Yesterday the Galveston Municipal Police Association thought it would be cute to post the above on their social media platform after former President Joe Biden visited the island for the Juneteenth celebration. They received a boatload of comments, mostly negative, including one simply saying “What a bunch of assholes”. That was me. They have since TACOed and removed the post.
The GMPA is a non profit organization and according to their Facebook page “GMPA was formed to represent the interests and concerns of police officers within the Galveston Police Department”. They have a PAC that raised just over $15,000 in 2024 spending over $8,000 on the services of Wayne Dolcefino instead of an actual website. Dolcefino is a former journalist with KTRK. According to the Houston Chronicle Dolcefino torpedoed Turner’s chances for Mayor with a story that was deemed to be false. A jury awarded Turner $5.5 Million. Dolcefino is now a glorified blogger.
Biden’s visit was greatly appreciated by those attending the celebration. While in office Biden made Juneteenth a federal holiday. On June 19, 1865 enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas, were finally informed of their freedom, two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation.
The GMPA honored those who celebrated the occasion by being a bunch of assholes. It’s as if their goddamn parents didn’t instill a lick of fucking sense when it comes to shutting the fuck up. Sometimes that is all you have to do, just shut the fuck up, to act like a fucking human being.
La Marque was on the edge of taking over the chaos in the city until Nick Long found a keyboard.
You would think the Mayor of League City would learn to read the room and STFU especially after this buddy Justin Hicks passed the chaos torch to La Marque and resigned. But the peaceful protest in his city against his lord and savior, Donald Trump, triggered him.
The protest was a huge success with almost 1000 showing up in a deep, deep, red area of Texas. The police did a great job and were greatly appreciated. The Trump supporters arrived in the single digits, at most 9 at one time. They had more signs than people to hold them. That didn’t stop Long from making ignorant comments on social media and commenting on a made-up claim about being harassed. (That didn’t happen)
He claimed that Elon Musk’s AI app, Grok, estimated just 350. Grok and Elon are NAZI trash. Besides, why in the fuck would Long care? It was a successful and peaceful protest. No one brought guns. No one stormed city hall. No one beat up or killed a cop. No one was flying NAZI or Confederate flags. League City received praise for all of this from the Galveston Daily News. All Long should have done was take credit for it, thank the protestors and the police, and go do something more productive like picking on the Gay Community. Again.
SpaceXplosion has a serious systemic problem. How many more explosions is the FAA going to tolerate before they determine the root cause of these mishaps. How many more explosions will the local residents tolerate? Who has to die before someone makes SpaceX stand down until they determine WTF is going on?
The video to the left is disturbing. Not only was the vehicle destroyed but the pad was destroyed and I would bet homes in the area might have damage. There is probably environmental damage as well. But watch that video and count between the time you see the explosion and the time you hear it. The people who took the video was just over a mile away. I was able to get a pass on “The Causeway” to see a Shuttle Launch many years ago. That location was about 8 miles away. My parents were VIPs at the visitor center which was just over 3 miles away. You can actually hear the person who took the video comment about the heat from the Xplosion. They were that close.
After this many accidents SpaceX needs to stand down and determine the root cause of the multiple failures. Calling the explosions cute names like a RUD “Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly” isn’t funny anymore. These accidents have become a RUFUS “Rapid Unscheduled Fuck Ups”.
You can watch the official SpaceX video below. If you watch from a couple of minutes before the explosion you will hear them talking about a June 29 launch and what I consider as an unprofessional attitude to a very serious endeavor. They then reference to the event as a RUD but then simply refer to it as what it really happened. It blew up.
Dolph Tillotson lives in Galveston and is a member of The Daily News editorial board. He wrote a column “Politics in La Marque has descended into dysfunction“. I believe Tillotson is a Conservative (not a MAGAt) and his comments are spot on. Take a moment to read it.
Background: So in a nutshell what is happening in La Marque and why? The chaos in La Marque is mostly due to one person, Council Member Joseph Lowry. Lowry won his seat in District C just over a year ago and has brought divisiveness, pettiness, and chaos into city politics. He claims to be a “journalist” writing on a Facebook page with childish comments and doctored pictures of his fellow Council Members. His claims of corruption have been baseless and his personal attacks on members of Council and citizens have grown old. His pettiness makes my pettiness look petty. The infighting caused by Lowry was the main reason for a Council Member to resign his seat. You can search the Galveston Daily News for many articles concerning Lowry here.
Multiple Censures and Suits: Lowry has been censured a number of times by Council. He has been sued by members of City Council for harassment. He owns a concrete business and is being sued by one of his competitors for defamation. He is being sued by Galveston County for unpaid taxes amounting to $43,000. There has been a complaint filed concerning his application for $50,000 in COVID related relief. He has a very troubling criminal past in Washington State which called for a decision on whether he is legally qualified for his position. (The Council took the issue up and took no action.) He has sued the City for breach of his 1st Amendment rights. A federal Judge sided with the City.
Failed Recalls: According to the Galveston County News Lowry orchestrated a number of failed recalls. One concerning a tax rollback and a couple concerning the Mayor. Needless to say his time on Council probably isn’t the most productive. The article documents a profaned laced interaction with a city resident which was highly criticized by City Council.
Cease and Desist: And recently his harassment of the new City Manager, JP Pritchett, took a nasty turn. Lowry, along with the City and the Chief of Police, was served with a Cease and Desist order from attorneys representative Mr. Pritchett. This C&D claims he has been harassed, threats made, and has been stalked by Lowry. The order specifically demanded the following:
The letter goes on to demand that Lowry cease and desist from making any further false statements, harassment, threats, and stalking of Mr. Pritchett. They ask for the City to take immediate action to prevent Lowry from accessing city facilities where Mr. Pritchett works and to prevent any further release of private or confidential information.
The Recall: Lowry has used his Facebook page to harass members of the community and in return they have filed a Recall Petition. The community members are actively obtaining signatures to force a recall vote. Unfortunately these recalls are relatively expensive but based upon Lowry’s actions it may be the only action the city can take. If the recall is successful then an election must be held to fill the seat.
Former District Attorney Kim Ogg just can’t keep out of the press. Yesterday she called for the Gang Of Phuckers (GOP) to take over Harris County. Ogg might want to read the room and then consider leaving. It’s like being at a party without an invitation. Eventually someone is going to ask “Who the fuck invited you?”.
If she hasn’t been keeping abreast of the news lately, the Republicans are as popular as herpes at a hot tub party, or as an aunt crashing your high school sleep over, or a rocking chair at a long tailed cat convention. You get the idea. The republican name is crap. It’s shit. They have become Trump. They have become lying, cheating, grifting, whiny little bitches. Everything they say is a lie. Everything they do is to please Trump. They have their lips firmly attached to Trump’s ass. They will turn on each other like a pack of hyenas trying to share a warthog. Sucking up to them at this time might not be the best idea for good reason.
The lying, cheating, whiny little bitches don’t like Ogg. They don’t want her endorsement. The face of the party doesn’t need to be Kim Ogg. The Democrats made that real clear back in 2024 defeating her by 50 points in the primary. In her last term her divisiveness was on an epic level, one the party could no longer tolerate. She needed to just move on but instead she is moving into the other party that didn’t invite her.
Responses from the Republican Party was swift: A Precinct Chair said “Who?”. Greg Abbott said “Kim is just what we need to take attention off of my very popular voucher plan and the waste of our National Guard resources.” Lt Governor Patrick was quoted “I will beat off all those who attack my plan to ban THC”. Senator Ted Cruz stated “Kim Ogg? I’ve never met her.”
Yep. It’s satire. But I would be very cautious about an invitation to a hot tub party hosted by the Republican Party.
La Marque City Council was successfully wrestling the title of “most controversial” away from League City until yesterday.
Nick Long might want to put his hatred for the gay community on hold for a bit. He might want to stop believing every white wing post on twitter. He might want to get back to doing the work of the city like providing outstanding support to the protest held on Saturday. And he might want to read the room. Being a hateful dick is becoming very unpopular.
Yesterday Long had to make a stupid comment on a post concerning the New York Mets. The Mets were celebrating Pride month and during the National Anthem the TV screen briefly showed the pride flag. So Long had to make his ignorant comment claiming the Mets had replaced the American Flag with the pride flag. How fucking stupid is Long to believe something that incredibly stupid. Long actually isn’t stupid. He knew this was total bullshit but he wanted to show off his hate for a select group of people in League City like he did when he supported Justin Hicks book ban.
Yesterday I wrote about the La Marque City Council meeting and the censure vote of Councilman Joseph Lowry. The city attorney, sitting next to Lowry, was advising council not to take up the censure of Lowry based upon something the city had just received. What was received wasn’t disclosed to Council. Until now.
The letter (below) was a Cease and Desist Letter from the Boswell Law Firm addressed to Councilman Joseph Lowry, the Chief of Police Randal Aragon, and the City of La Marque concerning defamation, harassment and threatening conduct. The lawyers were representing the new City Manager J.B. Pritchett. The letter documents defamatory, threatening statements by Lowry and threats by Aragon to convene a grand jury, stalking and tracking of Pritchett, unauthorized disclosure of private information, and failure of the City of La Marque to provide a safe work environment.
The letter goes on to demand that Lowry cease and desist from making any further false statements, harassment, threats, and stalking of Mr. Pritchett. They ask for the City to take immediate action to prevent Lowry from accessing city facilities where Mr. Pritchett works and to prevent any further release of private or confidential information.
Needless to say this is some pretty crazy shit. Now you know why the City Attorney cautioned the Council from taking any further action on the Lowry censure. You can read the entire letter below.
The City of La Marque has taken over the unfortunate side show of League City. I don’t believe any of the members of the city council are contributing to this show unlike what happened in League City with the book banning and other issues but they have to deal with it. The video of last nights meeting to address a censure of City Councilman Joseph Lowry wasn’t pretty. The segment starts at 1:51:48 and lasts for about an hour.
In public comments a couple of citizens made complaints concerning Lowry and his acceptance of $50,000 in COVID relief funds, his history of bullying citizens, and the recall petition filed last week. That segment starts at 21:43.
At the end of the meeting a censure resolution was discussed at 1:55:07 with Councilman James Ross taking the floor. This censure has something to do with an email sent by Lowry making accusations and disparaging remarks towards members of Council. The email was enough for Ross to file a complaint. At one point the legal advisor asked that the censure be tabled in order to address the legal implications of the email and the possible exposure of the city to legal action.
During his rebuttal Lowry made an accusation towards another member concerning his proposed Lego store. (I believe he is trying to open a legos store in an unused mall) He made a reference to children which prompted the member to stand from his chair and the Mayor to stop the discussion. You can watch that at 1:57:58.
In the end Lowry made a motion to censure himself for “exercising his first amendment rights”. It failed. The next censure item was tabled at the request of legal counsel. For the most part the council meeting was cordial and professional except for the discussion concerning Lowry.
FILE PHOTO: ear gas is released into a crowd of protesters, with one wielding a Confederate battle flag that reads “Come and Take It,” during clashes with Capitol police at a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S, January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
No Place but Texas. And Alvin.
The Bay Area chapter of True Texas Project is holding their next meeting at a private school in Alvin, Apogee Gulf Coast. (Kind of far away from the Bay Area, more on that later) Their host for the evening is convicted Jan 6 rioter Treniss Evans who was sentenced to 3 years probation. You can read the entire indictment here. In conclusion the indictment states:
Evans knowingly and voluntarily admits to all the elements of Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1752(a)(1). Specifically, Evans admits that he knowingly entered and remained in a restricted building and grounds, that is, any posted, cordoned-off, and otherwise restricted area within the United States Capitol and its grounds, where the Vice President and Vice President-elect were temporarily visiting, without lawful authority to do so.
Treniss is now the founder of Condemned USA, an organization claiming to provide legal assistance to those affected by the”government overreach” such as the Jan 6 insurrectionists. He is making the tour of republican clubs and organizations. When asked about this meeting, Apogee Gulf Coast claims they are not a political organization. That may be true but they might want to research the far white political groups they are catering to.
Who is True Texas Project? The Southern Poverty Law Center has added the True Texas Project to their list of extremist organizations categorized as a general anti-government organization. The Bay Area local chapter was banned from holding meetings at the Webster Presbyterian Church after the elders learned of their background. They moved to the Holiday Inn for a number of months but are now at Apogee.
The local group has attempted to enter the League City elections by holding a forum for the candidates. Only one candidate accepted the invitation. TTP is considered so extreme even the extremists of the Republican Party refused to participate in their birthday celebration. The venue, The Fort Worth Botanic Garden stated the event would not be held there, and that it “rejects all forms of hate speech, discrimination, or bigotry.” According to The Texas Tribune:
Billed as the 15th anniversary celebration for True Texas Project, the conference agenda claims that there is a “war on white America,” and urges attendees to embrace once-fringe ideologies such as Christian nationalism or the Great Replacement Theory, which claims that there is an intentional, often Jewish-driven, effort to destroy white people through immigration, interracial marriage or the LGBTQ+ community.
Local politicians support Our local elected officials State Representative Dennis Paul and CCISD Trustee Scott Bowen have been guest speakers to the organization. Paul is now running for the Senate and Bowen is running for State Representative.
Funding TTP has been funded by the Scott Bowen’s billionaire buddies, Timothy Dunn and Farris Wilks, with $40,0000 coming from their new PAC Texans for a Conservative Majority. Their former PAC, Defend Texas Liberty, was disbanded after The Texas Tribune exposed them for meeting with Nick Fuentes, a known white supremacist.
Apogee might want to reconsider who they associate with.
The Bay Area has the highest premiums in the entire state. Someone needs to address and solve the problem but nothing will happen unless we ourselves take action.
The rising cost of insurance is not a political issue since it affects everyone no matter what side of the aisle you are on but it is a political issue because only the politicians in Austin can fix it and they haven’t. This past legislation session has been a complete dud for homeowners. (Read the Houston Chronicle article Texas lawmakers push off big home insurance relief: ‘Nothing was done’. Not one significant bill was passed to address the issue but as the Chair of the House Insurance Committee stated “We are going to, as a body, find ways to lower the cost of insurance.” He was stating that the issue must be addressed in the next two years.
So what do we do? Here are some suggestions:
Join your neighbors. Join your neighbors and stay informed. Signup for the newsletter at tinyurl.com/BayAreaHouston You will receive a periodic email to keep you informed of important meetings.
Vote. The only people who can fix this issue is our elected officials. Our State Representative Dennis Paul has been in office for 10 years and sat (literally) on the Insurance Committee for 10 full years. He is now running for State Senator. You might want to send a message to him. Our State Senator Mayes Middleton sat on the Business and Commerce Committee responsible for insurance issues. He is now running for Texas Attorney General.
Contact your elected officials. Contact both Paul and Middleton. Ask them to hold a town hall meeting to address this issue. (Note: Neither of them has ever addressed the community while in office on any issue) Call Senator Middleton at 512-463-0111. Ask for Matt Patterson. Also email Matt at Matt.patterson@senate.texas.gov. Call Representative Paul at 512) 463-0734 ask for Greg Bentch. Email greg at Greg.Bentch@house.texas.gov
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