Every day it is something new with La Marque City Councilman Joseph Lowry. You would think a grown ass man of 45 years, someone who served time in prison for drug possession, and eventually was able to start his own business and become an elected official would start acting like a grown ass man. One way to act like an adult is to pay your taxes like everyone else does.
It’s not like he doesn’t have the money as he bragged about it on Ch13 waving stack of money and crying fake tears. At that time, in October of 2024, he claimed his CPA had resolved the problem. A year later that doesn’t seem to be the case.
The Galveston County Tax Office has updated their delinquent tax records including the year 2025. According to the records Lowry’s business owes the county $24,113, $12,459 for 2024 and $11,653 for 2025. The County’s lawsuit against Lowry for over $43,000 has become inactive as posted earlier. I speculate the case will be refiled to add the 2025 taxes for a total over $53,000 but that is only speculation on my part.
Joseph Lowry might be in a pickle. Ever since becoming politically active in La Marque he has been nothing but a pain in the ass for the city. I am sure many would love to see him resign from Council ending a period of embarrassment for the city. Resigning to stop any further digging into his past is the easy thing to do but do not count on it. Unfortunately another document filed with the King County Court might add fuel to the firing of Lowry.
Quick Background: When Lowry applied to run for City Council in 2024 he checked the box “I have not been finally convicted of a felony.” That isn’t exactly true. He pled guilty to two separate felonies concerning the possession of meth in Washington State. He should have checked the box “I have been finally convicted of a felony, but I have been pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting disabilities of that felony conviction and I have provided proof of this fact with the submission of this application” and then provided the proof. If he had checked the second one he would have had to provide a copy of the proof, but according to the following document he couldn’t.
New Damning Evidence: This new document, “STATE’S MOTION AND ORDER VACATING AND DISMISSING JUDGMENT AND SENTENCE FOR POSSESSION-ONLY OFFENSE(S) PURSUANT TO STATE V. BLAKE” was filed with King County Washington CASE #: 99-1-08852-9 KNT but it was filed in May of 2025, a full year AFTER he was elected. What I do not understand, because I am not an undercover investigation reporter or an attorney, is why this is not signed? Why was it posted in early May of 2025? Maybe it is because the question about his eligibility was called into question at an April 28, 2025 meeting. You can watch the meeting here starting at 2:21:38.
Past Evidence: Now realized in 2021 he had a document posted to his case titled “ORDER VACATING THE JUDGEMENT UNDER CrR 7.8 AND DISMISSING THE CASE PURSUANT TO STATE V. BLAKE”. This one is signed and was filed 3 years prior to Lowry’s election.
In Conclusion: So what does all this mean? That is a good question and I’m just asking questions. I am going to speculate here. This unsigned document is a motion to vacate and dismiss his case which will be signed at a later date. Once signed it will be posted. I wonder if Lowry, after the April 28th meeting, realized his “vacation” wasn’t actually finalized and then petitioned King County to do so.
Scott is kissing up to Greg Abbott as he will do if elected for State Representative.
Yesterday Greg Abbott vowed to put up to $90 Million into Harris County to target Democrats especially Judicial candidates. He was speaking in support of extremist running for Cy Fair ISD who was funded by special interest money. From the Houston Chronicle:
“I have two priorities in this election. Number one is to win reelection. Number two is to win Harris County. So I got $90 million in my bank account, and I’m going to spend most of it in Harris County, Texas to make sure, precinct by precinct, we turn out voters who voted in the presidential election, turn out voters who never voted before,” Abbott said. “We got to win Harris County and make Harris County dark red.”
This money is coming from the oligarchs of Texas including Abbott, Senator Money Mayes Middleton (3M), Mattress MAGAt Mac (another 3M), and multiple billionaires including Timothy Dunn and Farris Wilks. As you might 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. Bowen was responsible for recruiting unqualified, extremist, candidates across the County to run in school board races with some being financed by Bowen’s billionaire buddies (3Bs).
In Texas there is no limit on donations and no limit on expenditures. $90 million could flood the airwaves and social media with propaganda against Judges and other candidates. This is the only way Abbott can win. He, like Money Mayes Middleton, has to buy the race. Middleton has pledged $20 Million of his own money to win the Texas Attorney Generals race. He spent millions of his own money to win his House and Senate race.
They would be better off if they would. BTW come see Greg Abbott today at Pappa Charlie’s BBQ!
Cy Fair ISD is in the middle of an election that will determine if they will continue with right wing extremism or return to the boring job of advocating for taxpayers, parents, teachers, and students. CCISD voters took action back in May of 2024 ousting Trustee Scott Bowen from the board and the results have been, well, boring, in a very good way.
Bowen was running for a third term and was trampled by a conservative who ran on doing exactly what a Trustee should be running on. Bowen was nothing but chaos on the board. His list of achievements include advocating for school vouchers, ending the teaching of Critical Race Theory, which was never taught in CCISD and was never even considered to be taught. He attempted to take over the Board with hand picked, right wing, unqualified, candidates and he failed. CFISD could learn from the voters. You can read about the chaos Bowen brought to CCISD at Scott Bowen: A Threat to CCISD Education.
By 2021, the tide had shifted. Backed by far-right megadonor Steven Hotze and riding post-COVID backlash to anything labeled DEI, CRT or “woke,” she and allies Scott Henry and Lucas Scanlon ran as openly partisan culture warriors vowing to defend “historic American values,” oppose “Sharia law,” and uphold “Biblical marriage.” They won — and governed accordingly.
Bowen has his hands in this election as lead of local government in the republican party. He has recruited candidates for local ISDs, most unqualified to run for any office. CFISD voters have an opportunity to return to what a school board should be, boring. Be boring.
BTW. Greg Abbott is coming to Cy Fair to promote the extremists run.
In the words of Hank Hill, he ain’t going to do shit.
The undercover investigative journalist and La Marque City Councilman, Joseph Lowry, claims he is going to file a harassment complaint against an individual. Like every other empty threat Lowry has made, I doubt seriously if he files his nails much less a harassment complaint. It’s as if his harasser confronted him in a bathroom at Roadhouse, harassed him at his tabled while he was chowing down on a pork chop with his family, and then waiting for him in the parking lot to continue the harassment. That actually happened but he wasn’t the one being harassed. You can read about it here and actually watch the video.
In a long winded, AI generated, post on his Lousy News Network, Lowry claims:
A disturbing incident unfolded this week when Councilman Joseph Lowry — administrator of the Talk of La Marque Uncensored community forum — began receiving a series of harassing text messages from an unknown phone number.
DISTURBING! Oh for the love of all that is holy! DISTURBING I tell you! For the love of pearl, one can only imagine what horrors were bestowed upon sweet Joe. I am sure it will all come out once he drafts up his felony warrant and reports to the La Marque Police Department and the FBI, CIA, NSA, as he claimed he was doing to others in the community. BTW He didn’t. He can’t. Warrants are drafted by law enforcement. Only. Period.
Lowry is full of shit. He talks a great game. He threatens people with lawsuits, arrest, and charges of harassment yet like a bad golfer, doesn’t follow through. Lowry on the other hand has numerous civil suits filed against him and he has been convicted for a number of felonies concerning the possession of Meth.
So like everyone else, we are waiting for his frivolous complaint to be filed. Film at 11. Literally.
Republicans across the country are disappointed because there was no violence. Anywhere. That just didn’t happen. Kudos to the organizers for a great peaceful and powerful event!
Oh the humanity! 7 million Americans gathered across the country to protest Trump and his Republican Party and it was just fabulous! The only reported violence occurred when a MAGAt woman waved a gun at at protest in Myrtle Beach. The Antifa, marxist, communists, leftist waved to her as she was arrested.
In Clear Lake 1400+ gathered at Exploration Green in perfect weather. They heard from a former Astronaut running for US Senate, Terri Virts, Doug Peterson one of those responsible for Exploration Green, and the local leader from The American Federation of Government Employees. After the speakers the 1400 took to the streets where they were welcomed with honks from supporters and passerby.
The opposition was out in force. Actually they didn’t show up. None of them. At all. As in zero. Not even the 6 or 7 of them who showed up at the League City protest. Here is their pic:
Scott Bowen, candidate for State Representative, made light of the 1400 protestors while posting a pic of himself with his 3 block walkers. Overall it was a great event. We had fun. We are organizing. We are growing. It was the largest political event in the history of Clear Lake. Here are some pics:
What kind of grown ass man would post something like this? To call this childish would be an absolute insult to children. This is from La Marque City Councilman Joseph Lowry. It’s as if he is begging someone to come slap the living shit out of him so he can video it and then play the victim card. Again. This is absolutely disgusting and coming from a mentally challenged individual.
As you remember a Judge in Washington slapped Lowry with a Domestic Violence Protection Order which requires a mental health evaluation. You can read the entire Domestic Violence Protection Order. Here is his sick ass post.
The summary from the AG is interesting and possibly damning. Unlike Lowry I am not an undercover investigative journalist or have a Jewish Prudence degree so I can’t really state what the living hell this letter means to his application, his running, or his seat. Here it is:
Even if this letter does not apply to his election, his application might apply. His application to run can be read here. It also includes his agreement to conduct himself in a honorable manner. LOL. But back to his application to run for office. When he applied he checked the box “I have not been finally convicted of a felony.” That isn’t exactly true. He pled guilty to two felonies concerning the possession of Meth. You can read about both of these cases with public records here and here.
Now as stated in the above posts his convictions were vacated 16 years later after a Washington Supreme Court ruling in Blake v. State. If that is the case, then he should have checked the box “I have been finally convicted of a felony, but I have been pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting disabilities of that felony conviction and I have provided proof of this fact with the submission of this application”
Falsifying a government document is serious. Ask Hunter Biden. Lucky for Lowry and Galveston County Jimmy Fullen, their names are not Hunter Biden.
The First Investigation. Last year a Texas Ethics Commission investigated Sheriff Fullen for a fake $100,000 loan to his campaign. Prior to the conclusion of that investigation Fullen simply removed the loan from his report as if it never happened, probably because it never did. The Commission finished their investigation and Fullen petitioned the TEC to hide the results from the public. From the TEC:
The second investigation The second investigation came from the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement. A complaint had been filed against Fullen for falsifying his application for Sheriff. (you can read about the violations at https://therealtruejimmyfullen.com) 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. The TCOLE called for his law license to be revoked and was scheduled for a hearing to do so, but Fullen sued. That suit was settled yesterday with the settlement to be disclosed at the December meeting. Interesting to note that Fullen has once again padded his campaign with a number of personal loans and there is no record of his expenditures for his legal defense provided by Houston attorney Tony Buzbee.
Falsifying government documents can be a serious violation, depending on who you are. Lucky for Fullen, he isn’t Hunter Biden.
There could be more resignations coming. Hopefully at least one.
Last Monday’s City Council meeting might have been the start of the end of Police Chief Aragon but yesterday’s phone call was probably what ended the end. At about 3:00 PM the Chief made a call to Hayley Winkleman. Hayley has been an outspoken critic of Aragon and spoke at the Council Meeting. A couple of hours later the City Manager alerted the Council that Aragon had tendered his resignation.
According to Hayley during his phone Aragon threatened her with a lawsuit if she continued speaking about the reason he was removed from office in New Mexico. The City Manager was immediately emailed to make her informed of the threat and a couple of hours later, Aragon resigns.
Aragon’s background and lack of a background check prior to his appointment as Chief has been discussed before. “Back in 2016 Aragon resigned from his police chief job in Fairbanks Alaska after an investigation of conflict-of-interest allegations. In 2019 he was fired from his job at Truth or Consequences New Mexico. And now there are questions about his application for Police Chief in La Marque.”A complaint was filed with the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE). The results of this investigation is pretty damning and includes the allegations concerning his firing from Truth and Consequences New Mexico. You can read the results of the investigation here. It is concerning.
He explained he was reprimanded for making comments to 3 femalestaff members and those comments were meant to be humorous and not related to sexual matters. Hefurther expounded and said the entire scenario was “unquestionably politically motivated.” After alengthy and unnecessary explanation, Aragon was ultimately fired.
According to I45Now Aragon has not ruled out a run for office. Hopefully the voters will perform a background check. Aragon should just retire and move on. Retirement can be fun with less stress. He has had some good accomplishments as Chief and has made the city safer. He should count his time in office as a win.
This opinion specifically refers to Webb County but is applicable across the State.
The Texas Attorney General’s office was asked for an opinion concerning whether a felon can run for office. You can read the letter from the Webb County Attorney here. From the letter:
Paxton’s office responded with the following. You can read the entire opinion here.
BTW the specific open records request was asking for any copies of any correspondence between the Texas Attorney General’s office and Joseph Edwin Lowry and/or his attorney including any ruling, letters, or documents concerning vacating a felony conviction from the State of Washington. The above was their response. No other documents were found.
UPDATE: It is confirmed all military planes and equipment will be a No Show at the Air Show. No refunds will be given.
Thanks to the republican controlled House, Senate, and White House.
The Wings over Houston Airshow is still on for this weekend October 18-19 but with a small caveat. According to KHOU Houston:
“All military and federal government assets, including ground display aircraft and military performers, will not attend the 2025 Wings Over Houston Airshow,” organizers said. “Assets include the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, NASA aircraft, and single-ship military demonstration teams.”
So no Thunderbirds, no static displays, no military presence, nothing government related because the government is shutdown. Tickets for general admission are still over priced at $60 each for those 15 and above. If the government funding is restored by Wednesday the military displays and the Thunderbirds will be available.
So, not only will your health care costs take a hit, you won’t get to see the Thunderbirds this year.
The La Marque Police Department, Galveston County DA, and the Sheriff were all put on notice at last night’s Council Meeting. A citizen of La Marque, Mr. Re’Chard Loftis, spoke during the public input portion of the meeting and it was NSFW. (Not Suitable For Work) Needless to say he was, in his words, “f***ing pissed off”. Take 3 minutes of your time and watch his comments here. They are disturbing to say the least.
He is pissed about being harassed by a member of City Council and warned LMPD Chief Aragon and County Law Enforcement of potential violence if they do not take action. Of course it was all about Lowry. Again. Lowry conveniently skipped the meeting and for good reason. What Mr. Loftis documented was fucking horrible.
Mr Loftis told Council that last Friday Lowry and his wife, Sarah, harassed his family while at dinner. It began with Sarah confronting his wife in the bathroom then they both continued the harassment at their table and then outside where Lowry, as usual, pulled out his iPhone 11 and began taping before driving off in his minivan. Mr. Loftis states that Lowry then posted a Facebook Live video attacking his family including his 4 year old grandson. It begs the question “Who the fuck does that?” and “How old are you? 12?”. Again, watch the video.
Mr. Loftis made it clear to Galveston County law enforcement that something had to be done about Lowry and his harassment of individuals. This is the second time they have been warned, first by Council Member Yancy during a press conference where, as expected, Lowry caused a disruption. Lowry has had numerous complaints filed against him with the police for harassment and yet no action has been taken. He has a number of lawsuits pending against him for harassment. His Facebook “Lowry News Network” page has been removed a number of times for harassment. He has a history of harassment in Washington resulting in a Domestic Violence Protection Order. The list of his harassment is documented here.
Mr. Loftis wasn’t the only person providing comments about the Chief. Others accused his office of racial profiling, mismanagement of funds, and not taking appropriate action. Some called for his resignation or Council firing him. The Chief’s job is under scrutiny as is the DA’s and the Sheriff. As Mr Loftis said “LMPD, Galveston County, ya’ll better do something!”.
You can watch the entire comments from the meeting here.
At a special La Marque city council meeting held to address the financial issues of the city, City Councilman Joseph Lowry warned the Mayor about his evidence of bribes with developers. He mentioned his evidence with copies of a check and recordings. He called the Mayor a liar, and was threatened with removal for disrupting the meeting but he continued his baseless allegations claiming to have evidence. Click the video above to see the exchange.
So an open records request for this evidence was requested and the City has responded. It doesn’t exist.
Some might think it’s all fun and games. It’s not.
NASA employees are in their second week of being furloughed. What happens when NASA employees are furloughed? Not much, literally. Basically employees are forbidden by law to work during a furlough. That means they cannot go to the office. They can’t work from home. They can’t conduct or participate in telecoms.
Do they get paid for not going to work? Depends. If the furlough continues past the pay period employees will not receive their paychecks because, well the government is closed, including the office that issues checks. The question this time is whether they will receive back pay for the time they were furloughed. In the past, or at least the last 4 furloughs, back pay was authorized.
This time might be different. The million of federal employees furloughed might have to suck it up and take a very costly hit all while members of Congress will get full payment. The argument will be easy. “If you didn’t work, you shouldn’t get paid.”, or “If I didn’t work I wouldn’t get paid.”. Even though federal employees were forbidden by law to work they might not get paid leaving them with unpaid mortgages, etc.
Some employees at NASA will be designated as essential such as those who manage the Space Station at Mission Control. Contractors are not affected by the furlough. While the furlough continues some employees may find out they are fired.
But that won’t happen until they get back because, well the government is closed, including HR.
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The race for House District 129 might be interesting next year. The current Representative, Dennis Paul, has held this office for 10 years with little to show for his time except to promote Abbott’s voucher bill and gun sanctuary bill. He is now running on his unimpressive record for State Senator.
On the Republican side you have a conservative, Bob Mitchell, running against the former CCISD Trustee, MAGAt Scott Bowen. Bowen’s time on the CCISD School Board was marred with controversy and constant chaos. He was lucky to be reelected with 48% against two other candidates. He lost his bid for a 3rd term by 8% against a real conservative. Bob Mitchell is the former President of the Bay Area Economic Partnership. Unlike Bowen he has the skills to work with others and do what politicians do, politic. Bowen has proven with his two terms on CCISD that he lacks the skills to be a politician.
Albert Wittliff ran for CCISD a couple of years ago. After losing his race, instead of dropping out of the scene waiting for the next election, he volunteered to work with CCISD on security issues, his forte. You can read a bit about him below. The general election could be between a moderate and a conservative if Mitchell wins the primary or between a moderate and an extremist MAGAt if Bowen wins.
Come and meet Albert next Thursday. He is impressive.
LOCATION: Clear Lake Rec Center Parking lot. One block north of the Clear Lake Library. 4:00-6:00PM
RSVP Here. Our HPD will be providing security for a safe and peaceful event! Bring your signs. Bring your voice. Bring your friends! Dinner and drinks following!
La Marque City Councilman Joseph Lowry. This is strange. Lowry was elected to the La Marque City Council in May of 2024. In just over a year Lowry has brought chaos to the city resulting in multiple lawsuits, resignations, unwanted media attention, and more. You can read a list of his chaotic adventures here.
Back in February of 2022, 2 years before being elected, Lowry applied for an “Assumed Name Record Certificate of Ownership for Unincorporated Business or Profession”, in other words, a DBA (Doing Business As). Unlike his other DBA’s for his concrete business, his fitness gym, and “Heavenly Bodies”, he filed for two business names using his home address for K Yancy and M Salazar. (Click to see the applications) K Yancy could be Kate Yancy, or Karoline Yancy, or Kristine Yancy or Kimberley Yancy, a sitting Council Member. This screenshot is from the County Court’s website:
Turns out about 4 months after these DBA filings Kimberley Yancy filed suit against Lowry (Case #22-CV-0993 | Kimberley Yancy vs. Joseph Lowry) asking for a temporary restraining order. In the end both parties agreed to a settlement including refraining from harassment, personal attacks, and Lowry must stay 75 ft from Yancy’s residence. Strange that Yancy had to agree not to harrass Lowry even though she wasn’t harassing him in the first place. You can read the entire order here. (Go ahead and read it. It is disturbing.)
But why in the living hell would a grown ass man create a DBA using his home address and someone else’s name especially using the name of someone he is being accused of harassing? Who the fuck does that and for what purpose? According to Yancy’s lawsuit, Lowry had access to Yancy’s social security number which should scare the crap out of everyone especially if someone also has created a DBA under that same name. Of course I can hear Lowry saying it wasn’t “Kimberley” it was just “K”. He also created a DBA for an M Salazar. He has had a running issue with claims of fraud and illegal activity against Mandalynn Salazar. Coincidence?
According to Galveston County both DBAs are active. Who the fuck does that? When visiting the County Court House, I noticed an interesting warning posted by the County Clerk, Dwight Sullivan.
You would think the La Marque Police Department would have more pressing issues to pursue besides going after a 70 year old woman for an alleged misdemeanor.
Just a few days ago the ATF and the Galveston County Sheriffs raided a property in La Marque confiscating explosives, weapons, and drugs. The La Marque Police Department was not involved in the raid probably because they were too busy chasing a 70 year old woman for a misdemeanor.
The woman who goes by “The Mark” (La Marque) on Facebook filed a police report concerning fake social media pages created under her name to the La Marque Police. She did not create these pages and made the report as a precaution especially since there has been political unrest in La Marque ever since Joseph Lowry was elected to City Council. Instead of providing protection the LMPD prosecuted her claiming she created the fake pages and then filed a false police report. None of that makes sense.
She will be turning herself in tomorrow which will probably make national news and Congressional hearings to address the allegations. I expect Lowry to drive up in his mini van and his iPhone 13 to cover the event. Meanwhile Council Member Lowry is claiming victory (see below) and is expecting more indictments for others in the area. The Mark makes posts focusing on Lowry and his constant baseless allegations about waste, fraud, and abuse in the City. Most of the posts are simply copies of what he posts on his own Facebook page, which has been removed by Facebook at one time or another but it is back now.
You would think LMPD would be more interested in Lowry’s history of possession of drugs which have been documented, not once, but twice and should have disqualified him from serving. But then again a 70 year-old woman is a pretty easy target. If the charges actually stick it is a misdemeanor and will end in a small fine, a slap on the wrist, and Congressional hearings.
I’ve seen a lot of ethics violations over the last 20 years. This one ranks right up there with the best…worst. If you want to read another one of the worst, read about Secretary of State Jane Nelson.
Republicans have lost their “law and order” card. This is just plain sick. Taylor Goldenstein of the Houston Chronicle wrote a couple of articles about former Representative Chris Paddie. He was fined $105,000 by the Texas Ethics Commission for violating the State’s revolving door law. He also created a charity the day he announced his intent not to seek reelection and transferred $450,000 of his donors money to his own charity. He is the Chair of the charity and his son is the Vice Chair.
Lucky for Paddie the Texas Attorney General will not enforce the $105,000 fine and the Ethics Commission has no authority to do so. Like other republicans who have violated the ethics laws in Texas he is just going to ignore the fine. There is no record of the fine or the investigation of Paddie on the Ethics website. There was a formal complaint filed against him but if you have money you can have this complaint and resolution hidden from the public.
After leaving office an elected official can transfer their campaign cash to other candidates, the State, or charities but to create a charity under his own name is an incredible loophole that Texas Republicans will never close. His family can now benefit from the donations his supporters gave him.
According to the article he refunded about $30,000 to donors. I think I’ll look at this at a later time.
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