Review: 2022 Chevy Bolt EUV. (EV Car)

November 11, 2024

It’s a pretty cool car!

So I was tired of the hand me down 2013 Subaru. I sold it and looked for another vehicle. I ended up buying a 2022 Chevy Bolt EUV, a small SUV that is fully electric. What I learned was that when you tell your friends that you bought a fully electric car they all become electrical engineers with their diploma from Facebook U. Everyone is an expert in something they know nothing about.

For instance. Everyone claims that it is expensive to replace the battery, which is true, but that is not the entire story. The battery is warranted for 100,000 miles or 8 years which ever comes first. The batteries are lasting well over 200,000 miles. At that mileage most people will end up selling their cars anyway. The cost of the batteries are coming down quickly. If you lost an ICE (internal combustion engine) it will cost about the same amount as a new battery but the cost of new or refurbished batteries are becoming affordable. That is if you intend to drive the damn car over 200,000 miles.

Everyone says you have to charge the car on long trip. And/Or DUH! You have to put gas in your car on long trips also. The fast chargers can give you about 100 miles every 30 minutes of charging. I have a charger that can charge with a common 110 plug or a 220 volt plug. At 110 I can get about 70 miles over night. I have free nights for 10 hours so my charging is free. At 220 I can get a full 300 mile charge over night. I have had the car for 2 months now and I have not needed a fast charge yet. I get free fast charging at the movies so I charge when I am there.

Look, an EV isn’t for everyone. For me, it is perfect. I can drive to my cabin without charging. I can drive to Houston and Galveston and back without charging. I use my car for local travel mostly with a daily trip to the dog park. It’s a perfect size for my dog and it is a nice car with leather seats, sunroof, and kick ass radio! It is a perfect car for me and it is a different way of driving. If you want to carry plywood or building materials you might want a different vehicle.

So far I have driven for over 2 months on free electricity!

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Movie Review: Heretic

November 11, 2024

Watch it? Rent it? Skip it? WATCH IT!

Ok. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect but this was a great religious/horror movie. Hugh Grant was particularly creepy. The two young, women, Mormon missionaries spreading the word of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints play their parts very well. From Rotten Tomatoes:

Two young missionaries are forced to prove their faith when they knock on the wrong door and are greeted by a diabolical Mr. Reed (Hugh Grant), becoming ensnared in his deadly game of cat-and-mouse.

This is a 2 hour movie which means at least 1 restroom break but I didn’t want to break away. It was just that good. The movie discusses religion, not specifically Mormonism. It questions the origin of religion something I find interesting. Along with this discussion they mix an intense horror aspect to it.

This is a great movie. It is being show on Standard Format, not in BIG SCREEN or IMAX. It is just a standard movie format and a great horror flick. Watch it!

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Hiring day workers in League City

November 11, 2024

Ever wonder how to hire a day worker in League City? Well I’m here to enlighten!

Have you ever had the need for non salaried labor? Maybe you need a fence built or cars washed or maybe you own a restaurant that needs a couple of extra hands for cooking. Where would you find a place for day labor? You could go to the Texas Workforce Commission but that might require a load of paperwork. Or you can visit the many sites in League City that offer services that you need.

For instance at the corner of Main Street and Texas Avenue, right across the street from Red River Barbecue, you can find day labor. This is on the side of Lone Star Title Loans. I don’t know what the going rate is for day laborers or how you would verify citizenship, but they are there every morning waiting to provide their much needed services to restaurants, homebuilders, and citizens looking for help.

There are a number of places throughout League City that provide access to day laborers. Many workers hang around Home Depot and Lowes as well as other supply stores. (They have in the past) Maybe you know of other placed that business owners can visit to hire labor. If so, email me and I will post!

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League City Elections. Money down the drain.

November 10, 2024

Ouch. That wasn’t expected.

League City voters are interesting. They returned Tom Crews to City Council squeaking by his well funded opponent, Scott Higginbotham, by just a few hundred votes. Tom is a well know conservative. Unlike his opponent, he isn’t a MAGAt conservative much like Justin Hicks. Voters also returned Hicks to City Council by a large margin. All of that is strange. It was a good win for Crews and for the City.

Crew’s opponent spent $21,500 of his own money plus an additional amount of money from Mayor Nick Long’s Political Action Committee. Long lost on this race. His PAC did not contribute to Justin Hicks. Justin ran on his credentials of being a MAGAt conservative and decorated Iraq war veteran. The voters gave Hicks a pass on his inability to be honest about his campaign finance reports, hold a job, pay his bills, or his filing for bankruptcy. Someone with this type of record should never get near an elected office. Yet the same voters who put Hicks back in office also re-elected a true conservative, Tom Crews. They voted from one extreme to common decency.

League City Council will remain a white, male, MAGAt council with the exception of a couple of true conservatives. It will be interesting to watch Long try to bury the hatchet with those he opposed. I wonder what Council will do this next year? Maybe go after the businesses that hire illegal aliens?

Ethics complaints filed with the Texas Ethics Commission are still pending against Hicks and Higginbotham Election results can be found here.

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Movie Review: Juror #2

November 9, 2024

Watch it? Rent it? Skip it? Skip it.

This should be Clint Eastwood’s last film. Mercifully. If you have ever served on a jury or have anything to do with a trial do yourself a favor and don’t watch this. It is insulting to the process much like Gravity was to NASA. It’s just not how things work in a jury. Gravity isnt how it works with NASA either.

But if you go in with the ability to put aside the inaccuracies, errors, and misconceptions in the process it is just a so-so movie. Simmons has an easy and quick out almost close to just a cameo. I love Toni Collette but she is better than this. It is almost as if she was suffering through the entire movie. Messina has a so-so performance.

The story doesn’t flow. It is choppy even though it is 2 hours long. It is crammed adding to the choppiness. At times I wondered if I had slept through a part waking up asking “What did I miss?”. (I think I actually did snooze off for a bit. It is that bad.)

I’m not sure what everyone else was thinking when reviewing this movie. Maybe they never served on a jury. Or maybe they have seen too many crime movies and series thinking they know everything about our judicial system after graduating from Facebook law school.

See it? Rent it? Skip it? Skip it.

At least I got a free charge for my Chevy Bolt at the charging station.

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Election 2024. The Good. The Bad. The Ugly.

November 8, 2024

The Ugly has raised its head in America. Again. Adolph would be so proud. This is who we are:

Democrats across the country did it again by “misunderestimating” the majority of American voters. We provided plans for economical opportunities, strengthening our relationships with our Allies , a brighter, hopeful future, yada-yada, whatever, whatever, go fuck yourself. We spoke to the American voters as if they were interested in listening, reading, or thinking, as if they possessed some sort of intelligence when it came to politics, the economy, international affairs and morality. They weren’t interested.

Adolph voters wanted to hear lies. They wanted to be stroked with racist, sexists, bigoted, hateful lies about Americans except for the white folks. They wanted to hear immoral comments about Haitans, Puerto Ricans, Asians, Gays, Latinos, Muslims, our military, and other non-whites. They not only tolerated it, they wanted it, they demanded it. And Adolph gave it to them for a decade. He gave his follows the permission to hate and they lapped it up like a sick dog.

We “misunderstimated” their lack of a moral compass. They tolerated and laughed at mocking the disabled, referring to Native Americans as “Pocohantas”, instigating riots, killing of police, advocating for violence, attacking the Gay community, ignoring the law, ignoring science, and everything we would slap the shit out of our kids for doing. This is who they are. Adolph brought them out of the closet.

And they are our neighbors. They will expect you to continue to organize a Super Bowl party in your driveway and host the yearly National Night Out as if nothing happened. As if nothing will happen to your gay family members, or to your Mexican American children.

We have yet another four years of lies, misinformation, racist comments and immoral behavior by the President of the United States. Democrats thought American were tired of this. They thought Americans wanted to get back to normal, debate policies, and move the country forward.

They weren’t. This is who we are. So go fuck yourself.

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Election night party in Clear Lake

November 4, 2024

Bay Area Democratic Movement is providing food by Lucian’s. Candidate for State Representative Doug Peterson is donating towards a bar tab!! We will have s’mores outside. Come celebrate with us!

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Amending Campaign Finance Reports: Scott Higginbotham

November 1, 2024

Once again this is strange but the right thing to do.

Scott Higginbotham filed a very strange campaign finance report. It didn’t make cents. Literally. As was posted yesterday “In his second report he loaned his campaign another $16,500 leaving an outstanding loan balance of $21,500. He didn’t document over $11,000 in donations. He claims to have spent over $24,000 but documented only about $4000.”

His amended report blamed his treasurer, his wife, for the mistake. It still does not address the $5000 he gave to Nick Long’s PAC and the outstanding loan balance should be &21,500 not $16,500. Scott must be well off to be able to spend $21,500 of his own money for his campaign. Nothing wrong with that. Personally I think it should be against the law for self financing a campaign but this is Texas. Money rules.

League City ought to require all candidates to take a class on how to file a campaign finance report. Justin Hicks could teach it.

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Raising Campaign Cash: League City Candidate Scott Higginbotham

October 30, 2024

And you wonder why League City Council got rid of the Ethics Committee?

In his last campaign finance report Scott Higginbotham did not disclose a $5000 donation to Nick Long’s PAC. That donation was used to attack his opponent. Looking at his latest report Higginbotham claims to have raised $11,850 but documented only $582.82.

In his previous report he had $10,627.26 COH after raising $11,850, loaning his campaign $5000, and spending $6222.74. That adds up. What doesn’t add up is his second report.

In his second report he loaned his campaign another $16,500 leaving an outstanding loan balance of $21,500. He didn’t document over $11,000 in donations. He claims to have spent over $24,000 but documented only about $4000.

None of this is right. None of it ads up. None of it.

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Join the Fight Against Rising Home Insurance Rates

October 30, 2024

The Rising Cost of our Home Insurance

From 1995 to 2010 I was a self proclaimed consumer activist focusing on helping new homeowners with construction defects. I spent many days in Austin talking with our elected officials, attending hearings, and advocating for homeowners. I have come out of “retirement” to address another problem affecting homeowners, business owners, realtors, insurance agents, and taxpayers; the rising cost of insurance.

I have lived in Bay Knoll for over 35 years and have witnessed massive insurance reforms in 2003 and the affects on our community. If you have recently renewed your insurance policy it is clear these reforms did not work. The insurance industry has millions of dollars to spend lobbying our elected officials. They are blaming everything on inflation, cost of goods, supply chain, and lawsuits. These have contributed to the rise in insurance but it hasn’t contributed to premiums doubling and deductibles going through the roof. There is much more to this issue and personally I am just tired of the excuses. I want solutions.

If you are concerned about this issue I ask that you join my newsletter and keep informed of how you can participation. I am currently working on a meeting with our elected officials. State Representative Dennis Paul sits on the Insurance Committee and our Senator Mayes Middleton sits on the Business and Commerce Committee. Both of these committees will be addressing this issue in 2005.

Join us to find solutions to this problem. Sign up at  www.tinyurl.com/BayAreaHouston.

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