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Lauren Flack of the Galveston Daily News is having a field day covering La Marque City Councilman Joseph Lowry. Today she reported on his Facebook page being removed and he didn’t disappoint, blaming everyone else besides himself with wild conspiracy theories. From the GDN:

Lowry believes the account was likely accessed by political opponents of his, he said. “I think they got access to it and they shut it down,” Lowry said. “Their thing is they want to silence me. They don’t want me to have a voice. “They got access. They shut it down. I mean, there’s nothing; there was no notices.”

That is looney tunes. Deleting a page in Facebook is hard even if you are the owner of the damn thing. Believe me I have tried! I eventually gave up and left mine up. No one got “access” to his site. Facebook removed it because people probably reported him for harassment on a daily basis. Or maybe Facebook was served with a threat of a suit. Lowry says the police are aware of it and an investigation is coming:

“Law enforcement is aware of it,” Lowry said. “I believe they’re working on it. They’re looking into it.”

The Police Chief begged to differ stating “Lowry is full of shit.”. Ok that’s now exactly what he said but he did say:

Police Chief Randall Aragon as of Friday afternoon said he wasn’t aware of any official report filed with the department on the matter.

Next article will be on his domestic violence protection order and when he is going to turn in his guns.

This is pretty strange.

The city of La Marque has added yet another controversy. Over the last few weeks the City Manager has resigned and has been charged with two misdemeanors and a felony. The Chief of Police is under scrutiny for the information he provided on his application for his job. And City Council Member Joseph Lowry, the drama queen of La Marque, is under scrutiny for a number of issues. Today yet another wrinkle involving Lowry has unfolded.

Last Monday during the La Marque City Council Meeting Harvey Freebird stated that the Facebook news network for La Marque has gone dark. Lowry News Network, run by Council Member Joseph Lowry, has been removed from Facebook. Lowry was famous (in his own mind) for his weekly “Facebook live, Facebook live” broadcasts. Facebook Live is about as popular as herpes at a hot tub party. No one watches Facebook Live, most have no idea what it is, or wants to know what it is, but for some it is their life. And now it’s dead. According to Lowry himself Facebook deleted his account. I’ve never heard of Facebook removing an account or accounts.

Lowry’s other personal Facebook pages and user IDs are also gone. His recently created account, JoJo Lowry, is gone. What happened that required his pages to be removed is not known but Lowry has been neutered. He has lost his voice. Maybe his attorney told him to remove everything since he is being sued by multiple people in Galveston County case # 24-CV-2218. Or maybe the City has recommended that he removes his pages due to legal issues against the city. Or maybe Facebook was subpoenaed by the various lawyers suing Lowry.

Or maybe Facebook has just had enough of his shit. Regardless. Facebook Live is Dead.

The drama continues.

On Monday there will be a joint meeting with City Council and the Economic Development Corporation (EDC) to discuss the process used to distribute about $1 Million in COVID related funds. Over the last few months there has been an emphasis on being truthful when filling out applications for work or to receive funds from the city. When posted, the agenda and other files can be found here.

The City Manager has been accused of not providing truthful information in his application for his job. He has since resigned and has been charged with two misdemeanors. The Chief of Police might have some explaining to do concerning his application for employment. If the same standard is applied he might also lose his job. And now Council Member Joseph Lowry is under scrutiny for an application he submitted to the EDC in order to receive $50,000 in COVID relief money. COVID wreaked havoc on the entire world. Businesses were trying to stay afloat. People died, needlessly. The Federal Government gave grants to cities to help ease this impact until a vaccination could be developed.

According to the requirements to receive these funds a business must be within the city of La Marque, must not be a home business, must have 50 or less employees, and must pay taxes to the City. The EDC has the right to demand repayment of these funds if they find incorrect information was provided to the city. So the question is “Did Council Member Lowry provide factual information to receive the funds?”.

According to his application (see below) he claimed his address for his concrete pumping business as his home. His physical business is in San Leon. It seems like a pretty simple issue to resolve. Maybe there is an explanation for why Lowry used his home address for his business. Maybe there is a reason the EDC approved this. Or maybe the EDC made a mistake and should have rejected the application.

Monday’s meeting ought to clear this up for everyone involved.