Damn. There is no bottom to Scott Bowen

Julie Pickren has been a Trustee for Alvin ISS since 2015. Pickren is now running for the State Board of Education with the blessings of Scott Bowen. Pickren is a special kind of Qanon candidate. According to Phil Archer of KPRC she attended the Stop the Steal insurrection on Jan 6.

In one of her Facebook posts, she described singing God Bless America outside while some of the protesters forced their way into the capitol building, alleging the false claim that the rioters were actually ANTIFA members, not Trump supporters.

Bowe is pictured above with Pickren. Bowen’s next photo op will be with Vladimir Putin. 

This is what happens when candidates (Misty Dawson and Scott Bowen) for CCISD School Board are more concerned about their Party than the parents of CCISD school kids. 

Texans for Excellent Education is a PAC created last year. They have 2 donors, Kathaleen Wall and Holloway Frost, two extremely rich, far right, republican donors. Wall is well known for spending about $13 Million trying to win a primary in two different congressional districts. She lost both in epic fashion. She is now helping out her buddy Bowen and has donated $25,000 to the special interest PAC.

Holloway Frost is the former CEO of Texas Memory Systems and has donated over $1.8 Million to various far right candidates. He has donated $90,000 to this new PAC. The PAC specifically supports a couple of candidates including Misty Dawson. His PAC’s treasurer is Larry Hicks who is the treasurer for a number of extreme right wing candidates and organizations.

What they intend to do with their money in support of Misty Dawson is unknown at the time but with that kind of money they can easily blanket the district with paid block walkers, paid phone bankers, and paid mailers by The Yates Company, Scott Bowen’s favorite advertising agency. Dawson brags about self financing her campaign wit her $20,000 loan from her company but she fails to mention this PAC’s contributions.

Party Politics over School Parents. It’s happening here in the district. 

The 7 day out reports for the CCISD elections have been filed. Here is a summary of the candidates fundraising and spending activity. The reports can be found at https://www.ccisd.net/elections#filing-rosters Note: Carl Nunn has not filed. 

Misty Dawson. Raised $0. Loan from her company for $20,000. $600 in expenditures. With only a week until the election I’m not sure what she could do with her $20,000 loan. (Note: She is getting support from a new PAC out of houston  more late)

Scott Bowen. Raised $2304. Spent $14,789. Cash on hand $10,686. Of the $2304 raised $1000 came from a consultant with The Yates Company, a republican consulting firm and $1000 came from his mom. He spent $14,040 to The Yates Company for his mailers with the kids. Has a $20,000 outstanding loan.

Krysten Garcia. Raised $3809. Spent $3114. Has a $1060 outstanding loan. Cash on Hand $2388. 

Jessica Cejka. Raised $695. Spent $568. Has a $4010 outstanding loan. Cash on Hand $1634.

Carl Nunn. Raised $50. Spent $0. Has a $1200 outstanding loan. Cash on Hand $817. But….Texans for Stronger Schools is a local PAC supporting Carl Dunn. They raised $3590, with $1900 coming from one individual in Georgia. They have $74 Cash on Hand.

I thought this was coming and it did last night at the CCISD board meeting.

The public comment section of the CCISD board meeting had the usual conspiracy theorist spouting off some random talking points. Followed by an individual who pointed a finger at Scott Bowen for bringing partisan politics into the board. That was followed by a couple of people wearing matching t-shirts and attacking our schools concerning the gay community. This activity has Scott Bowen written all over it.

Scott and his supporters hammered the dead horse of CRT (that has never been taught in schools, isn’t being taught in schools, and will never be taught in schools). Now that that issue has fizzled they seem to have been given new marching orders, attack the gay community. Attack the schools for “indoctrination” of kids, as if our teachers have the time to do that. It’s nothing more than another made up controversy probably orchestrated by the Republican Party and Scott Bowen. This is what they do.

One individual claimed that the board was not sensitive to his “family values”. I would bet he is the same guy who voted for the former guy who porked a porn star, paid her off, and then lied about it to his supporters. He is the same guy who watched as TFG mocked a disabled American, the same guy who supports a habitual liar, the same guy who watches TFG lie, cheat, steal, and encourage violence. Yep. Family values.

The gay community is here, in our schools, as teachers, as students, as parents, as family members. They want nothing but to live and learn in peace without being targets of hate. They are our kids, our students, our teachers, our friends, our family members. Bowen should know that. 

So in the coming months this will probably be the new target of the Bowen Bunch after attacking our teachers, our school board, the voting systems, and education in general. I hope his $20,000 loan to his campaign doesn’t pan out. He is a cancer.

Bear with me a bit…..

Yesterday the extreme right wing lead of the Harris County Republican Party, Steven Hotze, was indicted by a grand jury. According to ABC13:

Hotze’s attorney, Jared Woodfill, confirmed with ABC13 on Wednesday that his client is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and unlawful restraint.

According to ABC13 Hotze’s organization paid an investigator who was indicted last year for allegedly holding an air conditioning repairman at gunpoint while in search of phony ballots. This is what Hotze is now charged with. 

This is odd.

Jeff Larson is a CCISD Trustee and was talking with a Facebook group called The Trailer Park Show. He was describing the election of 2019 with a coalition of “conservatives” running together. He starts at 31:45 describing the election. It runs for a couple of minutes until he freezes out and picks up again at 38:46. Larson barely won while Parizo lost by 25 percentage points at 38:46 he begins to discuss the night Parizo was escorted out of the meeting. It is entertaining. It ends at 46:25. 

He wasn’t very nice. True, but not very nice. 

NOTE: IT SHOULD BE OBVIOUS BY NOW. I DO NOT LIKE SCOTT BOWEN. He is at it again. This is who he is.

Remember when CCISD Trustee thought it was funny to play cough on a woman who was wearing a mask during a board meeting? He was swiftly called out for it and sort of apologized at the next board meeting with the typical “If I offended anyone….” crap. Here is a recap:

Bowen showed his dickness when a parent was distributing a document to each of the Trustees. She wore a mask because I believe she was being careful about COVID. As she passed by Bowen he played coughed on her then turned to Trustee Cottrell who joined him for a good laugh. It was all quite funny poking fun at a parent concerned about bringing a deadly virus back to her kids at home. Bowen just couldn’t pass up the opportunity to be a dick about everything. He did a great job.

In a recent forum Bowen had to be a dick again by referencing a former board member claiming (incorrectly) that the board member neglected the community. The previous board member, who was not part of the forum, had served 4 terms. She was re-elected to an at large position 4 times and served honorably. She had no opportunity to defend her record. It was a nothing but a cheap shot.

Bowen barely won that district after spending a record amount of money backed by the Republican Party. Bowen brought his politics into the board meetings. He has encouraged the extreme far right to attend meeting and make outrageous claims including the racist dog whistle, CRT. He has caused considerable disruption to the the board and to our education system in CCISD. He hasn’t neglected the community.

He has abused the community.

Here is a comparison of the two candidates, Jessica Cejka (on the left) and Misty Dawson (on the right), running for CCISD School District 1. This information is from the CCISD website.

Education

• Jessica Cejka. Bachelors degree in mathematics from Texas A&M. Masters in education (Instructional Technology) from UHCL. Masters in education (Educational Administration) from UHCL. 
• Misty Dawson. Graduated from CCISD High School.

Applicable Experience

• Jessica Cejka. Secondary math teacher grades 7-12. Community college adjunct professor. Education Manager at NASA. Managed student and teacher STEM programs. Real estate agent.
• Misty Dawson. Former Controller of a company. Pool company business owner.

School Activities

• Jessica Cejka. VP of Fundraising on PTA board. Girl Scout leader, Cookie mom. Volunteer on the Speakers Committee of the Houston Livestock and Rodeo. Volunteer on high school rocketry program. Supporter of the Birthday Joy Program and Clear Creek Education Foundation.
• Misty Dawson.  Carnival Fundraiser Co-Chair, Sandra Mossman Elementary PTA 

Contact information

Jessica Cejka. 

www.jessica4ccisd.net

Info@jessica4ccisd.net

832-541-6616

Misty Dawson.

https://www.facebook.com/electMistyDawsonCCISD/

http://mistydawson.com

832-517-0451

Misty.deen@aeonbluepool.net

Just saw a pic on Facebook from Misty Dawson who is running for the CCISD school board. She is working hard to follow the Republican Party playbook of misleading and scare tactics.

A couple of things:

• The Appraisal District [the Appraisal District is a separate office than the Tax Assessor] accesses taxes based upon home values. It’s not like they willy nilly raise the assessment. Home sales are through the roof for reasons unknown. Tax rates have not changed. She might want to contact the Galveston County Tax Assessor for accurate information. (The Assessor is a republican)
• CCISD has NOT considered eliminating the homestead exemption. As part of their budget process this is always on the table, as it should be, but has never been considered especially in the most recent years. When the State has cash strapped the school districts sometimes drastic cuts or considerations must be take but not this time. So this is nothing more than a scare tactic addressed towards the ill informed.
• She claims she will fight for keeping the homestead exemption, something that isn’t being considered, again catering to the ill informed. 
• And BTW….CCISD’s M&O is at the lowest rate allowed by law and the State actually penalizes school districts for not taxing enough. Go figure.