Raising Campaign Cash: Scott Bowen CCISD Trustee

January 4, 2022

Scott Bowen is up for re-election. He is the lead for the Qanon takeover of CCISD.

During his last election Scott raised $12,371 which, in political terms, is a shit load of money for a school board race. But….$7936 came from his own pocket, with $7000 coming in the form of a personal loan. He raised another $4158 from contributions plus $277 in an in-kind donation.

$1000 of his contributions came from a candidate for Texas House in Corsicana, Thomas McNutt, an extreme right wing candidate who lost in the primary to a more extreme right wing candidate. 

Bowen has reported $5529 in unpaid expenditures.


Raising Campaign Cash: Christine Parizo for CCISD

January 2, 2022

Christine Parizo unsuccessfully ran for the CCISD board, losing by 25 points and demanding multiple recounts that cost the district. The recounts confirmed her massive loss.

Parizo raised about $4700 with a $1000 donation from Jeffery Lafleur from Great Falls Virginia, home of the Loundoun County Public School District. Eric Williams, the current CCISD Superintendent, comes from the Loudoun School District. Parizo has no love for him. Jeffery probably doesn’t either. Parizo also received $400 from the Citizens for CCISD PAC funded by State Representative Money Mayes Middleton.

Current CCISD Trustee, Scott Bowen donated $769 in an in kind donation. Norman Pappou donated $310, and Justin Hicks, a League City Council Member, donated $650, both in-kind donations.

Parizo loaned herself $2000. Did I mentioned she lost by 25 points?


Raising Campaign Cash: Citizens for CCISD

December 28, 2021

If you are wondering who maybe sponsoring the disruptions at the CCISD board meetings look at who is donating to the Citizens for CCISD PAC.

According to the Texas Ethics Commission Citizens for CCISD was created  back in 2017 and raised $4800 mostly coming from one donor State Representative “Money” Mayes Middleton. Money Mayes is one of the few candidates who is wealthy enough to completely finance his entire campaign for State Representative spending millions of his own money to win. From a previous post:

According to his latest report Middleton has raised over $1.7 Million (not 1.5) with $1.5 coming from his own pocket, 87% of his entire fundraising efforts. He has $45,099 COH. $1.7Million to win a primary.

$1800 was contributed to the PAC by a few individuals such as Philip Ratisseau, $660, Michael Lee, $400 and others.

Citizens for CCISD donated to Christine Parizo $400 and Kevin Oditt $400. The other expenditures were for various expenses.


Qanon republicans fizzle at CCISD board meeting

December 14, 2021

It’s just so f*cking embarrassing.

The Qanon republicans that have abused the CCISD School Board over the last few months met strong resistance from the community and pretty much just fizzled out. The entire meeting can be viewed below with public comments starting at 1:37:00.

The usual speakers included Christine Parizo whining, once again, about voter fraud with unsubstantiated claims of votes being changed. Parizo lost her race for CCISD School Board by 25 points. Not 2. Not 5. 25. She paid for a recount and lost by 25 points, again. The total vote count was 841 vs 1406 for her opponent. Her website claims she has filed a complaint with the Texas Attorney General but the AG had this to say:

Other speakers continued their attack on “CRT” which many could not even spell and once again the Board had to remind them that CRT was not taught in CCISD, was never taught, and will never be taught mainly because CRT is a graduate class and not suitable for undergraduate classes, high school, middle school, elementary school, or kindergarten. The “Fire the Superintendent” crowd seemed to have lost it’s steam and was subdued in their Qanon-ness.

Many speakers thanked the Board for what they are doing and praised the Superintendent for a job well done. (not perfect, but well done). Overall the Qanon’s were not as embarrassing as they have been in the past. Still embarrassing, but not as bad.

December 13, 2021 – Regular Meeting – CCISD Board of Trustees from CCISD Video on Vimeo.


Qanon republicans call for the resignation of the CCISD Superintendent

December 11, 2021

The next board meeting and community input ought to be another shit show. It will be truly embarrassing. According to the Houston Chronicle:

A group of Clear Creek ISD parents are calling for the district’s superintendent to resign less than a year into his tenure, saying he has put into place lessons that indoctrinate students with “anti-white” sentiment, an accusation that appears to have followed him from his last job in Virginia.

Eric Williams came to Clear Creek in February from Loudon County Public Schools in northern Virginia, which has become a national flashpoint of right-wing activism over “critical race theory.”

This “group” are the Qanon republicans in the district. The kids in school have more common sense, dignity, and respect for other people than they do. Truly god awful people. Our school board should be making decisions about our students based upon science, education, and accounting principles. Something the Qanon people have no interest in. They thrive on chaos. They enjoy disrupting. Its what they live for.

They probably can’t even spell CRT. The district has stated, over and over and over again the following:

“CRT is not in our curriculum and it’s not in our instructional resources. In fact, our board adopted a policy prohibiting district resources from doing any sort of scapegoating or stereotyping based on race.”

CRT is a graduate course. It is not taught in undergraduate school, or in high school, or in middle school, or elementary school, or kindergarten. Most Qanon republicans don’t know what CRT is and those that do don’t really care. It is all about chaos. Wide eyed, pitch fork carrying, meth head, Qanons.

This is the Republican Party.