Finally! Joe Machol, candidate for CCISD Trustee, is expected to attend the CCISD Forum held by the Clear Lake Chamber of Commerce tomorrow at 5:30. Hopefully the moderator will ask some hard hitting questions that would separate the candidates. This is also an opportunity for the community to ask Joe Machol “Why are you running?”. It’s a valid question and one that he has refused to answer. He is running against a very well qualified Trustee, Jessica Cejka.

Machol is a former football referee and should be flagged for an illegal substitution. He is not qualified to run for this office. Machol has made a fool of himself when he responded to a detailed questionnaire repeatedly emphasizing “Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic” as if that is no longer taught in schools. His responses, which can be viewed below, are not only embarrassing they should be disqualifying. He has refused to file an Appointment of Treasurer until faced with an Ethics Complaint with the Texas Ethics Commission and he has refused to file a campaign finance report, again against the rules of the Commission.

The one that recruited Macho, Trustee Scott Bowen, should be asked about his support of vouchers (or as he calls it “Savings Accounts”) and how he sponsored a resolution within the Republic Party supporting vouchers. (It was NOT a unanimous vote!) He should be asked about his support in the past of white supremacists organizations and his courting of out of district money from his Billionaire Buddies.

The forum should be available online at https://clearlakearea.com/

Disturbing.
Joe Machol has not filed a campaign finance report. He has not filed an appointment of treasurer yet he is still on the ballot. These are pretty serious ethics violations. If a complaint is filed, and one will be, the fines are usually severe. This makes me wonder what Scott Bowen promised him. I bet we will see a campaign flyer for both Machol and Bowen running as the “Conservative” slate paid for by Bowen’s Billionaire Buddies. By the way, breaking the law is not a conservative value. (unless you are Trump)

Interesting.
Before Bowen ran for CCISD and the push by the Elon Musk Billionaires of Texas candidates would raise a few thousand dollars, put up some signs, shake some hands, and watch the polls. The candidates had extensive backgrounds in education. The races were boring. The results were always best for the district because all the candidates were best for the district. After Bowen outside money flooded the district supporting unqualified candidates such as Christine Parizo, Misty Dawson, Pete Lauzon, and now Joe Machol.

Trustee Cjeka raised $1720, spent $3737, and has a personal loan of $2500. This is what I would have expected pre-bowen. Candidate Rebeccas Lilley raised $4345 and spent $3493. Again what I would have expected pre-bowen.

Expected.
Just an FYI. I donated a small amount to Cjeka and Lilley and if you have read my blog I believe Bowen is a threat to CCISD. You can read about that here.

Bowen raised $4433, spent and incredible amount of $18,500, and like his last run, he has a $15,000 personal loan. This isn’t the first time Bowen has padded his account with a personal loan. He has loaned his campaign $20,000 in the past then just took the loan off his report. His expenditures include $9400 to the Yates Company. That company is used by many far right extremists such as Steve Hoetze who was indicted on multiple felony counts. $2000 went to a group out of Washington DC for voter information. $4900 went to the Republican “store” for signs. As I said this was expected.

CCISD has all the campaign finance reports posted here.

The billionaire, Elon Musk, got his ass kicked last night in Wisconsin.

Elon Musk spent $28 million supporting a candidate for the Wisconsin Supreme Court. It should have been a razor thin victory instead Musk got his ass handed to him by over 10 points. Turn out for this race was out the roof. The night prior to the election Musk handed out $1 Million prizes for those who had signed a petition. He paraded on stage wearing a cheesehead hat and jumping around on the stage like a 2 year old.

Last week a large number of protesters targeted a Tesla dealership. One of the issues discussed was the out of control money being spent by billionaires to win races including school districts. CCISD is one of those that has been targeted by Texas’ own Elon Musks, Timothy Dunn and Farris Wilks. In the last election their PAC, Defend Texas Liberty, solely funded a CCISD candidate Peter Lauzon. He lost. They tried to fund another candidate during the same election. She returned the donation.

These billionaires gave $2000 to Trustee Scott Bowen. He gladly accepted it. Bowen is now up for reelection and will probably be supported by his political party, again, as well as the Elon Musks of Texas. BTW Defend Texas Liberty was disbanded after the leadership was caught meeting with a known white supremacist, Nick Fuentes. (Look him up)

Campaign finance reports for the CCISD elections are due tomorrow. Prior to Scott Bowen running for office, candidates would raise a few thousand dollars, make some signs, and shake some hands. Now PACs like Defend Texas Liberty have attempted to “take over” school districts spending outrageous amounts of money. In Keller ISD candidates received $50,000 each from a PAC. (They won) In Friendswood a candidate received $50,000 from 2 donors. (He lost!)

Hopefully Musk will put on a cow patty hat and campaign for Scott Bowen.