I just can’t.

So two interesting articles have come up about local attorney and Harris County Department of Education Trustee Eric Dick. Yesterday I posted about an investigation into Dick concerning possible illegal solicitation of clients in Maui. Today there is an article about Dick being sanctioned $137,000. According to ClaimsJournal.com:

A Texas judge has ordered a Houston plaintiffs’ attorney to reimburse an insurer $137,000 for the legal fees it expended to defend itself against a “frivolous” and “groundless” lawsuit that was filed “solely for the purpose of harassment.”

The final judgement, which you can read here, is quite interesting and reminds me of his run in with the Texas Ethics Commission. According to the judgement:

During discovery, Dick named four expert witnesses who would testify about the loss: Richard Gadrow, Billy Bray, Matt Morgan and Shiran Perera. The order says Gadrow, Bray and Morgan testified that they were unaware that they had been named as experts. Perera, an engineer, testified that he had never inspected the property but did review photographs that showed wind damage, not the hail damage that had been alleged.

Of course Dick is now using the old Trump defense claiming it is a witch hunt, yada, yada:

Dick told the Claims Journal that the judge’s order is “100% political.” He said Williams has “weaponized” the justice system and using it against him because she is a Democrat and he is an elected Republican. Dick is an elected trustee on the Harris County Board of Education.

“This is how these corrupt judges do it,” Dick said. “This is the same way they are doing it with Donald Trump.”

Not only was he sanctioned the Judge has required him to pay the defendant’s fees for any appeals:

I just can’t get rid of Dick.

If you have read this blog at any time you might have noticed I have written about Eric Dick, Harris County Department of Education Trustee, candidate for city council, and candidate for Harris County Treasurer. I filed 2 ethics complaints against Dick which the Texas Ethics Commission accepted, investigated, and fined him $30,000 and $10,000. You can read the results of those investigations here and here. I actually expected a small fine and a promise not to do it again.

Dick is a well know insurance attorney. You might have seen his ads or flyers. He has since been appointed to the Harris County Department of Education. That should have been the end of all of this but he has now come under fire for soliciting clients in Maui after the massive fire. According to Hawaii News Now Dick sent out flyers (see below):

The flyer says “you may be entitled to money” and “We are helping your friends and neighbors protect their legal rights and want to help you,” although Dick has no Hawaii clients.

The back of the flyer included a contract and instructions to sign it and text it to Dick’s law firm.

Dick claims:

Dick said the flyer was approved by the Texas Bar Association and he has used similar flyers thousands of times, but apparently didn’t realize without a Hawaii license or working in partnership with a licensed Hawaii attorney, it is illegal to solicit clients here.

Dick seems to be like the jam of the month club. He just keeps on giving. I doubt if the Texas Bar, the Ethics Committee, or any other Texas organization will take action. It’s up to Hawaii to do so.

I can’t make this stuff up. Literally.

So the party of family values, the party of demonizing the gay community has it’s very own little secret that has blown up into calls for resignations of the Florida Republican Party Chair and the Chair of the Sarasota County School Board.

In a nutshell: The Florida Republican Party Chair, Christian Ziegler, has been accused of rape. He is currently under investigation. His wife, the Chair of the Sarasota County School Board, Bridget Ziegler, has been drawn into this because the accuser claims she was involved in three way sex with the Zieglers. Why is this dripping with hypocrisy if this is all true? Glad you asked.

Bridget is the co-founder of Mom for Liberty, the group that has been the driving force behind book bans targeting the gay community. According to the accuser she was having a three way with the Zieglers and the details are quite disturbing. Christian claims the sex was consensual and he has a video to prove it. (Yes he took a video of himself having sex) It should be bad enough that the Chair of the Republican Party was involved in adultery but that just qualifies you for being the GOP nominee for President. Regardless, even the Governor, Ron DeSantis, has called for his resignation.

And school board members have also called for the resignation of Bridget saying

She’s vilified the LGBTQ community, while at the same time having a sexual relationship with her husband and another woman. We don’t care who she has sexual relationships with. She’s a grown adult. The issue is, you can’t have a bisexual relationship and at the same time vilify the LGBTQ community

Ziegler is under investigation. Film at eleven. Literally.