Raising Campaign Cash: Houston City Elections. Update 1

July 12, 2019

It is official. Tony Buzbee plans to use his personal wealth to buy a Mayoral race. Much like Texas Representative out of Galveston “Money” Mays Middleton who spent over $2 Million of his own money to buy his seat, Buzbee has now donated a total of $7,500,000 to his campaign. $7,500,000.

Hopefully he will become like his other republican buddy, Kathaleen Wall who spent over $6,000,000 and lost in the primary. Buzbee is trying to be another Trump. He is loud, politically ignorant, rich, and an asshole. Just. Like. Trump.

Michael Kubosh has reported raising only $43,000 with a $276,000 outstanding loan. $10,000 came from the FireFighters PAC.

CANDIDATE COH Raised Spent
MAYOR
Sylvester Turner (inc)
Kendall Baker
Derrick Broze
Dwight Boykins
Tony Buzbee $5,140,725 $5,500,000 $1,814,754
Anton Dowls
Naoufal Houjami
Bill King
Sue Lovell
Demetria Smith
CONTROLLER
Chris Brown (inc)
Amparo Gasca
District E
Dave Martin (inc)
Sam Cleveland
Ryan Lee
Position 1
Mike Knox (inc)
Michelle Bonton
Joe McElligott (withdrawn)
Georgia Provost
Raj Salhotra
Position 2
David Robinson (inc)
Willie Davis
Emily Detoto
Position 3
Michael Kubosh (inc) $122,870 $43,875 $20,319
Janaeya Carmouche
Marcel McClinton
William Dave Martin (withdrawn)
Goku Sankar
Position 4
Amanda Edwards (inc)
Christel Bastida
Tiko Hausman
Ericka McCrutcheon
Position 5
Sallie Alcorn
Brad Batteau
Paul Bishop (withdrawn)
Jamaal Boone
Catherine Flowers
Ralph Garcia
Marvin McNeese
Giang Nguyen
Letitia Plummer 
Sonia Rivera
Ashton Woods

If you can't hear you can't be Hurd.

July 9, 2019


Texas Congressman William Hurd CD 23 seems to have forgotten that under the Obama administration Iran agreed to stop enrichment of nuclear material. 

According to the joint statement in Switzerland, the P5+1 countries and Iran agreed on a framework for a deal. According to this framework, Iran would redesign, convert, and reduce its nuclear facilities and accept the Additional Protocol (with provisional application) in order to lift all nuclear-related economic sanctions, freeing up tens of billions of dollars in oil revenue and frozen assets.


Trump, with Hurd’s backing, pulled the United States out of the deal without having negotiating a new one. Now Hurd is complaining that Iran is, once again, starting up their nuclear development. Duh! This is a problem Trump created, once again. He has no idea or capability to make any kind of international deal. Instead of having an international agreement we have nothing. And nothing is better than anything Trump can negotiate. Literally.

Hurd can’t hear the laughter of the international community. Or us.


Raising Campaign Cash: Houston City Elections. Part I

July 3, 2019

Campaign finance reports for Houston City Council candidates will be available soon. They are due by July 15th and most will wait till that day to make them available online. Some will issue press releases to show their strength. Others who are not viable will simply wait till the due date.

Watch this blog. I will be focusing on the race for Mayor, Comptroller, District E and the At Large seats. I will post Part II as soon as the following status changes:

CANDIDATE COH Raised Spent
MAYOR
Sylvester Turner (inc)
Kendall Baker
Derrick Broze
Dwight Boykins
Tony Buzbee
Anton Dowls
Naoufal Houjami
Bill King
Sue Lovell
Demetria Smith
CONTROLLER
Chris Brown (inc)
Amparo Gasca
District E
Dave Martin (inc)
Sam Cleveland
Ryan Lee
Position 1
Mike Knox (inc)
Michelle Bonton
Joe McElligott (withdrawn)
Georgia Provost
Raj Salhotra
Position 2
David Robinson (inc)
Willie Davis
Emily Detoto
Position 3
Michael Kubosh (inc)
Janaeya Carmouche
Marcel McClinton
William Dave Martin (withdrawn)
Goku Sankar
Position 4
Amanda Edwards (inc)
Christel Bastida
Tiko Hausman
Ericka McCrutcheon
Position 5
Sallie Alcorn
Brad Batteau
Paul Bishop (withdrawn)
Jamaal Boone
Catherine Flowers
Ralph Garcia
Marvin McNeese
Giang Nguyen
Letitia Plummer 
Sonia Rivera
Ashton Woods

Shawn Terry. Why are you running in Texas HD 108?

July 2, 2019

In 2018 Joanna Cattanach ran in Texas House District 108, in the Dallas area. She lost by only 200 votes. She immediately declared she intended to run again. And she should.  

So why in the world would someone roll out of bed and decide to challenge her in the Democratic Primary? That is a question that voters in HD108 should be asking Shawn Terry. According to the Dallas Morning News Terry has entered the race and claims to have a great start to fundraising:

AUSTIN — A new Democratic challenger to Dallas Rep. Morgan Meyer says he’s raised $235,000 in the past five months, setting up a potentially well-funded effort against the three-term GOP incumbent.

On Monday, Shawn Terry, an investment banker from Uptown, announced his campaign for House District 108, which is anchored in the Park Cities and also includes downtown, the Arts District and East Dallas.

Terry would be only the 2nd openly gay legislator if elected. His voting record will be looked at closely as well as his campaign finance reports due July 15. It just bothers the shit out of me that someone would jump into a race when we had a very successful and promising campaign in 2018 with a promising candidate. Why pick this race? Why make the candidate raise and spend money in a primary instead of supporting the Democrat in the general?

Ego and possibly republican backing might be the reason.


Houston Firefighters Union might want a mulligan on Boykins

July 1, 2019
From CigarSnobMag.com

Oh. My. Gawd. This isn’t going to end well.

Just 2 days after entering the race for Mayor the Houston Fire Fighters Union endorsed City Councilman Dwight Boykins over Tony Buzbee. They might want to take a mulligan after Boykins performance at a Youth Advocacy Summit organized by OCA Asian Pacific American Advocates and Mi Familia Vota. As reported by ABC 13:

“He was telling us we should keep our legs closed, that we shouldn’t taint ourselves,” said 16-year-old Khloe. “In a way, saying that we should stay pure because otherwise, in the future, other men won’t want us.”

And it got worse. And there is a video. I’m not a fan of Boykins for Mayor. I feel he tried to jump on the Pay Parity issue for the Fire Fighters for political gain. The Union prematurely endorsed him because of their disdain for Mayor Turner. This was a real bad performance by Boykins. He did issue an apology:

Over the course of my career, I have always been plain-spoken and have always spoke from my heart, especially where it involves laying a positive path forward for our youth. That was my sole objective recently when I was asked to speak to a group of students about their future hopes and dreams. During the discussion, I shared my perspective on life and the importance of staying focused while avoiding some of the pitfalls that far too often plague many of our youth, a message I have delivered to groups around the city. My words were met to inspire and I deeply regret the extent to which they caused anyone hurt or discomfort. That was never my intention, and to anyone who may have taken offense by what I said, I apologize.


Boo Birds for Buzbee

July 1, 2019

That didn’t end well. Let’s give the Democrats a thumbs up for a job well done!

Tony Buzbee is just like Donald Trump. He is a politically ignorant candidate running for political office. He isn’t doing very well so far. He courted the Houston Fire Fighters Union for months only to be passed over for City Councilman Dwight Boykins just 2 days after he entered the race. On Saturday Buzbee should have known that his appearance at the Harris County Democratic Party Executive Committee meeting would not end well. It didn’t and he got his feelings hurt. Hundreds of Democrats representing the party gave Buzbee the respect he deserves.

Buzbee has been a major contributor to Trump and republicans. From a previous post:

In 2016 Buzbee gave the Trump Victory Fund $250,000. He held a fundraiser for Trump at his home in River Oaks. He donated $35,000 to Trump’s PAC and $165,000 to the RNC. He then donated $500,000 to Trump’s inauguration

But that is not all. Since 2015 Buzbee has become the sugar daddy of a number of state parties donating $110,000 to the Republican Party in 11 different states. He has donated over $1,000,000 to various candidates including $308,000 to Greg Abbott and $80,000 to Rick Perry.He is clearly running a loud mouth, in your face, type of campaign, again just like Trump.

So his attendance at the CEC meeting was appropriately welcomed with loud boos and was heckled on his way out.
Buzbee tucked tail and ran to his Facebook page to whine about the event. It was almost like he didn’t understand why he wouldn’t be welcomed. Maybe he ought to try attending the Republican Party CEC meeting after bankrolling the Democrats successful effort to wipe out their judges.

On the Democratic side Buzbee helped the party wipe out the Republican judges in Harris County with his $90,000 donation to the Harris County Democratic Party not including the $20,000 to their Federal PAC in 2018. He also donated $176,178 to Democratic Judicial Candidates. Every one of them won.


Why do you have to be a dick about everything: Galveston County Young Republicans

June 26, 2019

Every now and then you have to ask the question “Why do you have to be a dick about everything?”.

The Republican Party is raising a new crop of dicks in Galveston County. Joining the bag of dicks which include Trump, Louie Gohmert, Sid Miller, and the Harris County Republican Party, the Galveston County Young Republicans reached down into their pants and whip out the following:

Children are dying, locked up in filthy cages not fit for a dog, and they think this is funny, cute. Congratulations to the GCYR for joining the bag of dicks.


Movie Review: Ma and The Dead Don't Die

June 25, 2019

Do yourself a favor.

If you intend to go see either one of these movies do yourself a favor. Buy a bucket of popcorn. Watch the movie. Put the bucket on your head. Then walk out of the theatre. The bucket will hide your identity and protect you from ridicule.

Ma was just plain awful. Why Academy Award winner Octavia Spencer, would stoop to this level of movie is beyond me. Think back to when you were a senior in high school and your friend that is 3 years older keeps coming back to your school and your parties. Now add 30 years to that age difference. Not only is Octavia stuck in the past but most of her high school buddies are too. It is just an incredibly brain dead movie.

Then there was The Dead Don’t Die. Watch the trailer. Add a flying saucer beaming up a ninja warrior in the middle of a field of zombies. And top it off with a predictable ending. It doesn’t end well. The movie has a boatload of stars including Adam Driver, Bill Murray, Selena Gomez, and more. They all suck in this movie. You will have to force a loud laugh to convince you that the $10 you paid wasn’t wasted. It was. It will be if you see it. The trailer is all you need to watch.

So far the summer has sucked for movies.


Don't cry for me Jonathon Stickland.

June 24, 2019

Texas State Representative Johnathon Stickland has read the writing on the wall. He can see the Blue Tsunami coming for him in November and has the dogs nipping at his heals. So like the coward he is he has decided to run. Away. He will not seek another term for the Texas State House.

But, don’t cry for Stickland. For his 8 years of doing the “Lord’s work”, part-time at that, he will receive a hefty $23,000 pension per year starting at the age of 60. A Texas teacher making $50,000/year must work 20 full time years to receive the exact same amount.

For his 8 years of accomplishing very little, sitting on his fat ass, passing a bill allowing gun nuts to carry loaded assault weapons in the street, and killing a bill that would ban chaining of dogs in the hot sun, Stickland will be receiving almost $2000/month for the rest of his fat life.

May the dogs hound you for the rest of your fat fucking life.


Tuesday June 25: Local Pollution and Your Health Forum

June 24, 2019

Attend the “Local Pollution and Your Health” Forum this Tuesday June 25 at Bay Area Community Center at 6:30 pm to find out critical information for you and your family.

Find out more about forum at Eventbrite https://tinyurl.com/y6h9v89p


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