The first campaign finance reports are in for the CCISD elections between Albert Wittliff and Jeff Larson. Jeff Larson raised $0 which makes me wonder what organization will be campaigning for him and whether they will be reporting the donations. Larson hasn’t filed a Code of Fair Campaign Practices.
Wittliff raised $1640 and spent $928. Both reports can be found at the Elections Website.
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Posted by johncoby
Yeow! Just when we need less partisan influence in our school boards, CCISD Trustee Jeff Larson has been endorsed by an extreme national organization.
FFS Jeff! The 1776 Project PAC is a national organization whose mission is to “Change education one school board at a time”. CCISD is one out of 8 school boards under attack in Texas. Look at their website. This is an extreme far right organization supported by Tucker Carlson and Ben Shapiro. CCISD Trustee Jeff Larson is on their list of endorsements. I have asked Jeff if he applied for this endorsement. As in the past, I probably will not receive a response.
FOR THE RECORD: I have donated to Jeff’s opponent and for good reason. Over the last few years special interest groups such as Defend Texas Liberty, an extreme far right PAC funded solely by two Texas billionaires with ties to white supremacists, have spent millions to influence elections. Across Texas school boards have been taken over by extreme right-wing candidates some spending $50,000 to win a school board seat. They are constantly in the news such as Keller ISD Trustees inviting a Dutch Evangelist film crew to film kids without parent or school board permission. In Katy a Trustee sent out a Happy Easter photo from her KISD Instagram account posing with her husband, both carrying AR15s. 1776 Project have endorsed candidates in both school districts.
CCISD has had its share of partisan participation starting with the election of Trustee Scott Bowen. I’ve written about Bowen many times. He has been nothing but Corporal Chaos on the board and has recruited candidates to run to take over the board. Luckily, he failed, but he tried. Each time voters turned down his candidates. Christine Parizo lost by 25 percentage points. Misty Dawson lost by 42 points and sued the winning candidate attempting to get a new election called. She eventually dropped her suit. She was, by far, one of the worse candidates to ever run for school board. Peter Lauzon, recruited by Bowen, funded exclusively by Defend Texas Project was defeated in the last election.
Larson, unfortunately was right behind Scott seconding a motion to elect him as president, vice president, and secretary of the board. All three motions failed. During the recent forum Larson defended his partisan participation claiming everyone has a political preference (video of his comment here starting at 45:54) but that is NOT the issue. Everyone on the board probably has a political persuasion but most do not bring that into the school board or into the district. As Larson’s opponent has said “partisan politics has no business in our school boards”. Period. End of story.
This endorsement is concerning coupled with the fact that Larson has reported $0 in donations. Who is funding Larson behind the scenes? Who is going to actually report their donations? The outside influence in CCISD has to stop. CCISD voters understand the importance of keeping partisan politics out of our school district but will have a very hard time defending the parents, teachers, and kids when outside PACs are spending $50,000 on a school board election.
Let’s thank Trustee Jeff Larson for his service to the community. Then vote him out.
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Posted by johncoby
The Purge continues.
League City Council must have time on their hands after beating up on librarians, restricting access to libraries, and failing to replace the League City flag, a flag that most don’t even know it exists. So now they want citizens of League City to choose between real conservatives and MAGAt republicans in city races.
The Charter Review Advisory Committee meeting was postponed until later to discuss and decide on making League City elections partisan, that is, making candidates file as a Democrat, Republican, or Independent. As one individual said “Which ones of you came up with is dumb idea? Don’t we have enough division in this country?” I’ve got to agree. What idiot came up with this idea? It’s probably Long and Hicks. Both have their lips so attached to trump’s ass they will need the jaws of life to speak on the idea.
In republican primaries the choice between MAGAt republicans like Long and Hicks and Conservatives, like those who actually believe in conservative values like duty, honor, country. MAGAt republicans don’t have a problem with lying, cheating, stealing, adultery, fiscal mismanagement, or massive hypocrisy. Conservatives are the minority in the republican party and making city elections partisan would eliminate them from City Council. League City is a “red” area. Trump won this area easily and is expected to do so again no matter how many times he breaks the law, or how many lies he tells, or how many porn stars he fucks. MAGAt republicans would take over City Council if they elections are partisan.
CCISD has had its experience with MAGAt republicans bringing in their partisan bullshit. Hicks even opened his piehole in support of a frivolous lawsuit challenging the election in 2021. (He lost) In the end the MAGAt republicans led by Hick’s buddy, Trustee Scott Bowen, failed but it caused divisions in the community and on the board when they needed to focus on issues affecting us all like school safety, school funding, and parents, teachers, and students. Candidates Parizo, Dawson, Lauzon all failed in their attempts to put more MAGAt republicans on the board.
City Council should go back to picking on librarians.
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Posted by johncoby
Nothing like celebrating Easter by posting a pic of your family on your Katy ISD Instagram account coddling the same type of weapon that killed 19 children in Uvalde, 27 christians in Sutherland Springs, 8 kids in Santa Fe, 5 police in Dallas, and 21 first graders in Sandy Hooks. PRAISE JESUS!
It make me want to yell WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU? Seriously. What kind of a sick person does something like this? It’s bad enough KISD Trustee Morgan Calhoun has so little respect for a firearm. It’s bad enough she posted it on your KISD “Official Public” Instagram account. It’s bad enough that she used the holy day of Easter to do it. What the living hell is wrong with you?
Morgan has since removed the post, modified the pic and posted it to her personal Facebook page, which is still not appropriate, but at least it has nothing to do with KISD. Emails to the entire board asking if this is an appropriate post have been ignored. Emails to Morgan have been ignored. The only thing worse about posting such filth is being silent about it. The entire Board has been silent. At this point they are not only tolerating what she did, they are supporting what she did. KISD is also deleting comments on their Facebook page concerning School Safety Week and the posting of the AR15 pic.
Katy ISD made a quick response claiming her instagram account is her personal account but it clearly says “Official Public” and it is nothing but KISD information. If this is truly her personal account she needs to so state and keep KISD business off her page.
If a teacher had posted this they would have been fired. If a student had done this they would have been arrested for terrorist threats. If you would like to contact Trustee Calhoun and voice your opinion: morgancalhoun@katyisd.org. If you would like to address the Board the next meeting is April 22. You can sign up here: https://www.katyisd.org/Page/8011 And you can email the entire board at: victorperez@katyisd.org, amythieme@katyisd.org, dawnchampagne@katyisd.org, lanceredmon@kayisd.org, rebeccafox@katyisd.org, morgancalhoun@katyisd.org
Happy Easter.
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Posted by johncoby
This is what happens when you allow billionaires to meddle in public education. This is a post by a so called “christian”, a Mexican MAGAt, Morgan Calhoun, who was elected to the Katy ISD in 2023 with help from the oligarchs of Texas including local State Senator Money Mayes Middleton. According to the Katy Times a PAC called Texans for Educational Freedom financed the election of three members of the board. They all won. Morgan was one of those. The PAC raised $1.7 Million, with $1.5 Million coming from donors giving $10,000 or more. Middleton gave $50,000.
Morgan and I am assuming her husband are pretty proud of their pose with their guns, the type of guns used to slaughter 19 children in Uvalde. You would think they would be more sensitive to the situation. You would think they would be more “christian” especially on Easter Sunday. The pic has since been removed from her Katy ISD Instagram account.
Here are the major donors to the PAC:
| Contributor Name | Amount |
| Bennett ,Montgomery J. | 200,000.00 |
| Cranberg ,Alexis M. | 200,000.00 |
| Saunders ,Frederick M. | 200,000.00 |
| Coalition por/for Texas PAC | 150,000.00 |
| Saunders ,Stuart | 52,500.00 |
| Weekley ,Richard W. | 52,500.00 |
| Leininger ,James | 50,000.00 |
| Middleton ,D. Mayes | 50,000.00 |
| Weekley ,Richard W. | 50,000.00 |
| Zook ,Christopher | 50,000.00 |
| Saunders ,Fredric M. | 45,000.00 |
| Weekley ,Richard W. | 45,000.00 |
| Charter Schools Now PAC | 43,185.81 |
| Bennett ,Montgomery J. | 35,000.00 |
| Toth ,Steven | 35,000.00 |
| Charter Schools Now PAC | 30,000.00 |
| JH Lamb Properties LP | 27,500.00 |
| Hock ,Stacy A. | 25,000.00 |
| Valach ,Kenneth J. | 25,000.00 |
| Zook ,Christopher | 25,000.00 |
| American Policy Coalition, Inc. | 20,000.00 |
| LJ Francis for Texas | 15,000.00 |
| Robert & Marion Mayfield, LP | 15,000.00 |
| Brown ,Richard | 10,000.00 |
| Brown ,Richard | 10,000.00 |
| Cyfair 4 Liberty PAC | 10,000.00 |
| Greenberg ,Joseph G. | 10,000.00 |
| Gregg ,Mark Endacott | 10,000.00 |
| Leininger ,James | 10,000.00 |
| Leininger ,James | 10,000.00 |
| McBride ,Ralph D. | 10,000.00 |
| Misty for CISD | 10,000.00 |
| Texans Unite for The Future | 10,000.00 |
| Zook ,Christopher | 10,000.00 |
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Posted by johncoby
It’s just to damn hard being a Democrat.
I’m done with the Democratic Party. I joined the party back in the early 90’s after learning the hard way that the Republican Party didn’t care about average Texans. At the time I had a serious defect in my new home and looked to the party for help. LOL. That turned me into a consumer advocate fighting for others who were in the same situation.
But I’m tired of fighting for everyone who won’t fight for themselves. I’m tired of fighting for our teachers when they won’t even bother to vote and when they do they vote against their own interests. I’m tired of fighting for the immigrants legally seeking asylum while many in the Hispanic community have become Mexican MAGAts. I’m tired of fighting for homeowners who have seen their home insurance and electricity bills skyrocket and yet they vote for the very people who are responsible for it.
I’m tired of supporting families who have been devastated by gun violence then watching as they vote for Greg Abbott, the very person who has flooded our streets with guns.
It’s time to switch parties. I want to sit back, live my life, carefree, without having to worry about immigrants, teachers, survivors of gun violence, the gay community, our police, consumers, the rule of law, democracy, and the Constitution. I want to sit back and just vote for trump like a brain dead fucking moron. It’s just so easy to do. I don’t need to “do my own research”. I just need to mind my own fucking business, go with the flow, and be the best fuckin moron I can be. Fuck everyone else. I’m done with you.
Welcome to April fools.
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Posted by johncoby
Yep. This is who he is associating with.
Once again the True Texas Project is in the news with a leaked video from a meeting in Granbury at a True Texas Project event. The speaker is Paul Brown, the Director of Policy and Operations of a fringe group called “Abolish Abortion Texas.” This is the extreme far right group Scott Bowen spoke at last week. They have advocated for succession, against the gay community, among other things.
I’ve been critical of Bowen ever since he was linked to the white supremacist Nick Fuentes, Defend Texas Liberty, and Texans for Strong Borders. Go ahead and look Fuentes up. I’ve detailed Bowen’s association with them and have spoken at the school board meeting addressing this issue. Take a minute to review his association with True Texas Project here.
In the leaked video, Brown calls for:
These are extreme positions. Extremely extreme. You can read the entire story on Lone Star Left’s website including viewing the video of the event. This is truly some f-ed up stuff.
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Posted by johncoby
They can’t claim to be the part of “law and order” without laughing.
How fucking stupid are republican voters in Texas? Seriously. It’s a pretty damn valid question. Their party claims to be the party of law and order yet the Texas Attorney General, the top cop of the state, Ken Paxton just settled a decades long felony suit against him. He continues to be involved in a civil suit concerning what he was impeached for which could end up costing him millions. The voters in the Republican Party had great choices to replace him in the primary including a former Supreme Court Justice but they voted for the fucking cock-eyed crook.
Don’t ever say you are the party of law and order. Most of us are not in a mindless cult. We saw what happen on January 6 on the e-lectronic TeeVee set. It’s on video. We watched as the party of law and order beat up police, sprayed them with bear spray, and assault the United States Capital. Police were killed. A cult member was killed, yet all Trump did was watch it on TV for 3 fuckin hours.
Locally elected officials refuse to pay their $40,000 fines to the Texas Ethics Commission yet they sit on the Harris County Department of Education. We have City Council members who do not live in the city and yet they are sitting members of council.
Your lord and savior, Donald Trump, has been indicted by 4 grand juries on 91 felony counts and yet you think you are the party of “law and order”. We aren’t stupid.
But someone is. Law and order my ass.
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Posted by johncoby
I’m going to hell for this.
Trump is hawking bibles during Holy Week. So I thought it would be appropriate to post the Ten Commandments according to your lord and savior Donald Trump. If you are a christian and you are not outraged about what Trump is doing you might want to go back to church and ask for forgiveness.
The Ten Commandments. According to Trump:
Thous shall not lie. ROTFL. Seriously. That is fuckin funny. Let’s us prey.
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Posted by johncoby
It’s as if they are tired of beating up on librarians.
Who knew there was an organization that provides guidance on principles of a proper flag design. Apparently there is. The North American Vexillological Association. According to NAVA:
The North American Vexillological Association is an international, non-profit, scholarly organization dedicated to vexillology, the study of flags and their cultural, historical, political, and social significance. It is the largest association of its kind in the world. NAVA advances vexillology as a social science. It does not participate in the patriotic promotion of any particular flag.
So according to the Galveston Daily News in 2023 someone offered to help redesign the flag to adhere to the 5 basic principles of flag design established by NAVA.
The Five Principles are:
The designs above all failed to win the vote of City Council so no new flag and librarians have been put on notice.
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Posted by johncoby
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