Raising Campaign Cash: Final Houston City Elections

January 23, 2024

Just an FYI to candidates. Even if you didn’t win you are required to file a report that was due Jan 16. The following have not filed as of 1/23/24:

  • Lee Kaplan
  • Melanie Miles
  • Marina Coryat
  • Obes Nwabara
  • Richard Cantu
  • Casey Curry
  • James Joseph
  • Donnell Cooper
  • Ericka McCrutcheon
  • Leticia Plummer
  • John Branch
Jan-24
CandidateRaisedExpendituresIn-KindCOHLoans
Gilbert Garcia*113705260696052280
Sheila Jackson Lee1095673699990908050
Lee Kaplan
John Whitmire7900071195804025327780
Robert Gallegos25250901276460
At Large 1
Candidate
Melanie Miles
Conchita Shelly Reyes00000
Leah Wolfthal853323170000
Julian Ramirez23590417520399830000
At Large 2
Candidate
Nick Hellyar68615126192026260
Danielle Bess00000
Holly Flynn Vilaseca53452553905210
Marina Coryat
Willie Davis71003301034762000
Obioha “Obes” Nwabara
At Large 3
Candidate
Twila Carter260071247044954000
Richard Cantu
Casey Curry
James Joseph
Donnell Cooper
Ericka McCrutcheon
At Large 4
Candidate
Letitia Plummer
John Branch
Roy Morales5000130220482211979
At Large 5
Candidate
Sallie Alcorn163618061901323950
District E
Candidate
Martina Lemond Dixon50251164100
Fred Flickinger18375140810140811003000
Controller
Candidate
Chris Hollins9646714637102722290
Shannan Nobles1000349880779112000
Dave Martin510037665000
Orlando Sanchez1988343369010415198128

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Houston Chronicle has questions about Dick

January 22, 2024

Harris County Department of Education (HCDE) Trustee Eric Dick should be removed from office just for wearing those glasses.

But seriously, what does it take to be removed from office in Harris County? That’s the question the Houston Chronicle is asking in their article “Harris County trustee Eric Dick under investigation for alleged illegal activities after Maui fires”. It’s worth a read.

Dick is currently under investigation by Hawaii for soliciting clients after the Maui fires. Dick is not licensed in Hawaii but he sent out mailers telling people “YOU MAY BE ENTITLED TO MONEY!”. He has used the same type of mailer here in Houston after various events.

The Chronicle also mentions his $40,000 fine that was assessed by the Texas Ethics Commission (TEC), his reelection to the board and his wife’s campaign for the board against Trustee Cantu. Dick endorsed Cantu for City Council in the 2023 election. Go figure.

The TEC fined Dick $30,000 for sending out deceiving mailers in the 2019 City election. He initially claimed he had nothing to do with it. As the Chronicle quoted me “I never expected a historic fine of $30,000”. Dick at one time was offered to settle the complaint for a $5000 fine. Before he could refuse, the TEC rescinded the offer after emails from the printer showed Dick not only paid for the mailer he was providing instructions on the development and mailing. In short, under oath, he deceived the TEC and for that he received a $30,000 fine.

There is something happening at the HCDE. Calls and emails to the Trustees are ignored except my initial email to the President. No one will discuss this situation or if they will take any action against Dick. Here is the only response I received from the HCDE:

I hear your concerns. I share these same concerns. I am currently in discussions with administration and other board members about what actions can be taken in this matter. 

–Andrea Duhon, President HCDE

The Chronicle quotes Brandon Rottinghaus, political science professor at the University of Houston. He claims “None of these violations are major transgressions.” which is bullshit. Dick is an attorney, an arm of the Court. After the fine he was referred to the Texas Bar for disciplinary action. He deceived the Commission, under oath. He refused to honor a subpoena to attend his hearing. And there are questions about whether he instructed or suggested the owner of the printer and his partner in the mailing scheme to ignore the subpoena to attend the hearing.

These ARE major transgressions and actually should be investigated by the District Attorney. So far no one except the TEC has taken any action to hold Dick accountable. No one, not even the HCDE.

It is frustrating.

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Raising Campaign Cash: Texas Majority (Democratic Socialist) PAC

January 18, 2024

The republicans have extreme right wing billionaire donors who fund special PACs like Defend Texas Liberty who met with known white supremacists. The extreme left has their own billionaire (one) but they don’t meet with white supremacists. There is a HUGE difference between the two.

The Texas Majority PAC, formed in 2023, raised $1,400,508 in their latest report from July-Dec 2023. Of that $1,400,000, or 99.96%, came from one donor, George Soros. Over the last year they have raised $2,152,548 of which $2,150,000, or 99.98% came from George Soros. Texas Majority PAC is just a fancy name for George Soros.

In their last report TM spent about $650,000 on consultants, travel, salaries, and polling. This period they have spent $928,079. They have not donated to any specific candidates but they have donated to county parties including a $25,000 to the El Paso County Democrats. They are hosting the 2024 Democratic State Convention. $703,340 has been spent on the following including $333,840 on salaries for 13 employees.

Salaries$333,840
Consulting$193,633
Payroll Taxes$117,000
Legal Services$99,000
Overhead$70,000
Travel$47,500
Donations$36,000
$896,973

Before all you white wing MAGAts start yelling about George Soros meddling in Texas elections there are more billionaires meddling on the white wing in Texas and they are not good people.

More later.

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The (Court) Case against Democratic Socialist Pervez Agwan

January 18, 2024

This can’t be good.

I’ve said my peace about Democratic Socialists in general and about candidate for Congress Pervez Agwan. “Much like the members of “The Squad” Agwan is fast talking, rattling off pie in the sky Bernie Sanders ideas such as Medicare for All, the Green New Deal, giving power to the people, yada, yada, yada. It was old in 2016. It’s old now.”

Pervez is running against Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher who has served her district and the party very well. Pervez is running to the left of the left and has a nasty lawsuit filed against his campaign for sexual harassment. And it is pretty nasty. You can read the entire original petition here. This is a civil case with the plaintiff asking for $250,000 plus exemplary damages and lawyer fees from the campaign. From the original petition:

  • Plaintiff claims he made sexual advances at the campaign HQ. (assault and battery)
  • He prohibited her from leaving. (False imprisonment)
  • He caused (Intentional infliction of emotional distress)
  • The plaintiff left her position because of the harassment

But it gets worse. According to the Houston Landing the campaign hired Over Santiago Garcias Lopez. He has since been charged with improper relationship with an underaged student. He is on $100,000 bail is no longer with the campaign.

The campaign has seen a loss of endorsements and a mass resignation of mostly female staff members in October of last year. The Houston Landing’s article is pretty bad. It claims the campaign has provided conflicting information concerning the allegations. It is worth a read.

Of course the campaign has denied the allegations and is blaming a pro-Israeli PAC. We will see.

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Raising Campaign Cash: 2024 Democratic Primary

January 16, 2024

Campaign reports are due by the end of the day. I will update as the reports are posted. To see the results from July 2023 and Jan 2024 look here. Campaign reports for Federal candidates are due Jan 31.

Jan-23
CandidateRaisedSpentCOHLoans
District Attorney
Kim Ogg2822749763445577548489
Sean Teare2788172375225507920
County Attorney
Christian Menefee47415755243978000
Umeka UA Lewis
County Sheriff
Ed Gonzalez154778725061438820
Joe Inocencio
Vergil /ratliff351544480307
Dana M. Wolfe2003168
Tax Assessor
Danielle Keys Bess151750151750
Desiree Broadnax58401700411401000
Claude Cummings0000
Jerry Davis22817511405000
Annettee Ramirez1808111266232830
JP Place 1
Jo Ann Delgado0000
Oscar Salazar Jr0000
Constable Pct 2
Jerry Garcia112676230001461220
David Garza
HCDE
Cantu0000
Wallenstein0990312425000
Railroad Commissioner
Bill Burch12141351881626625580
Katherine Culbert3560926302400
US Senate
Colin Allred
Aaron Arguijo
Meri Gomez
Mark Gonzalez
Roland Gutierrez
A Robert Hassan
Steven Keogh
Heli Rodriguez Prilliman
Carl Oscar Sherman
Thierry Tchenko

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It’s over. Republicans are stuck with Trump

January 16, 2024

They are like a dog wiping their ass on the ground and just making more of a mess.

The Republican Party had an opportunity, twice, to rid their party of this piece of shit, Donald Trump, but they didn’t. So now Trump is stuck and he will be their nominee for President. The dude who was impeached twice, indicted by 4 grand juries on 91 felony counts, who is literally out on bail, who committed adultery, who stole nuclear secrets and hid them from the FBI, who incited a riot that resulted in the death of 5 police officers, who lies every single day in his miserable life is the guy republicans admire.

The cartoon above by Mr. Fish, may be a bit gross, but it is fitting for the current situation. The republican party is stuck with him.

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“Anti Government” group enters League City elections

January 9, 2024

UPDATE: Candidate Chris Dodson has also refused to attend.

They’re not doing very well.

The Southern Poverty Law Center has added the True Texas Project to their list of extremist organizations categorized as a general anti-government organization. The local group has attempted to enter the League City elections by holding a forum for the candidates. Unfortunately only one, the book burner an Nick Long’s boy, Courtney Chadwell, has accepted the invitation. Here is the line up:

I don’t think Ange or Dodson knows who the TTP is or who Joshua is. Joshua is leading the book banning charge in League City roaming the kids section of the library searching for books that say pee-pee or wee-wee. His group has had speakers advocating for Texas to secede from the United States (a really stupid and illegal idea). His group was banned from using the facilities by Buzz Aldrin’s Presbyterian church in Webster for its extreme views which the church did not condone. From the Chronicle:

The group’s lineup of featured speakers indicates its alignment with radical white supremacist and anti-LGBTQ policies. Kelly Neidert, founder and leader of the anti-LGBTQ organization Protect Texas Kids, said she’s slated to be a featured speaker at TTP’s upcoming events

They also have interfaced with Chris Russo, leader of a local anti-immigrant PAC, outed by The Texas Tribune as meeting with a known white supremacist, Nick Fuentes. They supported Bryan Slaton an anti LGBTQ State Representative who was removed from the Texas House for providing alcohol to a minor and they having sex with her.

I’ll make sure Ange and Dodson knows who they are meeting with. Courtney knows who they are. We should know who he is.

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Raising Campaign Cash: League City Special Election Jan 2023

January 8, 2024

The choices are pretty clear.

Campaign finance reports are in for the special election for League City Council. One thing is for sure. We know who the book banner wants on city council.

Courtney Chadwell. Raised $2432.10 from one donor, Mayor Nick Long from an in-kind contribution. Besides that donation Chadwell has used his own wealth to run. He has $0 Cash on hand and has spent over $5500. From a prior report: Spent $4595 on a personal credit card. Ange Mertens has spent over $7000 and over $4500 is from personal loans.

Ange Mertens. Raised $250. She has $543 Cash on hand. From a prior report: Raised $3300. $2800 from one donor out of Texas City and $500 from an unknown donor. Spent $7034. Has a $3000 personal loan and a $1515 loan.

Chris Dodson. Did not raise any funds. He has $339 Cash on hand. From a prior report: Raised $100 spent $250.

Katherine Swanson. Raised $1021 from a number of individuals. From a previous report: Raised $1272. Spent $464. Includes a personal contribution of $1000.

Rachel McAdam. Raised $180. She has $239 Cash on hand. From a previous report: Raised $1691. Spent $327.

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Clear Lake elected officials who continue to tolerate racism, white supremacy, Trump

January 8, 2024

It makes you want to ask “What the fuck is wrong with you?”

We all know who trump is. If an elected official still supports trump then they tolerate lying, fucking a porn star, paying her off, and lying about it, cheating, stealing highly classified documents, hiding them and lying to the FBI, meeting with Nick Fuentes a known white supremacist, making racist comments, inciting a riot at the United States Capitol and watching it for over 3 hours on TV, attempting to overturn an election, condoning violence, failure to transfer power peacefully, whining like a little bitch about everything, mimicking Hitler, palling around with dictators, being an incredible fucking hypocrite, and the list goes on and on.

So here are the elected officials in the Clear Lake area that continue to support this filthy human being for President of the great country on earth:

  • Congressman Randy Weber. Weber has his nose so far up trump ass he can’t smell the corruption.
  • Congressman Brian Babin. Firmy stuck in Trump’s ass.
  • Senator “Money” Mayes Middleton. Mayes is a new kind of “christian conservative”. LOL. Go figure.
  • State Representative Terri Wilson. She has no problem with his comments about grabbing women by the p*ssy.
  • State Representative Dennis Paul. Dennis is a “Catholic conservative”. He needs to have a talk with his priest.
  • State Representative Little Baby Briscoe Cain. He worked on helping to overturn the election. He and trump failed. 61 times.
  • League City Mayor Nick Long. Leader of the famous book ban and The Purge.
  • League City Councilman Justin Hicks. A veteran who obviously has no problem with stealing classified documents, claiming our military is weak, or calling Veterans “losers”.
  • City Councilman Fred Flickinger. Newly elected city councilman for Clear Lake. Pure MAGAt.
  • CCISD Trustee Scott Bowen. Another MAGAt.

So who am I missing? I’m going to update this list as necessary. If any of the above does not support this filthy human being for President, please contact me so I can update the list.

Until then, GFY.

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Raising Campaign Cash: League City Special Election

January 5, 2024

League City will have a special election to fill a vacant seat on City Council on Jan 13. Here is a summary of the candidates campaign finance reports from their Dec 2024 reports. You can view all council members and candidates reports here.

Ange Mertens. Raised $3300. $2800 from one donor out of Texas City and $500 from an unknown donor. Spent $7034. Has a $3000 personal loan and a $1515 loan.

Chris Dodson. Raised $100. Spent $240.

Courtney Chadwell. Raised $0. Spent $4595 on a personal credit card.

Katherine Swanson. Raised $1272. Spent $464. Includes a personal contribution of $1000.

Rachel McAdam. Raised $1691. Spent $327.

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TX Republican candidate left with egg on her face

January 3, 2024

There is no bottom.

Mayra Flores is a Mexican MAGAt. She won a special election in south Texas and served for about 6 months. On New Years Eve she made a series of mistakes leaving her with egg on her face.

On NYE Mayra tweeted a picture celebrating life on the ranch. It went down hill from there. Here it is:

From Lone Star Left:

In fact, this yummy meal wasn’t from Flores’s family ranch; it wasn’t even from America. As Twitter user Ben Anderson discovered, the picture Mayra Flores used on New Year’s Eve, claiming it was a family meal on her family ranch, was a STOLEN picture from the Guyanese Facebook Page,

Once she was caught, she deleted her Twitter account, then created a new one, then began banning users from her account once they found her and made fun of her. Besides that, Mexican Americans don’t eat stew on NYE. We eat Carne Guisada. It’s a Mexican version of stew. It’s delicious, nutritious, filling. It’s bad enough that a small percentage of Mexican Americans are MAGAts but this culinary fuck up is bad.

Mayra is a Mexican MAGAt. She like Trump is a fuckin liar, a cheat, a disgrace to all Mexican Americans and to the human race. She lies to her God, her Country, and with her Family.

What a fucking disgrace.

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The fake Political Action Committee that meddled in Houston Elections

January 2, 2024

Elizabeth Sanders of the Houston Chronicle wrote a very interesting article concerning a mystery PAC meddling in Houston City elections. It is well worth a read.

In short, a PAC identified as the Houston Hispanic Action Committee sent mailers out to District G voters advocating for an unknown, first time, candidate for City Council who raised only $125. The candidate received 11% of the vote and sent the race into a runoff. City Council Member Mary Nan Huffman failed to receive the 50% margin by only a few hundred votes. The PAC also advocated against Huffman incorrectly saying she endorsed Trump for reelection.

So. Who is the Houston Hispanic Action Committee (HHPAC)? No one knows but someone spent a good amount of money to help Buzbee get to a runoff. HHPAC is not registered with the Texas Ethics Commission. They did not appoint a treasurer. These are very serious violations and could result in large fines especially if it was done deliberately to influence an election. Sending out mailers was deliberate. An ethics complaint should be filed.

Unfortunately there is no contact information available for HHPAC. They had a website up until today. The domain name https://houstonhispanicaction.com was created in Sept of 2023 just in time for the election. The administrator of the domain is hidden. They had a Facebook page until today. That page is no longer active. In order to file a complaint with the Texas Ethics Commission you need contact information for the Houston Hispanic Action Committee and there is none.

According to the article the PAC used a specific printer, Long Plan Printing or LP Printing. They have declined to provide who paid for the printing but there is a way to find out. According to the Texas Ethics Commission LP Printing has received over $163,000 over the last ten years mainly from Republican candidates and organizations. Spring Republicans spent over $93,000 for services during this time period.

Sending these mailers under a fake PAC name is a serious violation of the laws governing campaigns and it should be investigated by the Harris County District Attorney’s Office or the Harris County Attorney’s office. They have the authority to issue subpoenas and find out who designed the mailers and who paid for the mailers to be sent. If this is allowed to go unpunished it could affect elections on all levels in the future.

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The year in review. 2023

January 1, 2024

What a year. The only way for 2024 to be a good year is if the real conservatives of the Republican Party takes back their party. Here is what happened in 2023:

  • OMG. CCISD Trustee Scott Bowen was found to have a relationship with known white supremacists.
  • Trustee Scott Bowen was cleared on a grievance filed because he testified agains public education at a hearing in Austin.
  • Scott Bowen’s buddy, Pete Lauzon, funded by Defend Texas Liberty, loses his election for CCISD Trustee.
  • Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was allowed to continue his reign of corruption in Texas.
  • Local State Representatives vote against impeaching Ken Paxton even after overwhelming evidence. (Paul, Wilson, Middleton)
  • Republican Bryan Slater was removed from office after giving his underaged staffer alcohol and having sex with her all night long.
  • Republican Congressman George Santos was removed from office.
  • Tony Buzbee lost. Again.
  • Harris County Board of Education filled a vacant slot with Dick. (Eric Dick)
  • Harris County Board of Education Trustee Dick was fined another $10,000 by the Texas Ethics Commission
  • A former Chair of the Harris County Republican Party and a Republican Judge and pastor settled a sex abuse lawsuit concerning young men.
  • League City continues The Purge after firing their attorney, the librarian, and continuing their selective book ban,
  • OMG The Chair of the PAC funded by a couple of billionaires, Defend Texas Liberty, was caught meeting with a known white supremacist. This is the PAC that tried to tip the CCISD elections.
  • Mattress MAGAt Mac is behind the multiple lawsuits against Democratic Judges that won in 2022.
  • The lawsuits against multiple Democratic Judges have been dropped, including the one against Judge Hidalgo.
  • Texas Republicans continue to send useless thoughts and prayers after mass shootings.
  • Local State Representative Dennis Paul continues to ignore gun violence even after one of his own is killed due to senseless gun violence,
  • City Councilman Michael Kubosh was caught using his donor’s money for personal use. He was running for City Controller. (was)

What a year. Here’s hoping that the true conservatives of America will keep that rotten son of a bitch out of the White House and start to rebuild their party.

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Texas AG’s office collecting unpaid Ethics fines (or are they?)

December 31, 2023

Don’t hold your breath.

The Texas Ethics Commission has referred a number of ethic violation fines for collection including my buddy Eric Dick who was fined $30,000 for his mailer in the 2019 City Council races. They also referred Eric’s partner, Philip Bryant, who was fined $6000 for his role in the mailer scheme. You can view the entire list from 1/1/2016 to 1/23/2023 here.

From the period listed 623 fines amounting to $2,201,228, were referred to the Texas Attorney General’s Office for collection. 81 have been “Paid in Full” for a small total of $258,251 just over 10%. 422 fines amounting to $1,214,950 are in a “Claims filed” status dating back to 2016.

The fines includes $36,900 for a delinquent filer, Christopher Graham, a candidate for State Representative and the $30,000 fine against Eric Dick. There are some very significant fines that are being collected. (See the list below of fines over $20,000) It is disturbing that 422 fines are in “Claims Filed” status and have lingered. It is almost as if the Texas AG’s Office is not pursuing these fines.

In a State of lawlessness, it shouldn’t surprise anyone.

 04/20/18  FINE 36,900.00 GRAHAM, CHRISTOPHER LAUREN 
 12/28/22  FINE 30,000.00 DICK,ERIC 
 11/25/20  FINE 24,100.00 ANTALAN, MICHAEL D 
 01/10/20  FINE 23,700.00 ARMSTRONG III, JAMES A 
 07/07/20  FINE 23,500.00 LASHLEY, CAREY F 
 07/18/16  FINE 23,500.00 SMITH, DEMETRIA 
 06/17/16  FINE 22,000.00 MAYSE, MARILYNN S 
 07/07/20  FINE 22,000.00 BOOHER, WILLIAM J 
 01/05/21  FINE 21,500.00 ROWE, JASON D 
 05/30/18  FINE 21,500.00 VELASQUEZ JR., GILBERTO 
 06/05/18  FINE 21,500.00 AYLOR, CANDACE A 
 07/23/21  FINE 21,500.00 THIBODEAUX, ANGEANETTE 
 07/30/18  FINE 21,500.00 BOUNDS, SPENCER R 
 11/20/17  FINE 21,500.00 SANTOS, FRANK R 
 12/05/16  FINE 21,500.00 WENTWORTH, PATRICK D 
 06/08/18  FINE 21,000.00 ALONZO, ARNOLDO A 
 11/30/20  FINE 21,000.00 REYNOLDS, RONALD E 
 06/17/20  FINE 20,500.00 MAYSE, MARILYNN S 
 07/18/16  FINE 20,500.00 CONDIE, ANDREW J 
 10/30/17  FINE 20,500.00 KENNEDY, MICHAEL L 
 01/18/17  FINE 20,100.00 FLOYD III, JOHN T 

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Unpaid fines issued by the Texas Ethics Commission over the last 10 years

December 29, 2023

Dang. It is hard to get away from this guy.

Through an open records request the Texas Ethics Commission provided an excellent list of unpaid TEC fines over the past 10 years. The complete list can be viewed here. Leading the field of those who have refused to pay is Harris County Department of Education Trustee Eric Dick.

Dick was fined $30,000 and $10,000 for two different violations. The $30,000 fine leads the field of 47 that are unpaid. (Note Sharon Faye Keller is the Presiding Judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. She was fined a whopping $100,000 but settled with the TEC for $25,000 and paid it. More later) Dick’s $30,000 came from a Final Order issued by the TEC. The $10,000 came from an agreement by the TEC and Dick. I expect the $10,000 to be paid. The $30,000 fine has been referred to the Texas Attorney General for collection.

The TEC provided a great 13 page list of those who have been fined over the last 10 years. Their summary of the data is as follows:

It’s an impressive list with an 88% rate of collections. Of the 367 sanctions by the TEC 43 were referred to the Texas Attorney General for collections. More on that later. Only 4 of the 43 have been collected.

There needs to be a deeper look into the 43 fines referred to the Texas AG.

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Will the City of Houston or Harris County investigate voter fraud or not?

December 21, 2023

I just don’t get it.

After the 2022 election the Harris County Republican Party bitched and moaned about voter fraud. They filed multiple lawsuits, all but one, was dismissed and the election results stood. Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg was also quick to call for an investigation. So far her investigation continues.

Yet here we have a situation with a candidate for Houston City Council, Willie Ray Davis, who won in the runoff, with very questionable residency issues and no one is looking at this. Not the City. Not Harris County Attorney’s office. Not Harris County District Attorney’s office. Not the Ballot Integrity Committee of the Harris County Republican Party. And not the media.

What the fuck over? As noted before Willie Davis claims on his application to run for office that he lives in the City of Houston but according to Brazoria County he bought a new home in 2021 AND took a homestead exemption and a disabled veterans exemption. (Thank you for your service) In order to take that exemption he must live in the home for 12 months and in order to run for office he must live in the city of Houston for 12 months.

Besides that issue, Davis voter registration card lists his residency as the City of Houston while he has a homestead exemption in Brazoria County. Isn’t this voter fraud?

I’ve asked the City to investigate. They referred me to the Harris County Attorney. The City Attorney, the County Attorney and County DA should be investigating this issue. I don’t know how much clearer this needs to be. According to official documents Willie Davis does not live in Houston and should have been disqualified from running.

The City and County needs to either get off their asses and do something or make it real clear that you can run for office in the City of Houston without actually living in the City of Houston.

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Small group of Democrats vote to admonish DA Kim Ogg

December 13, 2023

You have to love the Houston Chronicle. Or laugh.

According to the Houston Chronicle “Harris County Democrats vote overwhelmingly to admonish DA Kim Ogg”. That’s not exactly correct. Last night at a poorly attending Executive Committee meeting 129 out of over 500 precinct chairs approved a resolution to admonish District Attorney Kim Ogg. I wouldn’t call that “overwhelmingly”. 61 voted against the resolution. Hundreds voted to stay home and do something more important.

In the end the far lefties got what they wanted after months of debating. And in the end it won’t amount to a hill of beans. Ogg probably won’t win the Democratic primary. She has pissed off too many people but passing a resolution is just going to get you a picture in the paper with a bad haircut. That’s it. Instead of putting the time and effort into important matters such as raising money or helping elect Democrats to office they passed a worthless resolution. And oh by the way 2 of our great candidates for City Council lost.

Besides the embellished title of the article the Chronicle also embellished the challengers fundraising. According to the article:

While the resolution does not limit her legal powers, it does put Ogg at odds with her own party as she heads into next year’s March primary. She is facing a challenge from Sean Teare, a former prosecutor who raised almost $750,000 in the first six months of the year – more than 10 times what Ogg raised during the same period.

$750,000…..well sort of. As I noted before, Sean raised $748,000 but that includes two major donations, one from Laura Turek for $100,000 and $500,000 from Scott Freeman. Without these donations he raised $148,317 still 3 times more than Ogg. Sean is a good candidate for the office. He served as a prosecutor with the Harris County District Attorney’s Office for 11 years, including 6 years as the Division Supervisor of the Office’s Vehicular Crimes Division. I like the guy. We should thank Ogg for her 8 years of service and move on.

Now that this issue is over maybe those who put this side show on would now go do their damn jobs. Here is an idea, go work on Sean’s campaign and quit the drama.

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Voter fraud in Houston elections by winning candidate?

December 13, 2023

The voter integrity committee of the Harris County Republican Party is probably jumping on this like Donald Trump on a porn star.

Ok, hear me out. Prior to the election the Houston Chronicle questioned the residency of 7 candidates running in the Houston city elections, including Willie Ray Davis candidate for At-Large 2. Davis won in the runoff. According to the article the City only performs an initial check to verify the candidate put a city of Houston address on the application, they are registered to vote, and have not been convicted of a felony. Maybe someone needs to check a bit deeper.

Davis lists his address on his voter registration as 4734 Arbilla Ln Houston Texas 77021. That property is a single family residence owned by Lott Paul Wesley Sr. But here is where it gets interesting and disturbing. According to the Brazoria County Appraisal District Willie Ray Davis owns a $591,000 home at 3531 BENITO DR IOWA COLONY, TX. He claims a homestead exemption as well as a Disabled Veteran exemption. (Thank you for your service)

So here is the potential issue that the voter integrity committee is chowing down on. If this is the same Willie Ray Davis then he may have voted illegally. According to Texas law a candidate must live in the district for at least 12 months prior to the election and I believe if you take a homestead exemption on your home in Iowa Colony then that address is where you live. (it makes sense) So Willie Ray Davis lived out of the city of Houston.

And….if he registered to vote in Harris County using someone else’s address isn’t that a violation of voter integrity? And….if he voted in the City elections isn’t that voter fraud? And….if he didn’t vote in the City elections isn’t that a confirmation that he knew he would be committing voter fraud? If he claims residency in the City of Houston for the election then he can’t take a homestead exemption. That would be against the law and a lie. Willie Ray Davis is a pastor and I am sure he believes in Thou Shall Not Lie commandment.

There are a lot of IFs here and maybe this is a different Willie Ray Davis. So maybe someone should look a bit deeper on this. I will forward this to the voter integrity committee of the Harris County Republican Party and wait patiently for a response.

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A Pale Horse of a different color

December 8, 2023

This doesn’t change anything.

Pale Horse Strategies is a consulting firm associated with Defend Texas Liberty PAC and owned by former State Representative Johnathon Strickland. Strickland was also the lead of Defend Texas Liberty. Was….

The Texas Tribune exposed DTL, specifically Strickland, for meeting with a known white supremacist, Nick Fuentes at Pale Horse Strategies. DTL has since removed Strickland, the Speaker of the House had called on all republicans to denounce DTL and return any donations they received.

Well today The Texas Tribune says that Pale Horse Strategies is changing their name to West Fort Worth Management LLC. From the Tribune:

In a Nov. 13 filing with the Texas Secretary of State, an attorney for Pale Horse Strategies LLC wrote that the firm would also conduct future business under the name “West Fort Worth Management LLC.”

The firm is owned by former state Rep. Jonathan Stickland, and is heavily involved in right-wing politics in Texas.

PaleHorseStrategies.com has gone dark. According to the Texas Ethics Commission no political organization has spent money with West Fort Worth Management. You just can’t change who you are by changing what people call you.

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Mexican MAGAt to challenge State Representative “Little Baby” Briscoe Cain

December 8, 2023

It’s like laughing and throwing up at the same time.

“Little Baby” Briscoe Cain, pictured here at the annual Take your Child to Work Day, has a challenger in the Republican Party. Bianca Gracia, founder of Latinos for Trump, claims Briscoe is a pro-Democrat which is laughable. Cain is so far right he is wrong. Maybe the PAC Defend Texas Liberty known for meeting with a white supremacist is funding her campaign. Cain was one of the many Republican House members to vote to impeach Ken Paxton. Even right wing wackos have their limits. The PAC has vowed to primary these members.

Gracia is best known for meeting with Enrique Tarrio, leader of the Proud Boys, and founder of the Oath Keepers Elmer Stewart Rhodes in a garage a day prior to the Jan 6 insurrection. Tarrio and Rhodes were convicted of seditious conspiracy against the United States and are serving 20 year prison sentences. In 2020 Gracia ran for the Texas Senate and won 7% of the vote in the primary. If fundraising is an indication of future success she should quit while she is behind.

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