Trustee Elections: Cejka vs Brian Bowen’s Buddy

January 13, 2025

CONFIRMED: Joe Machol, currently a Seabrook Council Member will be challenging Trustee Jessica Cejka.

OMG! I meant SCOTT Bowen. LOL Brian is Scott’s brother. He was in the same Boy Scout troop at the same time my son was!

Billionaires for Bowen.

I hate to spread rumors but….looks like CCISD Trustee Scott Bowen has been actively looking for a candidate to challenge Trustee Jessica Cejka and has found one. Bowen has done this before recruiting Misty Dawson, Christine Parizo, and his latest Peter Lauzon. All three lost.

Dawson was one of the most unqualified candidates to ever run for an education position yet she lost to Trustee Cejka by just 40 votes. She eventually sued, with the help of the Republic Party, then conceded.

Christine Parizo lost by 25 points, not votes, points. She demanded a recount and complained to the Texas Attorney General who denied her request. At that point it was cloooooosed. She claimed the election was “rigged”. It wasn’t.

Peter Lauzon was another unqualified candidate but was a good buddy of Bowen. He was caught on film advocating for all the chaotic nonsense Bowen brought to the board. He was also funded by Defend Texas Liberty PAC an extreme fair right PAC solely funded by two extreme right wing billionaires in north Texas. That PAC dissolved after their leadership met with white supremacist Nick Fuentes. Bowen also has very disturbing associations with white supremacists. Read about that here.

Bowen has also received donations from this PAC as well as being associated with Steven Hotze another wealthy extremist with the Harris County Republic Party. Hotze has since been charged with 4 felonies including assault with a deadly weapon and organized crime. All of this stemming from a false claim of ballot harvesting. Hotze is also being sued civilly for his role in the assault.

Trustee Cejka has served one term and should be returned by the voters. Her heart seems to be in the right place which is the most important qualification for the position. She has great educational background including a Bachelors degree in mathematics from Texas A&M. Masters in education (Instructional Technology) from UHCL. Masters in education (Educational Administration) from UHCL. And she has served on the CCISD Board for one term.

Bowen and his Billionaire Buddies have other priorities which do not include parents, teachers, and students. I expect Bowen and his Buddy to run as a coalition funded by one of the many extremist organizations in Texas. Maybe his buddy doesn’t share Bowen’s priorities but there is absolutely no reason to challenge someone who is doing the job of Trustee and doing it well.

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Harris County Republic Party’s chief voter fraudster going to trial

January 10, 2025
From the Houston Chronicle

This is some serious stuff.

Steven Hotze, who led an effort to rid Harris County of illegal voting and harvesting of votes, is scheduled to go to trial this year on a number of serious charges concerning….wait for it….voter fraud. In 2020 a retired police officer, working for Hotze’s Liberty Center for God and County organization, stopped and held at gunpoint an air conditioning repairman claiming he had a truck full of harvested ballots. He didn’t. The officer was charged with a number of felonies including assault and false imprisonment.

Later Hotze was also charged with 4 felonies including engaging in organized crime, Case # 188121801010. The AC repairman has since filed a civil suit against Hotze and Liberty Center for God and County. You can read the entire complaint here. There is a damning recording between Hotze and a US Marshal, Lt Governor Dan Patrick’s brother asking for help for the arrest of the AC repairman.

Now Hotze is trying to delay his trial. His attorney, the former Chair of the Harris County Republic Party, Jared Woodfill, claims the charges are all part of a great conspiracy by the Democratic Party. From the Houston Chronicle:

“[Hotze] was only criminally prosecuted due to his political views and the fact that Liberty Center was investigating voter fraud in an election where the Democrats were successful,” Hotze’s lawyer, Jared Woodfill, wrote in the filing.

Just to be clear there has been no evidence of voter fraud discovered in Harris County or anywhere for that matter. None. Zero. Zip. Nada. All lawsuits stemming from the 2020 election claiming voter fraud were dismissed. A year and a half of investigation by the Texas Rangers and DA Kim Ogg resulted in a giant whomp whomp ending in an embarrassing press conference.

The AC repairman’s suit is scheduled for Feb 17. This ought to be interesting.

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Trump to declare Jan 6 as Patriot Day

January 6, 2025

We should be so proud, boys.

Just wait for it. It is coming. After he pardons those who attacked the capitol including the leader of the Proud Boys who is serving 22 years for seditious conspiracy, Trump is going to declare Jan 6 as Patriot Day. This is how dictators behave. This is how they thrive and with the cowards in the Republic Party he will rein unchecked. Members of the Capitol Police lost their lives during the Jan 6 riots. Those who beat these officers with flags and sprayed them with irritants will soon be released, pardoned, and will probably be invited to the White House for a formal apology.

This is who you voted for. This is who you are. Go fuck yourself.

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2025 The year of Luigi?

December 31, 2024

Violence is never an acceptable response. (except for Jan 6 according to the Republic Party)

What could possibly drive someone to killing? Many years ago during a hearing in Austin I was describing what homeowners experienced during their fight with their homebuilder concerning a major construction defect in their new home. I had experienced this frustration dealing with my own defect back in 1992. It’s not fun watching as someone with the power to make things right turn to their team of attorneys and ignore you. It’s not fun looking for help from the court system just to learn the builders are well protected by the laws that were originally designed to protect you. It can eat on you and I can see someone being driven to violence. (I had my own thoughts about doing something but it was not violent)

Well years later a man in Georgia after arguing with his homebuilder for over 6 months invited him back to his house and killed him. He served 10 years in prison. Luigi Mangione did the same thing taking the life of an insurance company CEO. He took matters into his own hands much like the Jan 6 rioters. According to trump the rioters were justified because they thought the election was rigged. (hum….who in the living fuck convinced them of that?) Maybe trump will pardon Luigi since he believed his violence also justified.

Maybe others will get the idea of taking advantage of our lax gun laws and solve their problems with their God given right to the 2nd Amendment. America is poised to bring back western style justice against those who harm them financially or physically. When the criminal and civil courts abandoned you and you are left with only memories of a loved one, or left with the job of taking care of a loved one for the rest of their life, or left in financial ruin and you have easy access to military style firearms what could possibly go wrong for those who are responsible? Top that off with elected officials on every level of government condoning violence as they did on Jan 6.

Maybe Luigi did us a favor, but in the wrong way. Maybe CEO’s might want to think twice about screwing people. Maybe homebuilders might want to fix the defects they created. Maybe law makers might want to create laws to protect us from gun violence instead of offering useless thoughts and fucking prayers.

In America those who take the law into their own hands usually end up being held accountable….except for trump’s Jan 6 rioters. So America, stand back and stand by.

FILE PHOTO: ear gas is released into a crowd of protesters, with one wielding a Confederate battle flag that reads “Come and Take It,” during clashes with Capitol police at a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S, January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

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Cliffnotes: Matt Gaetz investigation report

December 24, 2024

And to think trump was going to appoint him as the United States Attorney General. Based upon this report he would have been perfect for the job! This is who people wanted to lead our country.

I took one for the team and read the House Ethics report on former Congressman Matt Gaetz. It’s full of evidence concerning prostitution, rape, drugs,human trafficking, group sex, misuse of office resources, and obstruction of justice. Here is their conclusion:

Ouch. Here are my notes:

  • Gaetz was asked to volunteer his testimony in his defense. He refused.
  • Gaetz was subpoenaed to appear before the committee. He refused.
  • Many of the allegations stem from Goetz’s relationship with former county tax collector in Florida named Joel Greenberg, who was sentenced to 11 years in prison in 2022 
  • Evidence showed that Gaetz would split the cost of their sexual encounters, hotels, and drug use
  • Gaetz paid a woman $750 with a check marked as “tuition” after having group sex with her and others.
  • After a photo was released of Gaetz and a woman he arranged to meet with in Key West, Gaetz denied he knew who she was. Evidence later showed he paid her $650 the day after the photo was taken.
  • Greenberg introduced women to Gaetz via SeekingArrangement.com. One “older” women, who was 25 at the time, was paid to attend “events” ranging from $500-$1000 each.
  • Victim A was 17 at the time. Gaetz denied knowing she was 17. Evidence showed he paid her for sex.
  • Gaetz had group sex with her. She was a junior in high school.
  • The Committee did not receive any evidence indicating that Representative Gaetz was aware that Victim A was a minor when he had sex with her.  
  • The group sex was at a home of a lobbyist, Mr. Dorworth, who claimed to the committee he was not at his house when the sex occurred. Phone records obtained by the committee proved otherwise.
  • Gaetz denied having sex for money and using drugs. The committee provided evidence to the contrary from 15 women.
  • Gaetz refused to answer specific questions about sex, drugs, and payment with Victim A, the 17 year old.
  • Gaetz asked his Chief of Staff to help one of the women he took to the Bahamas to obtain a passport which was usually handled by lower staff. she lived outside of his district. He paid her $1000 which she claimed was for the passport.
  • Gaetz whined about “weaponizing” the Ethics Committee and obstructed the investigation.
  • Some of the women feared retaliation for their participation in the investigation
  • The Committee did NOT find evidence of federal human trafficking laws
  • The Committee Found that Representative Gaetz Engaged in Commercial Sex 
  • The Committee Found that Representative Gaetz Violated Florida’s Statutory Rape Law 
  • The Committee Found Representative Gaetz Used Illegal Drugs 
  • The Committee Found that Representative Gaetz Violated the House Gift Rule 
  • The Committee Found Representative Gaetz Dispensed Special Privileges and Favors to Individuals with Whom He Had a Personal Relationship 
  • The Committee Found Representative Gaetz Sought to Obstruct Its Investigation of His Conduct 

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HCDE drops censure of Trustee Dick for a $40,000 donation

December 19, 2024

This is pretty damn strange.

So last month the Harris County Department of Education Board unanimously approved to censure Trustee Eric Dick for lapses in ethical conduct including refusing to pay $40,000 in fines to the Texas Ethics Commission, refusing to honor a subpoena, providing false information to the TEC, providing false information under oath along other things stemming from an ethics complaint filed in 2019. You can read the detailed results of that investigation here.

A month later they reversed course and in lieu of censure Eric Dick promises to donate $40,000 to the educational foundation of Harris County Department of Education “to be used for the CASE debates program for future lawyers.”. Elizabeth Sander of the Houston Chronicle wrote a detailed article about Dick’s ethical problems with the Texas Ethics Commission, the Harris County and Galveston County courts, and for possibly illegally soliciting clients affected by the Maui wildfires. The proposed censure was based only on his conduct concerning the Texas Ethics Commission. According to the article:

“In lieu of a censure, the Harris County Department of Education accepted a $40,000 donation,” Cobarruvias said. “But he still owes the taxpayers and the Ethics Commission $40,000.”

I highly recommend that HCDE cash his check as soon as possible.

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Harris County Dept of Education Trustee to be sanctioned

November 22, 2024

Eric Dick. Again. Prior to the meeting I ran into Dick in the bathroom. Gross.

The Harris County Department of Education voted unanimously to sanction Trustee Dick after a grievance hearing yesterday. I filed the grievance. From the Houston Chronicle:

“Trustees are elected officials. Taxpayers should expect them to do some basic things, tell the truth, follow the laws of the state, honor subpoenas issued by judges, pay your fines assessed by the state,” Cobarruvias said at Wednesday’s hearing. “What happens if you and I don’t pay our parking tickets? You know, it’s pretty clear. But the worst part about all this is that he’s thumbing his nose at the law.”

Eric Dick has owned the Texas Ethics Commission $30,000 since March of 2022. He owes $10,000 for another ethics complaint that he settled back in 2023. He agreed to pay this fine but has yet to pay it. The Texas AG’s office has demanded payment and yet he has refused. In the article he claims he is challenging the TEC’s fines but I haven’t seen any indication that this is nothing more than bullshit.

In 2022 the TEC had 387 complaints filed. Only 3 went to a formal hearing. One was for Dick and another was for his buddy Philip Bryant who was also involved in the original complaint filed against Dick. Like the formal hearing Dick failed to show up at the HCDE hearing to defend himself.

This new Republic Party doesn’t give a crap about honor, dignity, truth, or abiding by the laws of our State. At least the HCDE did what they could legally do and sanctioned Dick. You can read the long, but interesting, final disposition by the TEC here.

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Experienced Leadership Abandoning Sheriff Elect Jimmy “Full of S***” Fullen.

November 18, 2024

It’s almost funny. Almost.

Kudos to Scott McLendon of the Galveston Daily News for his article concerning the mass exodus of deputies of the Sheriff’s office. From the GDN:

“A retirement exodus of long-time Galveston County Sheriff’s Office deputies that began when an outsider candidate won the Republican primary in March had by Friday reached 19 people who represent about 639 years of experience, Sheriff Henry Trochesset said.” “I don’t blame them. The last thing we need is someone in charge of enforcing the law that is breaking the law.”

Ok. That last part I made up but it is on everyone’s mind except for those who voted for Fullen. Breaking or ignoring the law has become a trademark of the New Republic Party. Republic voters don’t give a shit about someone who falsified government documents (unless their name is Hunter Biden). They don’t care about Fullen having his law license revoked due to falsifying documents. After all they voted for returning a bankrupt bitch to League City Council. They returned an impeached Attorney General back to office. And they returned a twice impeached, convicted felon, who has over 50 felony indictments, including stealing classified documents, looming over his head to lead the most powerful and most pitiful country in the world.

So who really cares about “law and order” or conservative values, or decency, duty, honor, country or any of that shit? Voters don’t but at least 19 deputies do and they are leaving the office before Jimmy Full of Shit Fullen takes office.

LOL. I made some funnies. Bankrupt Bitch. Jimmy Full of Shit Fullen.

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Millionaires lose in Friendswood ISD elections

November 12, 2024
John Scott FISD Candidate

$50,000 down the drain. Again.

Our Senator, “Money” Mayes Middleton, and another millionaire out of Dallas, donated $50,000 to FISD candidate John Scott. He lost. As noted before, the district has only 6000 students in 6 schools. Why anyone would need $50,000 to run in such a small district is beyond me, but this is Texas where money rules.

What is surprising is that Friendswood is a blood shot red MAGAt city. They probably voted for trump, three times, and yet the $50,000 didn’t sway them from returning the incumbents back to office. That is odd. Maybe the trump voters found a bit of morality and voted against the nasty attack ads. Who knows?

It’s definitely an interesting situation one that CCISD trustees should be looking at very closely. If they align CCISD elections with the November elections they will be inviting unlimited money from every white wing millionaires and billionaires in the country with the sole purpose of taking over school districts. Those running for the right reasons will never get elected and would never be able to compete.

Maybe the Friendswood election is a freak occurrence.

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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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