LOL. Just like Ken Paxton and his mistress, I nailed it.
Yesterday I said “if anyone thinks his divorce, or his mistress, or his impeachment, or his indictments make him unfit for his office or for the nomination for Senate they need to think. Again” and sure enough from the Houston Chronicle this morning a comment from the former Texas Republic Party Chair:
“I’m a Catholic and I don’t believe in divorce,” Rinaldi said. “But I think the political climate we’re in right now is one where Christians, conservatives believe they’re in an existential battle for their country, and I think in this battle, they’re choosing the candidates time and time again that will help them win this fight for the values of America.”
He continued “As a devout conservative Catholic I must put aside my christian values concerning adultery, f*cking a porn star, paying her off, and being convicted for it, stealing secret documents, stealing from veterans, lying, cheating, dehumanizing Mexicans, separating children from their mothers, mocking the disabled, making racist comments, inciting a riot on our Capitol, pardoning those who stormed our Capitol, spreading false information about COVID, ignoring judges orders, and pardoning child sex offenders.”
Ok, that last part he didn’t say out loud. Republican “Christians” are truly fucked up people. They will flock to the fucker and nominate him to represent the State of Texas in the United States Senate. This is who they are.
“As a conservative republican I think Paxton getting a divorce because he was caught screwing a hot blonde chick makes him even more worthy of my vote.”
Ok. I made that up but if anyone thinks his divorce, or his mistress, or his impeachment, or his indictments make him unfit for his office or for the nomination for Senate they need to think. Again. Republicans consider these to be badges of honor. Paxton is just following the values set by Trump and his party and he will be rewarded in March 2026.
Senator John Cornyn was direct in his criticism of the situation: “The sanctity of marriage is a pillar of our republican conservative values. Anyone who violates this should never be considered for higher office.”
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is dropping his appeal of a $6.7 million judgment for four whistleblowers who were fired after they reported him to the FBI for alleged corruption.
Last year Texas Attorney General settled a whistleblower case against him for about $3 Million. He expected the taxpayers to pay the bill but the Texas House had questions and demanded answers. They investigated and released a pretty damning report that led to his impeachment with an overwhelming vote against him. You can read the CliffNotes of the report here. Take a minute. It really is bad including his affair.
Paxton’s mistress
The republican cowards in the Senate, except for one, let him off the hook but they still didn’t pay the $3M settlement so it went back to trial. The 4 whistleblowers were awarded $6.7M over twice the previous amount. Paxton has dropped the appeal.
And guess what suckers have to pay the $6.7M? You guessed it. This settlement and his love affair should solidify his election in the Republic Party primary for Senate.
Garrett W. Fulce of Sugar Land hosts “Seeing Red,” a right wing podcast. He claims he is a conservative and is not very happy about Fort Bend Judge KP George announcement about switching to the Republic Party. Fulce wrote an op-ed in the Houston Chronicle titled “KP George needs to say the magic words: ‘I resign'”. It’s a short, funny read. From the OP-ED:
Rejecting George as a Republican isn’t about ideology. It’s about character. George’s party affiliation may have changed, but his character remains consistent: self-serving, manipulative, and deceitful.
Yeah. Right. “self-serving, manipulative, and deceitful” sounds like someone else who is the leader of the GOP. Anyone in the republic party speaking out against KP George is like Osama bin Laden speaking out against terrorism. Give us a break. That in itself is “self-serving, manipulative, and deceitful”.
KP George is the Fort Bend Judge and has been caught up in multiple serious controversies leading to a number of indictments and the Democratic Party calling for his resignation. Instead of resigning KP switched to a party that would welcome him and they did. Why not? Their great leader is a convicted lying, cheating, self-serving, manipulative, and deceitful, felon. Their Texas AG was impeached by an overwhelming number of republicans in the House. They are worshipping convicted felons who stormed the capitol on January 6 some who beat law enforcement. They have no respect for the rule of law or decisions by judges. To them “Law and Order” is the new LOL.
The GOP is the Gang of Phelons and KP George has found a new welcoming home. Good luck and don’t let the door hit you on the way out.
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
The Attorney General of Hawaii has filed charges against HCDE Trustee Eric Dick for the unauthorized practice of law. The four charges concern the devastating fires in Maui back in 2023. Hawaii News Now reported on the allegations at that time. You can read the complaint here. As I said a few months ago:
This Ethics Commission investigation involves City Council Member Nan Huffman, Tony Buzbee, The Houston Hispanic PAC, The Harris Progressive PAC and an unknown candidate for office, Enyinna Isiguzo. The Houston Chronicle wrote a detailed article prior to the election.
Background During the city election of 2023 Buzbee, Huffman, and Isiguzo ran for City Council District G, the River Oaks area. Isiguzo had no money, no background, and no business running, but he did. Someone sent out glossy mailers supporting him. Other mailers attacked Huffman in an attempt to draw enough votes away from her. Isiguzo drew 11% of the vote and forced a runoff which Huffman later won. An ethics complaint was filed and the Texas Ethics Commission investigated and assess a fine of $12,500.
Who sent the mailers? The mailers were printed by Long Printing and paid for by the Houston Hispanic PAC and the Harris County Progressive PAC. Neither PAC filed with the Texas Ethics Commission. They spent over $29,000 on the mailers. An ethics complaint was filed and the registered agent was fined $12,500. The mailers also had a fake Union logo which could lead to a fine of up to $10,000.Falsifying a union label is consider a breach of federal trademark registration and copyright, according to the Houston Chronicle.
Falsifying a union label is considered a breach of the federal trademark registration and copyright laws, said Oscar Lopez, president of Houston’s Printing, Packaging, Production Workers Union Local Chapter 4535M.
Who is the Houston Hispanic PAC and the Harris County Progressive PAC The HHPAC was created in 2016 according to the Secretary of State. I found no information about the Harris County Progressive PAC. Both are not registered with the Texas Ethics Commission. Neither have any association with the Harris County Democratic Party. Isiguzo ran as the “progressive” candidate in the deep red district.
Who is Daysi Marin? Daysi Marin is the registered agent of the HHPAC and is good friends with Gilbert Garcia. Garcia ran for Mayor in 2023. He was also the treasurer for Tony Buzbee. Marin has been featured on Garcia’s talk show in the past. Marin was the Vice President of the Texas Democratic Women’s organization but was removed from her position. According to the TEC, Marin ignored the Ethics Commission’s complaint. She did not respond to the complaint and failed to attend the informal or formal hearings. The hearing video concerning this complaint is available here starting at 3:50:22. In short, she ignored the complaint, she hindered the investigation, and the TEC fined her $12,500. You can read all of the details in the Order and Agreed Resolution here.
Who is Enyinna Isiguzo? Good question. Little is known about Enyinna. A google search reveals little. His campaign finance reports shows he spent just $150 of his own money. Buzbee spent millions in his losing effort while Huffman spent a couple hundred thousand. His treasurer was Heather Riley of Houston. According to the Chronicle he knew nothing about the expenditures in his favor.
“I don’t even know who those people are,” Isiguzo said. “I would definitely like to find out who paid for that, too, because they didn’t tell me anything.”
Conclusion I am sure everyone can connect the dots between Marin, Garcia and Buzbee. Marin will probably never pay the $12,5000 fine just like Harris County Department of Education Trustee, Eric Dick. The Texas AG will write a sternly written letter threatening legal action and then will do nothing. The TEC does not have enforcement authority so this will be just another of many unpaid fines. The entire event almost succeeded and could lay the foundation for others interested in swaying an election.
Yesterday the Galveston Municipal Police Association thought it would be cute to post the above on their social media platform after former President Joe Biden visited the island for the Juneteenth celebration. They received a boatload of comments, mostly negative, including one simply saying “What a bunch of assholes”. That was me. They have since TACOed and removed the post.
The GMPA is a non profit organization and according to their Facebook page “GMPA was formed to represent the interests and concerns of police officers within the Galveston Police Department”. They have a PAC that raised just over $15,000 in 2024 spending over $8,000 on the services of Wayne Dolcefino instead of an actual website. Dolcefino is a former journalist with KTRK. According to the Houston Chronicle Dolcefino torpedoed Turner’s chances for Mayor with a story that was deemed to be false. A jury awarded Turner $5.5 Million. Dolcefino is now a glorified blogger.
Biden’s visit was greatly appreciated by those attending the celebration. While in office Biden made Juneteenth a federal holiday. On June 19, 1865 enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas, were finally informed of their freedom, two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation.
The GMPA honored those who celebrated the occasion by being a bunch of assholes. It’s as if their goddamn parents didn’t instill a lick of fucking sense when it comes to shutting the fuck up. Sometimes that is all you have to do, just shut the fuck up, to act like a fucking human being.
Dolph Tillotson lives in Galveston and is a member of The Daily News editorial board. He wrote a column “Politics in La Marque has descended into dysfunction“. I believe Tillotson is a Conservative (not a MAGAt) and his comments are spot on. Take a moment to read it.
Background: So in a nutshell what is happening in La Marque and why? The chaos in La Marque is mostly due to one person, Council Member Joseph Lowry. Lowry won his seat in District C just over a year ago and has brought divisiveness, pettiness, and chaos into city politics. He claims to be a “journalist” writing on a Facebook page with childish comments and doctored pictures of his fellow Council Members. His claims of corruption have been baseless and his personal attacks on members of Council and citizens have grown old. His pettiness makes my pettiness look petty. The infighting caused by Lowry was the main reason for a Council Member to resign his seat. You can search the Galveston Daily News for many articles concerning Lowry here.
Multiple Censures and Suits: Lowry has been censured a number of times by Council. He has been sued by members of City Council for harassment. He owns a concrete business and is being sued by one of his competitors for defamation. He is being sued by Galveston County for unpaid taxes amounting to $43,000. There has been a complaint filed concerning his application for $50,000 in COVID related relief. He has a very troubling criminal past in Washington State which called for a decision on whether he is legally qualified for his position. (The Council took the issue up and took no action.) He has sued the City for breach of his 1st Amendment rights. A federal Judge sided with the City.
Failed Recalls: According to the Galveston County News Lowry orchestrated a number of failed recalls. One concerning a tax rollback and a couple concerning the Mayor. Needless to say his time on Council probably isn’t the most productive. The article documents a profaned laced interaction with a city resident which was highly criticized by City Council.
Cease and Desist: And recently his harassment of the new City Manager, JP Pritchett, took a nasty turn. Lowry, along with the City and the Chief of Police, was served with a Cease and Desist order from attorneys representative Mr. Pritchett. This C&D claims he has been harassed, threats made, and has been stalked by Lowry. The order specifically demanded the following:
The letter goes on to demand that Lowry cease and desist from making any further false statements, harassment, threats, and stalking of Mr. Pritchett. They ask for the City to take immediate action to prevent Lowry from accessing city facilities where Mr. Pritchett works and to prevent any further release of private or confidential information.
The Recall: Lowry has used his Facebook page to harass members of the community and in return they have filed a Recall Petition. The community members are actively obtaining signatures to force a recall vote. Unfortunately these recalls are relatively expensive but based upon Lowry’s actions it may be the only action the city can take. If the recall is successful then an election must be held to fill the seat.
Last year the republic party was all up in arms about Hunter Biden falsifying a government document. He didn’t check a specific box concerning drug use on an application when purchasing a firearm. Eventually he was convicted and later pardoned by President Biden. Needless to say the MAGAts lost their minds. Once they were able to get over their President’s 34 felony convictions and his pardoning of some the worst criminals in the United States they demanded justice.
It is amazing how the party of “Law and Order” has become the party of “Law and Order and Laughing.” Case in point newly elected Galveston County Sheriff Jimmy Fullen. Fullen also falsified a government document failing to admit he had a number of incidents that led to disciplinary action against him. The Texas Commission on Law Enforcement voted to revoke his license stating the following:
Specifically, Respondent omitted, failed to disclose, or provided false or untruthful information related to job experience, having been disciplined at work, having been fired or asked to resign from a place of employment, having been accused of discrimination, having been the subject of a written complaint at work, having failed to make or been late on a court-ordered payment, having been part of a civil lawsuit, and failing to disclose two arrests.
You can read the entire letter from the TCOLE here. Last week Fullen and his donor and lawyer, Tony Buzbee, failed to mediate an alternate solution with the TCOLE. If the TCOLE rescinds his licenses Fullen can no longer hold the office of Sheriff. Fullen has since sued the TCOLE hoping to convince a judge (his buddy) to rule that the TCOLE does not have the authority to rescind his license, although the TCOLE has been given that exact authority. I45Now has the full story.
In 2009 I researched the spending habits of all Senators and House members. The report is called Don’t Mess With Texas Ethics. You can read that here.
According to The Texas Tribune every bill filed to address the unlimited money in Texas elections and the Texas Ethics Commission’s (TEC) ability to enforce the campaign finance laws have failed. Even the bill filed to address the Sunset Commission’s recommendations to improve the TEC failed. So Texas will continue to be the land of the lawless. The Tribune’s article is detailed. Take a moment to read it.
Our Senator “Money” Mayes Middleton was quoted in the article concerning reforming the Ethics Commission:
“It’s about prioritizing real misconduct over technical infractions, ending the weaponization of the complaint process, and shining a light where dark corners have persisted for too long.”
That is a load of crap. Middleton is the king of unlimited money in politics. He personally funded his campaign for his House seat spending millions to beat a sitting Republican in the primary. He has donated millions of his campaign money to various campaigns hidden behind advertising companies. These donations are difficult to find. Middleton did his best to kill the ethics bills.
Since running for office in 2018 Middleton has raised over $6,930,462 Million with 83%, $5,736,392, coming from his own pocket. He spent over $2 Million of his own money to win his House seat in Galveston in a campaign that required only $500,000 if it was competitive. (It wasn’t) He has spent over $7 Million on campaigns across the state including:
Some of his biggest donations include $300,000 to Louie Gohmert who unsuccessfully ran for Texas Attorney General against Ken Paxton in the Republican Primary. He donated over $60,000 to Galveston’s State Representative Terri Wilson. Wilson raised over 87% of her entire campaign donations from out of district PACs and individuals. He donated a few thousand dollars to the leader of conservative values, State Representative Tony Tinderholt, who has been married 5 times. He donated $186,000 to Carrie Isaac of Dripping Springs.
So I find it rich that Middleton would be making any comments concerning money, donations, and ethics. Middleton will be giving up his Senate seat to run for Texas Attorney General…..a race financed by his own money.
We all knew it was coming. The darling of the republic party, Scott Bowen.
After a devastating loss in his reelection bid for CCISD Trustee Scott Bowen has decided to run for State Representative. It’s a logical choice. Congressman Brian Babin’s seat is being saved for his son. Current State Representative Dennis Paul is running for State Senator. Current State Senator Money Mayes Middleton is running for Texas Attorney General. This leaves the State Representative seat open for Bowen.
This district was built for a do nothing republican because they don’t have to do anything to win besides put their name on the ballot. It’s so gerrymandered a Democrat can never win. Back in 2008 the State Representative, John Davis, was caught using tens of thousands of his donors money for personal items including a pair of custom made $1500 cowboy boots, gasoline for his roofing company, and other items. His approval rating was in the gutter and few if any voters knew who he was. His opponent raised $400,000, knocked on over 25,000 doors, made over 20,000 phone calls and yet still lost by 12 points.
This is a perfect place for Bowen. He can now officially go after public education funding. He can turn his back on gun violence victims and their families. He can ignore those of us who are being devastated by the rising cost of home insurance and an electricity grid in disarray. Like Dennis Paul, Scott will have a special place on Greg Abbotts ass. He will have money from his billionaire buddies and every special interest in Texas. He will be welcomed in Austin.
Maybe the parents, teachers, and taxpayers in House District 129 will hold him accountable. Again.
Our hope is voters are rejecting the incursion of hate-mongering, covert money, outside money, partisan ideology and partisan agendas of all sorts in their decisions about electing local people to volunteer posts.
The truth is, school boards only work when they reflect the communities they serve — not the agendas of party leadership. That’s why our school board elections are held in May, separate from partisan ballots. We’ve protected that nonpartisan tradition in Texas for over a century because education isn’t supposed to be political.
Over the last decade school boards across the state have been flooded with unlimited money from out of district PACs including Defend Texas Liberty funded by two West Texas Billionaires. In most part they have been successful in winning and controlling school boards bringing chaos, corruption, and cruelty into schools. Do your own research on Keller ISD, Katy ISD, and Friendswood ISD. Friendswood is an example of voters rejecting outside money. The losing candidate raised an outrageous $50,000 from 2 out of district donors. (FYI FISD has only 6 schools. CCISD has over 40)
In the past CCISD voters have rejected this outside money and political influence by rejecting Trustee Bowen’s recruited candidates, Christine Parizo, Misty Dawson, and Pete Lauzon. All three were woefully uneducated in education. Bowen’s buddy, Joe Machol, is also a very poor choice for our kids and Scott Bowen is responsible for this political sideshow and outside influence into the district. On Saturday voters have a chance to put an end to outside, political influence and solidify CCISD as a shining example of putting parents, teachers, students, and tax payers above partisan politics.
As Ms Dupont said:
Local elections matter more than ever. The best way to protect our schools is by electing leaders who are there for the right reasons.
Well, that was a surprise. Kind of. It appears that those in Seabrook who call for “transparency” actually dislike it. The “beehive,” as some have dubbed it, of Jackie Rasco’s supporters took issue with my mention of a police incident at Rasco’s residence. You can find the post here and the actual police report here. That post became the second most viewed in my blog’s history, with the first being after actor Mark Ruffalo retweeted my post “Texas by the numbers. (it ain’t pretty)” (We truly aren’t doing well!)
I had compared the Seabrook race to the recent shit show in League City which ended poorly for a council member who instigated the chaos in the city. Below are just a few of the responses received on the post even one banning me from posting! EGADS! I am RUINED! Early voting ends today. Good luck Seabrook. You just might become the center of discussion for the next couple of years.
Earlier this year, the League City Council called for the resignation of Justin Hicks, its most controversial member. He resigned after being accused of misusing his position for personal gain and several incidents involving the police. The Council is now holding a special election to fill his seat, hoping to reduce media attention and blogger scrutiny.
There is an election in Seabrook also. Jackie Rasco is running for Mayor in Seabrook and like Justin Hicks and Scott Bowen may become the chaos of Seabrook. I’ve shared a video of Jackie at the CCISD board meeting and you can read her comments below. Jackie is friends with CCISD Trustee Scott Bowen, who has brought his political chaos into the school district. If elected, I expect Rasco will continue this trend of Scott Bowen and Justin Hicks, and the media will shift their attention to Seabrook.
Police Intervention So a few years ago there was an incident that required police intervention at Jackies home involving a nosy neighbor, an intoxicated expunged, a gun, $3000 worth of damage, and an arrest. You can read the entire police report here. This didn’t end well at first. In the end Jackies husband was placed in custody as was the intoxicated expunged. (expunged is how the report identifies an individual) From the police report (not my words, theirs):
Jackie’s Husband William was identified to be responsible for the damages for the door and was placed in custody for CriminalMischief. Harris County ADA Foley was contacted and he accepted the Felony Criminal Mischief charge. ADAFoley stated he was unable to accept an Aggravated Assault charge due to the firearm being unidentifiable.
The “expunged”: Expunged was determined to be under the influence of alcohol due to the odor of alcoholic beverage emittingfrom her breath and person. Expunged was witnessed by neighbors at the residence of 4005 Lakeway Drive statingthreatening comments toward neighbors. It was determined Expunged was a danger to herself and the public and wasplaced in custody
And Jackie Officers attempted to get possession of the firearms involved but were unable to find one matching the exact description provided by Elliott. Jacyln stated her husband owns many firearms but was unable to provide officerswith one matching the description. Officers explained to Jacyln that the ADA was suggesting a search warrant toenter the residence to retrieve the firearm used in the disturbance. Jacyln was hesitant in her response to retrieve thegun involved, until Cynthia strongly suggested to Jacyln to give officers “THE gun.” Officers found this to besuspicious of which firearm Cynthia was referring too. Jacyln went into the master bedroom to retrieve the pistol thatwas originally outside at the time of the offense.
If you bother to read the entire police report instead of just the snippets above you will find the most disturbing part here:
The neighbors While officers were conducting an investigation, another officer was flagged down by a neighbor and his child riding bikes stating they witnessed William making a scene in the front yard of 4005 Lakeway Drive. The neighbors also stated they overheard expunged stating “Those niggers are going to die tonight.”
Early voting has started and the election is May 3rd. Good luck Seabrook.
It’s sad that Scott Bowen has resorted to falsely attacking his opponent breaking his pledge to the district not to do so. Rebecca’s campaign had to hit back and it is a great ad. Watch till the end with a clip of Bowen bragging about his support for school vouchers.
I have been very clear about Scott Bowen as a CCISD Trustee. You can read about all the reasons he should be replaced with someone who is not interested in partisan politics in our schools in Scott Bowen: A Threat to CCISD Education
CCISD Trustee Scott Bowen is taking heat for his latest unethical stunt. His mailer claims his opponent “Promised” a $300 million bond. She didn’t. Not once. There were three forums where bonds were discussed and she never promised a bond, for very good reasons. A board member cannot promise a bond. Only voters can approve a bond. A board member can vote to put a bond on the ballot just like Scott Bowen did in 2023 but they can’t promise squat. Scott knows this but sent out his lying mailer anyway. Scott’s opponent, Rebecca Lilley quickly responded with the following video. It’s good.
Breaks Campaign Pledge Every candidate for CCISD Trustee, including Bowen, signed a Code of Fair Campaign Practices pledging not to be a dick when campaigning. Here is what Bowen agreed to. His form can be found here.
Violation of Texas Ethics Laws Bowen’s mailer is paid for by Scott Bowen for CCISD Trustee. I could not find the campaign finance reports for this PAC. According to his recent campaign finance report he has spent over $18,000 on his campaign, most coming from his own pocket. Who is funding “Scott Bowen for CCISD Trustee”? Who funded this mailer?
UPDATE: Middleton has pledged $25 Million of his own money for this race. Since entering politics he has raised $6,930,462 of which $5,737,392 is his own money.
In Texas money talks. Ask our Senator Money Mayes Middleton.
Senator Money Mayes Middleton has entered the race for Texas Attorney General and he has $10 Million of his own money to back his campaign. This isn’t the first time he has used his vast wealth to buy a seat of power. He is filthy rich and will use that filth to buy yet another seat of power.
Ask former Representative Wayne Faircloth of Galveston County. Faircloth served only one term then was challenged by Middleton in the primary. Middleton spent $1.7 Million of his own money to win that primary. He spent another $800,000 of his own money in the general election. In a competitive race a candidate would have needed about $500,000. His challenger in the general election raised only $4,000.
After accomplishing nothing in the House, he ran for the Senate again spending nearly $2 million of his own money and winning that seat. Again he hasn’t accomplished much except to spread the word of our Lord Jesus Christ. He ignored pocket book issues such as the rising cost of home insurance, the electricity grid, and inflation. But at least he has filed bills to give easy access to guns to mentally ill people, allow students to pray in school, posting of “In God We Trust” and the Ten Commandments in classrooms. Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition.
Middleton has pledged $25 Million of his own money to win the Attorney General seat. He has the deep pockets and will overwhelm any real conservative. Republican primary voters will fall in line.
Joe Machol is a Seabrook City Council Member. He should know the laws governing elections, but he is either ignorant or deliberately thumbing his nose at the Texas Ethics Commission. Machol has failed to appoint a Treasurer in a timely manner. The law is clear, you must have a Treasurer appointed before you raise or spend money. Machol already have signs and buttons made and yet no appointment of Treasurer was filed. He has since filed one appointing himself.
He has failed to file a campaign finance report. Even if you have no donations (including from yourself) or expenditures you are required to file a report. This should concern everyone in the CCISD district. Who is paying for Machol’s campaign? I would not be surprised if Trustee Scott Bowen promised funding to him from a third party like the Harris County Republic Party or the State party. This way Machol can plead ignorant when mailers are received by voters from the party. I wouldn’t be surprised if their mailer has both Bowen and Machol running as a coalition.
I have asked Mr. Machol about this. I am holding my breath for an answer.
BTW. Thanks to the Clear Lake Chamber of Commerce for this forum and for asking some very important questions. You can watch the entire forum here.
If Trustee Scott Bowen wasn’t such an awkward, right wing, extremist he might actually be a productive board member. But, alas, he isn’t. There are many reasons to send him to his next campaign for State Representative. I’ve listed them here.
You can watch the entire forum here. I took one for the team and watched it yesterday and highlighted the low points of candidate Machol. It wasn’t pretty. Read it here. He has no business running for any office since he cannot follow the laws of the state in filing campaign finance reports or even in printing his signs for the office. Besides that he is not educated in education. Go read it here.
I like the question about accepting funds from out of district and support from out of district PACs. Machol claimed he reported all donations, which is not true since he didn’t file a campaign finance report. Bowen claims he reported everything, but failed to mention his $2500 in out of district donations, including $1000 from a failed republican candidate for State Representative in Corsicana Texas. Yes, Bowen has accepted and encouraged donations to his recruited candidates from out of district PACs. He also accepted support from his political party.
Trustee Cejka and Lilley clearly understands the issues affecting our district. Cejka has proved to be a valuable addition to the Board over the last 3 years. She is engaged in the community and in schools. Lilley also understands the issues and would be a great addition to the Board. Her strong opposition to vouchers separates her from Bowen who sponsored a resolution for the Texas Republic Party in support of vouchers. This was NOT a unanimous vote. Even republicans do not favor the voucher system. Both Cejka and Lilley have in depth knowledge of the issues affecting the district. After Machol claimed the district needed to do more with NASA Cejka highlighted Systems Go, a project she has volunteered for many years. Lilley understands the challenges facing the district including lower attendance due to the demographics of the district.
Over the last two forums I have noticed that Bowen takes credit for the actions of the Board as if no one else but Bowen challenged the group thinking of the board. That is just total bullshit. Bowen brought chaos to the board. Unlike the others who constantly looked for improvements Bowen did what republicans do, he lied. He claimed everything was broken and only he could fix it. He takes credit for the achievements of the Board. He is dishonest in what he had done to the Board.
BTW. I have donated a small amount to both Cejka and Lilley. Both are very well qualified for the job while Machol is a UFO (Unqualified For Office) and Scot Bowen is just a dick and needs to go.
As someone who was in attendance said “If you weren’t able to watch the forum live, please watch the replay. It was great, sad, hilarious and stupid at the same time.”
Sad, hilarious and stupid I watched the replay and have to agree. This was the first time Joe Machol faced the public and he didn’t disappoint. He was clearly out of his league and should not be running for the School Board. He mentioned, a number of times, he was an NFL referee. He struggled with simple questions like “What is the difference between charter and private schools?”. (23:07) At 38:30 he believes that bringing prayer back to school would stop school shootings. (He should google Christian school shootings to see how well that works) Machol only repeated his 3Rs once instead fumbling through most of the questions with either deflections or answers with little or no depth. He claimed school taxes were going up, but they actually have been significantly cut. (29:20)
Machol claims he will report all donations from outside resources but failed to mention he did not file a campaign finance report and just recently filed an appointment of treasurer. He also had his signs available, signs that do not have the required notices and does not indicate what he is running for. Machol wanted the teachers to be paid more but didn’t want to raise taxes. He wanted CCISD to embrace NASA not knowing that CCISD already does that. (For those that don’t know Systems Go is a high school course where students design, build and launch rockets.)
Machol should be thrown out of this game. Unfortunately I believe he has been promised by Trustee Bowen that he will have support from the Harris County Republic Party. I expect a mailer to his district paid for by the party and supporting Bowen and Machol. He will then claim ignorance.
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