Bay Area Houston

Judge Lesley Briones is the incumbent of the Harris County Civil Court #4. Briones was appointed to the position by the Harris County Commissioners Court after Judge William McLeod declared, a couple of months after being elected to the seat, he was going to run for the Texas State Supreme Court. Unbeknown to Judge McLeod, his declaration, by law, made him ineligible to continue to hold the position.

Judge McLeod has since abandoned his quest for the Texas Supreme Court deciding instead to attempt to win his seat back from Judge Briones. Based upon his lack of understanding of the laws of of the State and his fundraising numbers he has an uphill climb.

Briones has a decisive edge in fundraising totals and cash on hand with $73,110/115,366 respectfully. McLeod has raised $6,890 with $16,148 COH.

Judge Briones has performed the job well and deserves to remain in the seat.

Dennis Paul and Ryan Lee are running in the Republican primary for Texas HD129. Paul is the incumbent. Neither are great fundraisers. 

Ryan Lee was considering a run for Houston City Council but instead let a policeman get a whooping by Council Member Martin. Ryan has now set his sights a bit higher and decided to challenge Dennis Paul in the primary. Ryan only raised $10,720, spent $4,779 and has about $5,800 left just prior to the primary. Not much to run a primary on.

Paul still has a problem fundraising carrying a $156,000 personal loan. This period he raised 85,621, spent $38,444 and has $116,486 COH. Half of his money came from PACs.

Paul is also endorsed by the Gun Nuts of America (NRA).

Remember when I asked about getting Dicked during the city of Houston elections? From “Anyone else getting Dicked via text msg?”

So, it bothers me when I and others get unsolicited text messages from “Char”, a volunteer with Better Streets Hou, a group I cannot find on the net. Needless to say someone had a snappy response.If there was a way to file a complaint on Dick, I  would. He truly is a dick.

Well, guess what? Someone filed a federal lawsuit against Dick for sending unwanted text messages during his campaign. I wonder if this could become a class action suit? It’s been filed in federal court which will probably cost Dick a pretty penny. I’ll text everyone when I get more info…..

NOTE: The Harris County Democratic Party has changed their mind. The unqualified Jerry Garcia will still be on the ballot and the votes will be counted.

I’ve reached out to Constable Diaz but did not hear back from him.

Constable Chris Diaz had a strange challenger, his wife’s cousin, Jerry Garcia. What made it even stranger Garcia had absolutely no experience in law enforcement. None. Zero. Zip. And to top it off the other challenger to Constable Diaz was also named Jerry Garcia! The second Garcia is actually a Lt in the Constable’s office. He has a lifetime of law enforcement experience. He is well qualified for the job unlike Diaz’s cousin.

Unqualified Garcia wasn’t actually running. He had no website. He wasn’t going to raise money. He didn’t appoint a treasurer. He wasn’t campaigning. And now, he has quit the race but not early enough to have his name removed from the ballot. Any votes he receives will not be counted but mission accomplished! Confusion has been created on the ballot.

Strange? Coincidence? Or was this a coordinated effort to confuse voters by Diaz, his cousin, and his wife? Not quite sure how we could determine this. Maybe a civil suit could do it?

Both Garcia’s will be on the ballot. The qualified Garcia will be on the top of the ballot as Lt. Jerry Garcia. Go vote for him if you live in that district.

I have written about the Real Justice PAC that is raising money (from one individual) to promote socialist candidates running in the Democratic Primary. From my previous post:

According to the Texas Ethics Commission Real Justice PAC has raised $298,050 with $200,000 coming from one individual, Cari Tuna from San Fransisco. Only $10,200 came from Texans, and only $600 came from Harris County.

The PAC is from California primarily funded by one individual. The latest report claims to have raised $54,759.15 but did not include the required information concerning who donated and their address. They also spent the exact same amount to two socialist candidates, Audia Jones running for District Attorney in Harris County and Jose Garza running for District Attorney in Travis County.

Garza has bragged about out raising his opponent on his last report. He raised $99,849 but that includes $29,489 from the PAC. Audia Jones received $20,076. Her reports have not yet posted on the Harris County website.

These are two candidates aligned with the Socialist Party running as Democrats in our primaries. This is a far left group based out of California trying to infiltrate our party. Can you imagine if one of these candidates won the primary and how the republicans would run against them?

Be prepared to hear the word “Socialist” over and over and over again. They should run in their own gdamn party.

There is a special election for House District 28 between Elizabeth Markowitz and Gary Gates. Here are the results of campaign funds per the Texas Ethics Commission:

Gary Gates is one of those guys who runs for office, over, and over, and over again. He is also very wealthy, wealthy like Texas Representative Money Mayes Middleton, Kathaleen Wall, or Tony Buzbee. 

It hasn’t worked for Gates in the past. In 2005 he began loaning himself money and spending from his own pocket in a race for State Senator District 18. He lost. In 2014 he ran again, this time loaning himself $1.7 Million. He lost. In 2016 be ran for Railroad Commissioner loaning himself about $4.5 Million. He lost. 

Gates is just another Tony Buzbee. Rich. Politically ignorant.