead Fullen has hired Tony Buzbee, the guy who got Texas Attorney General off the hook in his impeachment trial and has filed a lawsuit against the Commission On Law Enforcement (TCOLE). As you might remember TCOLE called for suspending Fullen’s law license because he did what Hunter Biden did, he falsified government documents. This is what TCOLE stated concerning Fullen:

Specifically, Respondent omitted, failed to disclose, or provided false or untruthful information related to job experience, having been disciplined at work, having been fired or asked to resign from a place of employment, having been accused of discrimination, having been the subject of a written complaint at work, having failed to make or been late on a court-ordered payment, having been part of a civil lawsuit, and failing to disclose two arrests.

You can read the entire letter from the TCOLE here. That should be enough for any law enforcement official to be suspended but Fullen is special. He is just like former City Council Member Justin Hicks. He thinks he is above the law and he is willing to file a lawsuit to prevent TCOLE from taking any action against him. It is disturbing that Fullen has NOT denied the allegations against him. Sure he did exactly what Hunter Biden did but then again he is a MAGAt. He is special.

If you can’t tell the truth as an office of the law how can anyone believe anything you say? Hopefully Fullen will be put on the stand, under oath, and have to defend his actions, or lie about them. He still has a pending ethics complaint against him for an illegal $100,000 loan.

You can read the lawsuit filed by Fullen here.

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When Conservatives lose their party: Justin Hicks

March 1, 2025

It’s over. League City MAGAManiac Council Member Justin Hicks has resigned.

As I have said in the past I have $175 worth of reasons to oppose Justin Hicks but I’m not happy with the results. He is being investigated by the District Attorney and the burden of his fiasco has been put on his wife and kids. Unfortunately that is all on him. He did it. He is responsible for it. Still it is a sad ending to a problem caused by the so called “conservatives” of the Republic Party. You so called “conservatives” put him in office. You did this.

And now it’s difficult to watch City Council and the Mayor call for his resignation claiming they are “committed to to upholding the highest standards of conduct and integrity”, and accusing him of violating rules of procedures and conduct unbecoming of an elected official. They accuse Hicks of attacking law enforcement, being above the law, abusing his power as an elected official and yet they all probably voted for that rotten bastard Trump.

Trump, unlike Justin Hicks, is a convicted felon. He fucked a porn star, paid her off to keep quiet, and then lied about it to his constituents. He stole classified documents, hid them from the FBI, then lied about it. He was indicted for organizing a riot at the capitol which ended in a number of law enforcement officials being attacked, some dying. He watched for over 3 hours as he watched his mob attack law enforcement. He was impeached. Twice. And yet you fucking so called “conservatives” voted to put him in office. Again.

And now League City Mayor Nick Long has the balls to call a special meeting to sanction Hicks and call for his resignation all while he and others ignore what that fucked up Trump has done. What the fuck is wrong with you fucking people? Yes Hicks should have been sanctioned. He should have resigned but the hypocrisy of the so called conservatives on City Council is epic. Just fucking epic.

True conservatives need to admit it. You have lost your party. You have lost your morals. You have lost your balls. You have lost your common sense. But you have an opportunity to take back your party. Restore it to the part of Lincoln and Reagan. Restore it to the party of family values, common sense, and fiscal responsibility,

Or else just go fuck yourself.

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Fallout from the Justin Hicks scandal continues

February 28, 2025

It is getting ugly.

The latest is that most of City Council has sided with the League City Chief of Police over Hicks in his account of what took place Feb 22, a day after Hicks was served with divorce papers. Some have called for his resignation. Only CM Tommy Cones and CM Andy Mann haven’t responded. Cones responded to a constituent asking him to call for Hicks to resign with “Get the facts before you pass judgement.” Well the facts are all written in an email from his wife to the Chief and CCed to Sergeant Jason Kifer and it is not good, involving guns, his children, and and confrontation with Hicks. You can read the entire email here. (It is very disturbing) Here is a snippet:

This email and Hick’s attack on the integrity of the Chief of Police should convince anyone, including City Council members, that are holding out on passing judgement to do so. Now. There is not much the Mayor, who supported Hicks as Mayor Pro Tem, or City Council can do to remove him from office. League City has a very hard recall process and would take a considerable amount of time, energy, and money. Council could remove him from his committee assignments and leave him with little if any power. He would be ignored on Council. He would be shunned. All he would be able to do is vote.

Take a moment to read the email sent from his wife. It really is disturbing.

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League City Council Member calls for Justin Hicks to resign

February 26, 2025

League City Council Member Justin Hicks needs time to address problems in his life.

Look, I have $175 worth of reasons to crap on CM Justin Hicks. He is a Trump wannabe, above the law, pushing his newly found party’s extreme policies including attacks on the gay community, minorities, and the book banning. He has meddled in CCISD elections along side of CCISD Trustee Scott Bowen. He ran on being fiscally conservative yet has recently completed a bankruptcy filing. He is so extreme only 9 of the 64 the Galveston County precinct chairs endorsed his reelection. He also has a pending ethics complaint for not disclosing a $12,000 loan from his wife.

But this latest episode is bad and Council Member Tressler has called for his resignation. Again I have $175 reasons to pile on but I have to agree with the speaker at last months meeting who urged Hicks to resign for the good of himself and his family. Tressler voiced his opinion about Hicks before the election and urged a vote for his opponent:

In summary, Justin Hicks is the worst member of Council I’ve ever witnessed. His out of control ego, his abusive treatment of other folks, and his seeming inability to tell the truth all should be red flags for potential voters. If anyone would like to know more details regarding any of my thoughts on this, please feel free to give me a call or email.

You can read his detailed opinion here. Today he is calling for Hicks to resign and for good reason. According to a number of articles by I45Now the police were called to his home for a domestic disturbance, twice. That was on Jan 5 and 6. Since then his wife has filed for divorce and a restraining order. The day after filing Hicks was back at the house which prompted 2 calls to the League City Police. According to the article Hicks tried to get access to the police reports and body cameras without filing an open request. He attempted to use his position as a Council Member with the Police Chief and again with a staff member. Both denied him.

The Chief sent an email (below) to the entire Council with the following:

I find it deeply troubling that a Councilman would believe his position grants him the authority to demand actions that violate the law…….I will not engage in unethical or illegal behaviors at the request of Councilman Hicks.

This is some serious shit. Hicks is a public figure and his actions will continue to be scrutinized. He should resign and turn this spotlight off of him and his family.

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Eric Dick: Legal Trouble over ‘Dead’ Expert’s Signature

February 21, 2025

This is bad.

I found an article titled “Texas Judge Threatens Charges Over ‘Dead’ Expert’s Signature” and thought could it be Eric Dick? It is and this is some pretty serious stuff. I know this not because I read the article (It’s behind a paywall) but because I was forward an order from the Judge of the District Court of the Southern District of Texas. You can read the order here but the last page is particularly damning:

Background:
Dick has been in the news for multiple sanctions by the Texas Ethics Commission for a total of $40,000, for a grievance filed against him at the Harris County Department of Education, for illegally soliciting clients in Hawaii after the fires, and other things. You can read about Dick here. Last year Dick was sanctioned by a Judge in Harris and Galveston County. Each Judge fined him $125,000. You can read the details here. Today a Judge signed an order claiming Dick filed an affidavit from an expert named Richard Gadnow. The affidavit claims Gadnow had inspected a home and found damage. The signed affidavit by Gadnow was filed almost a year AFTER Gadnow died from brain cancer.

Yep. Serious stuff. Dick has a hearing set for March 7, 2025 to defend his actions. It ought to be interesting. To compound all of this it looks like his wife might have gotten fed up with Dick:

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Kash Patel. Neutering the GOP (Gang of P*ssies)

February 21, 2025

If Biden had nominated Kash Patel the Republicans would have stormed the capitol.

In the past the vote for important positions such as the FBI, CIA, and NSA were confirmed by wide, bipartisan margins. Both parties appointed their top members to the committees screening the candidates. They knew that homeland security was NEVER a partisan issue. They worked to put the best in charge of protecting our country.

Until now. The republic party has handed over their balls to Trump and he is squeezing. Hard. Hard enough to confirm Kash Patel, one of the most unqualified candidates ever to be nominated, for the head of the FBI. Patel was confirmed by a vote of 51-49. In the past nominees were confirmed on votes of 90-0, 98-0, 93-1 and even by a voice vote.

This is totally fucked up. The republic party has been neutered. They are now the Group of Pussies.

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Guest Commentary: How do I know whom to vote for [CCISD]

February 20, 2025

Charles Pond with the Association of Former CCISD Trustees wrote a great article about voting for a CCISD Trustee. Two seats are open this year with the election in May. I have my favorites, Trustee Cejka and Candidate Lilley. Both would enhance our Board. You can read the entire article here. My favorite lines of the article:

They are relationship builders. They build positive relationships with all constituents, not just the ones who are like them. A school board member should be a role model for students and the community.

May the best women win!

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