Jimmy Fullen has a lot in common with Justin Hicks. Both are being investigated by the Texas Ethics Commission. Both have amended their campaign reports. And both have added more controversy to their campaigns. You can read the details here and here.
As noted previously Fullen has removed his $100,000 loan from this campaign reports as if it never happened, probably because it really never happened. He padded his account making it look like he raised a shit load of money. He actually didn’t. In his latest report he has a loan balance of only $24,052 which came from Mark Henry. The $100,000 loan he claimed to have given himself magically disappeared.
He raised $47,400 with $10,000 coming from someone in College Station. He received from free advertising from Michael Barrow The Blues for $15,400. He spent $14,658 and has a Cash on Hand balance of $35,832.
Fullen’s ethics complaint is pending. Like the investigation with the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement it will not be resolved prior to the election. Fullen knows the law and he broke it.
Megan Kimble of the Austin division of the Houston Chronicle is working on an investigative report on the insurance crisis in Texas. She would like to talk to home and business owners in the Bay Area. This is a GREAT opportunity to put pressure on our elected officials to do something to resolve this problem. She wrote:
“It’d be great if you might share my contact information with your listserv. I’m interested to talk to homeowners who have seen their home insurance premiums increase significantly, as well as those who have opted to drop coverage altogether because of the cost. Anyone who is interested to speak with me can reach out directly.”
Spread the word As of today we have about 600 individuals who have signed up for my newsletter addressing the rising cost of home insurance. Please spread the word and invited your friends to join the list at tinyurl.com/BayAreaHouston. Also you can post this information on your social media platforms including Facebook and Nextdoor.
How can you help? Forward the link to sign up for updates and recruit your friends and neighbors. The link is: www.tinyurl.com/BayAreaHouston.
Thank you for your interest in this issue!
John Cobarruvias john.cobarruvias@gmail.com 281-536-2457
Hicks should fire his treasurer. His treasurer is his wife and she is clearly in need of additional training. Let’s review his report. Hicks raised $14,625. Of this $12,500 came from 3 donors. $5000 from Mike Scully, $4000 from Andy Mann, and $3500 from Hicks himself. After claiming bankruptcy Hicks has been able to put $15,500 of his own money into his campaign. Go figure.
He also spent $9,224.67 including $541.25 to pay off his wife’s loan to his campaign which doesn’t make cents. $541.25 is the very same amount he paid to buy signs. What I believe is that the $12,000 loan was never an actual loan. It wasn’t a check deposited into an account, or an electronic draft. It was nothing more than a promise, an allocation. It looks like he just padded his account with a promise to loan himself. This was probably a virtual loan something the Ethics Commission should be looking at. Lucky for Hicks the Ethics Commission will probably not dig deep enough to realize this deception unless someone files a more detailed complaint.
You can review his campaign report on the League City website.
Galveston County will begin an investigation of the Jimmy Fullen for Sheriff campaign. This was announced in a press release issued during the middle of the night to limit media exposure. “There are serious allegations against Mr. Fullen the county can no longer ignore. We are a nation of law and order. We must hold candidates to the highest standards of the office, no matter the party affiliation. Because of this we have initiated an investigation of Jimmy Fullen’s campaign.”
The county was recently approached by the State Republican Party with information concerning the Fullen campaign. The Party issued the following statement: “We are a party of law and order and of the highest moral and ethical standards. Last weekend Mr. Fullen crossed the line of decency therefore we have asked the County to investigate one of our own. Mr. Fullen’s actions have soiled the great name of the Republican Party. We will not stand idle.”
“We are also a party of moral values, values that are enshrined in our Presidential Candidate, Donald Trump. Dressing up like a drag queen goes against our values and principals. Our party might tolerate falsifying government documents, unless it involves Hunter Biden. However, dressing in drag and prancing around on stage with other republicans officials cannot be tolerated.”
“We pray the County will take immediate action.” Let us prey and welcome to Satire Sunday.
The Federal Government is bailing out Texas, again, this time to help connect Texas to the Southeast grids. So much for “Texas Strong” but in the end we will get a more fortified grid when we need it. According to Electrek:
The US Department of Energy (DOE) announces $1.5B for four transmission projects – including connecting the Texas grid to the Southeast grids for the first time ever.
The projects, spanning multiple states, will add nearly 1,000 miles of new transmission lines and increase grid capacity by 7,100 megawatts (MW). They’ll boost grid reliability, lower energy costs, and support the clean energy transition.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott was seen at the border with his hand out begging for help. Of this $1.5 B about $350 Million will be allocated to Texas. Texas grid was wrecked back in 2021 leaving millions without power during a heavy freeze for 4 days. Hundreds died. Insurance claims for ruptured pipes and damage to the homes skyrocketed. Yet Abbott did nothing. He passed the cost of these repairs to the grid on to the consumers.
With a $350 M donation to Texas will fund the Southern Spirit:
Southern Spirit (Texas to Mississippi): This is a REALLY. BIG. DEAL. Spanning 320 miles, this HVDC line will link Texas’ isolated ERCOT grid with the Southeast grids for the first time, adding 3,000 MW of bidirectional capacity across Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. It’s designed to prevent outages like the ones during Winter Storm Uri that hit Texas hard in 2021. It’s expected to create 850 construction jobs and 305 permanent jobs.
If the accommodations had had larger coffee cups this vacation would have been perfect! (but it really was perfect!)
Access2Tanzania.com We spent 11 days visiting Tarangire National Park, the Ngorongoro Crater, and the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania which the locals pronounce Tan-Zan-ee-uh not Tan-za-nee-uh. We booked with Access2Tanzania almost a year in advance and they did not disappoint. From the time they picked us up at the Kilimanjaro Airport till the time they dropped us off 11 days later they took care of us, kept us safe, and made our trip absolutely perfect! They provided guidelines and timelines to make sure we had all necessary vaccines, documents, VISAs and more. The food and drinks at every accomodation was all safe to eat and drink. It was worry free. They really took care of us!
Danny Danny was our guide. You can read his bio and reviews here. He made our trip absolutely perfect. He has hawk eyes and could spot animals in the distant where we needed binoculars. As an example while other tours were viewing a nearby lion Danny noticed strange movements by a number of hyenas which led us to a lion eating a fresh kill. The hyenas eventually surrounded the lion wanting to steal her kill. (video here) This was just one of the many times Danny found different animals to view and we saw many including the Big 5, the Rhino, Lion, Leopard, Elephant, and the Cape buffalo. We spent 11 days with Danny and we enjoyed every bit of it! He was friendly, knowledgeable and just fun to be around. It was a very emotional event when he dropped us off at the airport.
Accommodations We spent 2 nights at the Rivertree resort in Arusha after landing at Kilimanjaro Airport. This gave us time to adjust to the time change, grab some local currency, visit the city, and shop. Rivertree was awesome! Food was provided at all of our locations as well as safe water to drink and a fully stocked bar! We had a 6 hour wait for our flight to go home. They gave us a room for a few hours so we could take a quick nap, shower, eat, and get ready for the long trip. It was very nice!
We then spent a couple of nights in Tarangire National Park in tents. (clamping) it was a very comfortable large tent with a king sized bed, bathroom, and shower. Showers had to be completed prior to 6 PM since the workers could not safely fill up the water bag at night. We could not leave the tent without calling for an escort due to the animals being close by. In the morning we would look for tracks. At night we heard lions and hyenas.
We spent another 2 nights at the Lions Paw in the Ngorongoro Crater. The rooms were again in very nice tents and were as nice as many fancy hotels I have stayed at. The main area had a beautiful restaurant and a large outdoor viewing area with campfires and a bar.
The rest of the time we were in the Serengeti National Park, again in large tents. The staff at every location were friendly and very helpful. They all were very helpful and waited on us. If we needed anything they were there to help. As an example we thought our last place had laundry service and were confused when the clothes were not taken. The next day they had our clothes cleaned and folded!
The Safari Each day Danny would pick us up in a Toyota Range Rover. It had a top that could be pushed up so we could stand and view. We were told that the ride would be bumpy and dusty but all very well worth it. They were right! We bought scarfs to protect us from the dust. All of the seats had extra padding. Danny would find the animals and position us to the best viewing area. A hot lunch was provided sometimes at a picnic location or in the middle of no where. It was local food cooked by the chef at the camping ground. On a couple of days we left early in the morning and had breakfast and lunch in the field.
The Villages We visited a couple of villages and met with the locals. They cooked a great lunch providing different samples of local foods. They gave us a tour of the banana plantations and shared some banana beer with us. Banana beer is a social drink that is always shared with others. We met some kids, age 12 and 14, who walked 7 miles each morning to take their 75 goats to a grazing pasture and back home in the evening. We were taken on a canoe ride on the lake. Everyone was very nice and in good spirits.
I’ll post some pics of the animals we saw in the next post. If you are interested in an Africa Safari consider Access2Tanzania as your tour company. You will have a vacation of a lifetime!
The relatively small, weak Beryl and Francine Hurricanes remind us how much worse a large storm’s flooding and wind damage will be.
You’re invited to attend the important 2024 Bay Area Flood Protection Public Forum event Wed. Sept. 25 at 6:30 pm to learn more about major flood protection programs, plans, and proposals.Get direct briefings and answers from leaders including Kelly Burks-Copes of Army Corps of Engineers, Jim Blackburn of Rice U. SSPEED Center, and Thomas Morrow of Clear Lake City Water Authority
Get current information about the Coastal Protection Project, Galveston Bay Protection Park Plan and Exploration Green flood detention nature park.
This event will be like town hall meetings we organized several years ago concerning flooding and mitigation strategies/programs and Bay Area pollution and impacts.
It’s time we call a spade a spade. Enough being nice about this. If anyone is sponsoring a fundraiser for a fucked up human being like Trump then they are also fucked up human beings no matter how much money they have or how much they give to charities.
What does it say about your rich white ass when you support someone who says racist things about Haitians, Blacks, Latinos, Asians? Who attacks the gay community, Muslims, teachers, police officers, Palestinians, and Jews?
It says you are a fucked up human being. A truly fucked up, rotten, human being
Jimmy Fullen, candidate for Galveston County Sheriff, is under investigation by the Texas Ethics Commission (TEC) concerning a personal $100,000 loan he reported in his July 2023 campaign finance report. In February of 2024 that loan vanished. You can view all of his reports here.
Recently Fullen filed 4 amended reports concerning his multiple loans. His reports can be reviewed at the Galveston County campaign finance website. The amended reports list a loan from Mark Henry for $24,059.46, a personal loan for $32,000, and then a “personal loan from self was removed on form e”. That last one is bothering. It doesn’t list an amount.
But that was the $100,000 personal loan he reported on his July 2023 report. He claimed to have loaned his campaign the $100,000 on February 9, 2023. His amended report filed 20 months later simply removes this loan from the books exactly like the TEC complaint alleges.
The original issue was that he padded his campaign report making it look like he was rolling in cash when he actually wasn’t. His Cash on Hand should have been reduced from $204,000 to $104,000. During this reporting period he was running against an opponent in the primary. It has been my experience that the Texas Ethics Commission frowns upon padding a campaign report especially when the candidate has an opponent. Fullen’s treasurer hand writes all his reports. This wasn’t a technical error.
It seems clear that by filing this amended report he has admitted to padding his report and breaking the laws of the Texas Ethics Commission. If you can’t follow the law how can you enforce the law?
It’s hard to make this stuff up so early in the morning! From a press release:
(League City, Texas) September 15, 2024. On Friday, the League City Children Center filed suit against League City Major Pro Tem Justin Hicks for defamation of character. According to the LCCC attorney, Anne Takeitt, “Over the last few weeks Justin Hicks has been playing some kind of election campaign game against a newly formed Political Action Committee, Kick Hicks. This game concerns the placing of campaign signs throughout our great city. Our organization, the League City Children Center, has nothing to do with this activity or the placement of the signs yet it has been described by many as being childish. We find this description of this activity to be demeaning to the children of League City and demand an immediate apology from Hicks and his campaign staff”.
Anne Takeitt of Benjamin Dover, Anne Takeitt, and C. Howitt Hertz law firm has demanded an apology from Hicks and for him to cease and desist from perpetuating this childish game of sign wars. According to the lead plaintiff, Shelley Smith, age 3, “Justin Hicks is a poopie head.”
Benjamin Dover, Anne Takeitt, C. Howitt Hertz Attorneys at Law Galveston Texas
Hicks was unavailable for comment. Welcome to Satire Sunday.
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