Who’s funding Nick Long, Mayor of League City?

February 5, 2024

You will be surprised. I was.

I wrote about Nick Long’s contributions and his spending in support of Courtney Chadwell running for City Council. I noticed that he raised $28,450 during a period that he was not running for reelection. Of that total only $300 came from a donor in League City. So I decided to look a bit further.

Ever since 2021 Nick Long has raised a total of $45,625. He also has a $31,103 personal loan. His largest haul for a period was in his last report of $28,450. Of his entire total of $45,625 since 2021 only $1405 came from League City residents. Only about 3% of his entire campaign donations came from the very people he is suppose to be representing. Most of his donations came from Houston donors and PACs including a few from out of state.

If you want to peruse his reports you can find them here. Check my math.


After meeting with a white supremacist, billionaires create a new PAC

February 5, 2024

Busted. Again.

After The Texas Tribune exposed the white wing PAC, Defend Texas Liberty, of having a day long meeting with a known white supremacist, Nick Fuentes (go ahead, look him up), the billionaires who created the fund have created a new PAC, Texans United for a Conservative Majority.

I wrote a few days ago about the funding and expenditures from DTL was drying up. Well that’s because it’s hard to do business, even in the Republican Party, after being associated with a Hitler lover and other white supremacist organizations. So they just created a new one. As with DTL, Texans United for a Conservative Majority raised about $2 Million from two donors, Timothy Dunn and Farris Wilks. These are the same guys who created and funded DTL.

DLT Lead and Bryan Slaton

They have spent almost $700,000 in support of extreme white wing candidates challenging those who voted to impeach Ken Paxton or who are against school vouchers including Brent Money who was running for the special election to replace Bryan Slaton. Slaton was expelled the House after providing alcohol to an underaged intern and porking her all night. Slaton was funded by the two billionaires. They also funded Money who lost even after donating $85,000.

Here is who these white wingers are donating to:

CandidateAmountChallenging
Andy Hopper$100,000Lynn Stucky
David Covey$100,000Dade Phelan
Brent Money$85,000Open Seat
David Lowe$50,000Stephanie Klick
Matt Morgan$50,000Jacey Jetton
Mitch Little$50,000Kronda Thimesch
Shelley Luther$50,000Reggie Smith
Wernick$25,000Morgan Meyer
Cheryl Bean$10,000Open Seat

Hiding Campaign Donations: League City Mayor Nick Long

February 3, 2024

At first there is nothing unusual about Nick Long’s latest campaign finance report.

But…there are a couple of issues with his contributions and donations. In the last reporting period ending Dec 31, 2023 Long raised $28,450 of which $300 came from one donor in League City. All the rest came from PACs outside of the city as well as one donation from Kansas. It makes one wonder “Who’s your daddy?”. Who are you representing?

He has spent $13,817 over a 6 month period. Long is not on the ballot. He isn’t running for reelection yet he spent nearly half of his donations on “consulting expense” and “advertising expense” including $2432.10 to Spectrum Marketing Companies under “Advertising Expense”. What Long failed to note was that this expenditure was to support his buddy Courtney Chadwell who is running for City Council. Chadwell reported this expenditure on his report. It was the only donation he received.

One thing is for sure. The Texas Ethics Commission can fine the living hell out of individuals for hiding their contributions to candidates or misrepresenting their expenditures. Case in point, Eric Dick. The TEC had the authority to fine Dick over $400,000 for his mailers he did not report. They eventually fined him $30,000.

You have to wonder what Long is spending his out of city donor’s money on. I would bet he is funding Chadwell’s campaign. At least he isn’t taking money from Defend Texas Liberty.

AmountPayeeDescription
$3,924S&L ConsultingConsulting expense
$3,460Beacon Lakes Golf CourseEvent expense
$1,000Joe GuishContribution
$3,000Parabellum Media Advertising expense
$2,432Spectrum Marketing CompaniesAdvertising expense
$13,816

Who is Defend Texas Liberty donating to?

February 2, 2024

Something is happening.

Defend Texas Liberty, the guys who got caught having a 7 hour meeting with a known white supremacist, Nick Fuentes, has donated over $1.5 Million to various candidates. The Texas Tribune broke the story back on Oct 8, 2023. Of the $1.5 Million donated, only $25,000 was donated after the story broke. Maybe people are getting the idea that associating with a white supremacist, even in Texas, isn’t the best idea.

As I have written before, DTL attempted to finance a couple of CCISD candidates. One returned the donation the other lost. It’s clear CCISD Trustee Scott Bowen invited these people to participate. He has a very disturbing relationship with them.

Those receiving donations from DTL after being exposed are Brent Money for $10,000. Money is running for the seat vacated by Bryan Slaton. Bryan was removed from the House after providing an underaged staff member with alcohol and porking her “all night long”. Bryan’s campaign was entirely funded by DTL.

State Representative Robert Hall received $5,000 and State Representative Steven Toth received $10,000. These donations speak volumes. Here are those who accepted donations in 2023.

Republican Party of Bexar County (CEC) ,4,000.00
Republican Party of Bexar County (CEC) ,1,000.00
Texans for Dan Patrick ,1,000,000.00
Republican Party of Texas ,150,000.00
Republican Party of Texas ,100,000.00
Tinderholt ,Tony D.100,000.00
Republican Party of Texas ,50,000.00
Tarrant County Patriots PAC ,20,000.00
Republican Party of Texas ,17,500.00
Tarrant County Patriots PAC ,15,000.00
Toth ,Steven H.10,000.00
Hopper ,Stephen9,000.00
Republican Party of Texas ,7,500.00
Republican Party of Texas ,7,500.00
Harrison ,Brian E.6,000.00
Texans for Kelly Hancock SPAC ,5,000.00
Miller ,Sid5,000.00
Tarrant County Patriots PAC ,5,000.00
Toth ,Steven H.5,000.00
King ,Phillip S.5,000.00
Hall ,Robert L.5,000.00
Dorazio ,Mark E. 2,000.00
Schatzline ,Nathaniel 1,000.00
Craddick ,Christi L.500.00
Harrison ,Brian E.2,500.00
Covey ,David A.50,000.00
Money ,Brent A.10,000.00
McLaughlin ,Don E.2,500.00
1,596,000.00

Raising Campaign Cash: Democratic Senate Candidates

February 1, 2024

I’m not well trained on the Federal Election Commission site but I think I have these fundraising numbers correct. Reports were due yesterday. I’ve included only the top three candidates. I included Thierry Tchenko only because he filed a report. The others have not filed and/or are not serious candidates. As I have said in the past, this isn’t a fuckin game.

Congressman Allred is the clear frontrunner with a haul of $4.6 Million for this period alone. Gutierrez, who is favored by the left of the party has only raised $630,859 and has $379,877 COH. It is concerning because this race will require $50-$60 Million. Tchenko must have spent all his money on his website. Everyone else is just not serious about running for office.

CandidateRaisedSpentCOH
Colin Allred$4,644,108$2,594,121$10,106,054
Roland Gutierrez$630,859$251,289$379,877
Thierry Tchenko$15,215$46,534$8,322
Aaron Arguijo
Meri Gomez
Mark Gonzalez
A Robert Hassan
Steven Keogh
Heli Rodriguez Prilliman
Carl Oscar Sherman

Harris County Dept of Education Trustee referred to the Texas AG

February 1, 2024

Dick again.

Over a year ago the Texas Ethics Commission (TEC) referred Trustee Eric Dick to the Texas Attorney General’s Office for collections. According to the letter sent on December 28, 2022, the TEC stated “As of the date of this letter, the respondent has not submitted any part of the $30,000 civil penalty.” They also referred Dick to the Texas State Bar.

In May of 2022 Dick was fined by the TEC $30,000, the second largest fine in the history of the Commission, for his role in sending an endorsement mailer during his run for City Council in 2019. You can read a summary of the final order here. The TEC has also sent a letter to the Collections Department of the AG’s office for another fine of $10,000. According to the letter “As of the date of this letter, the respondent has not submitted any part of the $10,000 civil penalty, and no appeal has been filed in this matter.”

Unlike with the $30,000 fine, Dick signed an agreed resolution and accepted the $10,000 fine. So it is strange that he has not paid the fine. It’s been over a year now and so far that is no activity by the AG’s office, or at least none that is public record.

Dick continues to serve the public on the Harris County Department of Education. He is also running for reelection and is unopposed. His wife is also running for a seat on the Board.


Texas AG admits guilt on bribery suit. New impeachment is requested.

January 30, 2024

Cocked eyed bastard was trying to be sneaky. The judge wouldn’t allow it.

So the ethically challenged, indicted, adulterer, Ken Paxton, was acquitted by some Texas Senators who lost the balls to do what most real conservatives wanted. They all whined about the impeachment from the House lacked evidence (it didn’t) and wasn’t enough to remove him from office (it was). So he got off.

But….the impeachment proceedings was created by the civil suit Paxton had settled with a number of staff members who sued under the Whistleblower Act for wrongful termination. Paxton settled for $3 Million and wanted the tax payers to pay it. The House investigated and based upon the evidence, impeached him. The settlement was not paid and the civil suit continues.

So now Paxton has to give a deposition, under oath, in the civil case. Instead he gives up. He surrenders. Instead he admits guilt. NBC Ft Worth sums it up perfectly: “He wrote [to the Judge] he no longer will contest accusations he illegally fired the whistleblowers after they reported him to the FBI for bribery and corruption.” To get out of being deposed he gives up. He will not contest the fact he took bribes.

Unfortunately for Kenny, the Judge will have nothing to do with this. Paxton is going to have to give a deposition. He will spend 4+ hours taking the fifth when asked “Did you order the firing of the staff members?” which in a civil suit is just as good as saying “You’re goddamn right I did it”. This is so bad some Senators are calling for a new impeachment trial. From NBC Ft Worth:

Springer was one of those who lost his balls in the trial but he isn’t running for reelection so he doesn’t need his balls anymore. At least he has a pair to realize what Paxton is doing.

The Texas GOP. The Group Of Pussies.


Who is funding DA Kim Ogg for Harris County DA

January 29, 2024

District Attorney Kim Ogg is running for re-election.

In January Ogg filed a 131 page report with a fundraising total for the period of $282,274. Her challenger, Sean Teare, raised $278,817 in the same time period.

In his report Ogg raised $147,455 from 19 individuals including an in-kind donation of over $20,000 from Tillman Ferititta for and event. She also received a $30,000 from the Deason family out of Dallas. Unlike Teare, Ogg has not received any donations from out of state PACs. Here are her top donors:

DonorAmountLocation
Tillman Ferititta$20,255Houston
Darwin Deason$20,000Dallas
Doug Deason$10,000Dallas
David Gochman$10,000Boerne
Ali Mokaram$10,000Houston
Hilda Sibrian$10,000Houston
Alan Helfman$7,200Houston
Jim Adler$5,000Houston
Debra Baker$5,000Bellaire
Duy Bui$5,000Houston
Ynhi Huynh$5,000Houston
Rita Mahiha$5,000Houston
Jacob Monty$5,000Houston
France Moody$5,000Houston
John Quinlan$5,000Katy
Andrew Schatte$5,000Houston
Bryan Sibrian$5,000Houston
Sheridan Williams$5,000Houston
John Zavisanos$5,000Houston
$147,455

Who is funding Sean Teare for Harris County DA

January 29, 2024

Sean Teare is challenging incumbent DA Kim Ogg.

In January Teare filed a 183 page report with a fundraising total for the period of $278,817. DA Ogg raised $282,274 in the same time period.

In his report Teare raised $104,127 from 14 individuals and one PAC, the Texas Justice and Public Safety PAC. This PAC is solely funded by….wait for it….George Soros. They are based in Washington DC and have donated over $20,000 in an in-kind contribution for “research”. This isn’t his first time meddling in Texas politics. His organization and other far left groups focus on deep blue areas such as Travis County. With his donation challenger Jose Garza was able to outraise the DA 6-1. Harris County is blue but not as deep blue as Travis County.

Back in 2016 Soros backed Kim Ogg for DA by buying a $500,000 ad buy after donating $100,000 to her primary challenger Morris Overstreet who was woefully unqualified for the position. Now he has shifted away from Ogg, probably looking for a more “progressive” DA.

I think he is wasting his money. Sean isn’t that far lefty that Soros likes to fund. Personally I would rather Soros and all the far left organizations stay out of our local politics. Here are Teare’s biggest donors:

DonorAmountLocation
Texas Justice and Public Safety PAC$20,890Washington DC
Edward Allen$10,000Houston
Sara Hoyle$10,000Houston
Wade Stockstill$10,000Houston
Stephen boutros$7,500houston
Gary Reed$5,737Houston
Brandon Barchus$5,000Houston
Jason Dunahoe$5,000Houston
Richard Epley$5,000Houston
Travis Graham$5,000Houston
Tracy Hewat$5,000Providence, RI
Vi Kinh Lau$5,000Richmond
James Shaddix$5,000Houston
John Stanton$5,000Houston
$104,127

Harris County Dept of Education Trustee fined $250,000

January 29, 2024

Yep. Dick again.

Trustee Eric Dick is an attorney, “an arm of the court”. He files lawsuits against insurance companies. Last week another court, this one in Galveston County, slapped the shit out of him with a $128,000 sanction for filing a “frivolous, groundless” lawsuit made “solely for the purpose of harassment.” against Standard Casualty Co. Last month Dick was fined by a judge in Harris County $137,000 for filing a frivolous and groundless suit against the same company!

What really bothers me is Dick’s comment about the judge in Harris County. According to Insurance Journal:

Dick told Claims Journal in November that the Harris County sanctions were “100% political.” Dick accused the judge, LaShawn Williams, of weaponizing the justice system because she is a Democrat whereas Dick is a registered Republican. “This is how these corrupt judges do it,” Dick said. “This is the same way they are doing it with Donald Trump.”

Galveston County District Court Judge Kerry L. Neves is a Republican and you didn’t say squat about him “weaponizing anything”. You can read both judgements here and here. Believe me, they are both pretty bad including this tidbit:

Ana Nguyen, a licensed public adjuster, was designated as an expert in the Burns lawsuit. Nguyen testified that she had never seen or approved her designation. “As of the date of her disposition, she did not even know what her opinions would be or the basis on which she would rely to support any opinions,” Neves wrote.

After the historic fine by the Texas Ethics Commission of $30,000 the TEC has referred Dick to the Texas Bar for disciplinary action. He has been fined again by the TEC for $10,000. He is under investigation by Hawaii for solicitation of clients after the Maui fires. He has these two sanctions for $250,000 for filing frivolous suits. And yet he is still a Trustee on the Harris County Department of Education.

What does it take for an elected official to be held accountable?