Update on Eric Dick and the dead guy

March 8, 2025

I don’t know what to believe.

Eric Dick, HCDE Trustee and an insurance attorney, was given till March 7th to explain why it looks like a dead guy signed documents that he submitted in a case against Allstate. According to a previous post:

Today a Judge signed an order claiming Dick filed an affidavit from an expert named Richard Gadnow. The affidavit claims Gadnow had inspected a home and found damage. The signed affidavit by Gadnow was filed almost a year AFTER Gadnow died from brain cancer.

Dick claimed the Richard Gadnow who inspected the property and signed the documents was not the deceased but his son who is quite alive. Yesterday Dick filed a response which included his response, a declaration from the son, and a declaration from the Notary Public who witnessed the signature process. None of these documents were notarized but then again I don’t believe that is required. You can view the response from Dick here.

So now the ball is in the Judges court.

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Is Sheriff Fullen Above the Law? An Investigation

March 6, 2025

No Place But Texas. Literally.

OMG if Galveston County’s Sheriff Jimmy Fullen was named Hunter Biden he would have been cancelled yesterday. Instead Fullen has hired Tony Buzbee, the guy who got Texas Attorney General off the hook in his impeachment trial and has filed a lawsuit against the Commission On Law Enforcement (TCOLE). As you might remember TCOLE called for suspending Fullen’s law license because he did what Hunter Biden did, he falsified government documents. This is what TCOLE stated concerning Fullen:

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. That should be enough for any law enforcement official to be suspended but Fullen is special. He is just like former City Council Member Justin Hicks. He thinks he is above the law and he is willing to file a lawsuit to prevent TCOLE from taking any action against him. It is disturbing that Fullen has NOT denied the allegations against him. Sure he did exactly what Hunter Biden did but then again he is a MAGAt. He is special.

If you can’t tell the truth as an office of the law how can anyone believe anything you say? Hopefully Fullen will be put on the stand, under oath, and have to defend his actions, or lie about them. He still has a pending ethics complaint against him for an illegal $100,000 loan.

You can read the lawsuit filed by Fullen here.

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When Conservatives lose their party: Justin Hicks

March 1, 2025

It’s over. League City MAGAManiac Council Member Justin Hicks has resigned.

As I have said in the past I have $175 worth of reasons to oppose Justin Hicks but I’m not happy with the results. He is being investigated by the District Attorney and the burden of his fiasco has been put on his wife and kids. Unfortunately that is all on him. He did it. He is responsible for it. Still it is a sad ending to a problem caused by the so called “conservatives” of the Republic Party. You so called “conservatives” put him in office. You did this.

And now it’s difficult to watch City Council and the Mayor call for his resignation claiming they are “committed to to upholding the highest standards of conduct and integrity”, and accusing him of violating rules of procedures and conduct unbecoming of an elected official. They accuse Hicks of attacking law enforcement, being above the law, abusing his power as an elected official and yet they all probably voted for that rotten bastard Trump.

Trump, unlike Justin Hicks, is a convicted felon. He fucked a porn star, paid her off to keep quiet, and then lied about it to his constituents. He stole classified documents, hid them from the FBI, then lied about it. He was indicted for organizing a riot at the capitol which ended in a number of law enforcement officials being attacked, some dying. He watched for over 3 hours as he watched his mob attack law enforcement. He was impeached. Twice. And yet you fucking so called “conservatives” voted to put him in office. Again.

And now League City Mayor Nick Long has the balls to call a special meeting to sanction Hicks and call for his resignation all while he and others ignore what that fucked up Trump has done. What the fuck is wrong with you fucking people? Yes Hicks should have been sanctioned. He should have resigned but the hypocrisy of the so called conservatives on City Council is epic. Just fucking epic.

True conservatives need to admit it. You have lost your party. You have lost your morals. You have lost your balls. You have lost your common sense. But you have an opportunity to take back your party. Restore it to the part of Lincoln and Reagan. Restore it to the party of family values, common sense, and fiscal responsibility,

Or else just go fuck yourself.

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Eric Dick: Legal Trouble over ‘Dead’ Expert’s Signature

February 21, 2025

This is bad.

I found an article titled “Texas Judge Threatens Charges Over ‘Dead’ Expert’s Signature” and thought could it be Eric Dick? It is and this is some pretty serious stuff. I know this not because I read the article (It’s behind a paywall) but because I was forward an order from the Judge of the District Court of the Southern District of Texas. You can read the order here but the last page is particularly damning:

Background:
Dick has been in the news for multiple sanctions by the Texas Ethics Commission for a total of $40,000, for a grievance filed against him at the Harris County Department of Education, for illegally soliciting clients in Hawaii after the fires, and other things. You can read about Dick here. Last year Dick was sanctioned by a Judge in Harris and Galveston County. Each Judge fined him $125,000. You can read the details here. Today a Judge signed an order claiming Dick filed an affidavit from an expert named Richard Gadnow. The affidavit claims Gadnow had inspected a home and found damage. The signed affidavit by Gadnow was filed almost a year AFTER Gadnow died from brain cancer.

Yep. Serious stuff. Dick has a hearing set for March 7, 2025 to defend his actions. It ought to be interesting. To compound all of this it looks like his wife might have gotten fed up with Dick:

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Scott Bowen: A Threat to CCISD Education

February 17, 2025

Two terms of chaos is enough.

Scott Bowen has brought chaos, division, and stupidity to the CCISD School Board. Taxpayers, parents, teachers, and students deserve better. Prior to Bowen’s election the Board was populated with members of the community whose interests were solely educational. They had a background in education, kids in CCISD, or a skill needed by the district. Bowen had/has none of these. The Trustees put the district’s well being ahead of their political views. Bowen brought his political bullshit into the classroom.

It’s time to take Bowen out. Here is a list of good reasons to end Bowen’s time on the Board. Keep in mind while reading this Bowen always campaigns on “Keeping politics out of CCISD”.

Bowen’s Association with extremist organizations:

Nick Fuentes

CRT, DEI, Vouchers and more.

  • Bowen spearheaded the worthless effort calling for the end of “CRT” in the classroom. CRT or “Critical Race Theory” was never taught in CCISD and was never planned to be taught. It’s a graduate course taught in a few colleges, not k-12. It was a huge waste of effort, time, and money.
  • He spearheaded the book ban targeting the Gay community including parents, teachers, and students. (his family members are gay)
  • He was caught on camera advocating for school vouchers by sponsoring a resolution for the Texas Republic Party. It passed but not unanimously.
  • He was caught on camera testifying against public schools and claiming to representing the district (A formal grievance was filed against him for this)

Recruiting candidates to run against sitting Board Members

Katy ISD Trustee
  • Since being elected he has recruited 5 candidates to run for the board to advance his political agenda. Two won. One is currently sitting on the Board. (Larson)
  • He ran for President, Vice President, and Secretary but received just 3 votes on each, and was rejected by the Board. He continues to look for the 4th vote.
  • He solicited money from extremist PACs with one goal of taking over School Boards.
  • CCISD Voters have resisted the takeover of School Boards by extremist PACs unlike voters in Keller ISD, Katy ISD. They are in turmoil.
  • He recruited Christine Parizo to run against the sitting President. She lost by 25 points, called for a recount, claimed voter fraud, called for an investigation by the Texas Attorney General. She lost all claims.
  • He recruited Misty Dawson the most unqualified candidate to run for the School Board. She lost, called for a recount, then sued. Eventually she dropped her suit.
  • Bowen, as a sitting Trustee, meddled in the lawsuit Dawson brought against her winning opponent.
  • He recruited Pete Lauzon to run against the sitting President. Lauzon was mainly funded by Defend Texas Liberty, the PAC associated with the white supremacist. He also lost.
  • He has recruited a candidate (Joe Machol) to run against a sitting Board member.
  • He has solicited money and support from partisan organizations with unlimited money.

Other issues

Hicks, Long, Bowen

It’s time to end Bowen’s career at CCISD and let him start running for State Representative or Congress. These districts are so gerrymandered he will win no matter how much money he takes from white supremacists.

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CliffNotes: Charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams

February 15, 2025

The following charges were dropped by the “law and order” President.

I took another one for the team and read the 57 page indictment against New York City Mayor Eric Adams. In return for dropping the charges against him Adams has agreed to help Trump with his immigration raids. So much for “Law and Order”. Here are the charges against him:

  • Accepted illegal “straw” contributions from donors who hid their donations through a 3rd party.
  • Applied for and received $10 Million in matching funds from the city using these illegal donations.
  • Adams received free meals, air travel, hotels, from a Turkish national who arranged these illegal contributions
  • Adams hid these illegal contributions and illegal benefits from the City
  • Adams deleted evidence of his corruption
  • In exchange for free travel Adams pressured the FDNY to open a Turkish consular building without the required permits. He threatened the FDNY’s inspector with being fired.
  • In 2015 Adams secretly began accepting free luxury travel from a Turkish Official amounting to over $66,000
  • Adams neglected to report the luxury travel and accommodations on his annual disclosure forms as required by law
  • Falsified his disclosure statements
  • In return for the travel benefits Adams granted political requests from the Turkish Official.
  • Adams traveled to Istanbul to solicit illegal donations
  • Adams solicits and accepts illegal donations from multiple New York construction companies
  • Adam’s staff directed the owner of construction company to direct his employees to donate to his campaign and then reimburse them.
  • Adam applied for matching funds using these illegal donations
  • Adams accept illegal donations from a Turkish University of $20,000 dividing it up amongst employees in appropriate amoutns
  • Adams accepted bribes from the Turkish official
  • After his election Adams favors those who provided illegal donations
  • Adams and his staff attempted to conceal their criminal conduct
  • Adams was charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, Bribery, receiving donations from foreign nationals

The grand jury indicted Adams on all counts. The indictment is a very detailed read.

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Candidates set for CCISD Elections

February 14, 2025

I have my favorites

Both CCISD Trustees Jessica Cejka and Scott Bowen have drawn opponents. Seabrook City Councilman Joe Machol will challenge Jessica Cejka and the Chairman of the Board of the Clear Lake Chamber of Commerce, Rebecca Lilley, will challenge Scott Bowen. You can find filing information about the candidates including financial reports at the CCISD Election site.

May the best women win!

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Right wing blogger case dismissed

February 14, 2025

OMG! WTF? GOP!

The cases against Aubrey Taylor, some kind of political blogger, were dismissed yesterday. From a previous post:

A right wing blogger, Aubrey Taylor, who publishes an online publication called Houston Business Connections, (It’s a blog) was indicted yesterday for assaulting the chair of Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee campaign.

The case was dropped after the prosecutor claimed “Probable cause exists but cannot prove beyond a reasonable doubt.” Taylor is a strange dude. He has a serious criminal record and has served time. The Houston Chronicle wrote about the assault as well as the dismissal. According to the Chronicle Taylor filed a civil suit against the chair the day after the assault. He is demanding $100,000.

Taylor likes to parade around polling stations dressed up like someone in the press in a war zone, flack jacket and all. The flack jacket looks like a life jacket for skiing and it might well be. I don’t know which side of the aisle he is on but Democrats should stay away from him. Again from a previous post:

He has ties to Steven Hotze an extreme far right influencer of the Harris County Republican Party who also has been charged with a felony, although much more serious.

Taylor list Hotze as the “Man of the Year”. Hotze is under indictment for aggravated assault for his role in an attack on an AC repair man who Hotze claimed had thousands of illegal votes in his truck. (He didn’t) His case will be coming up this year.

Taylor’s lawyer claims the case was dismissed due to the incompetence of the previous District Attorney, Kim Ogg. Ogg has become like the jelly of the month club. She just keeps on giving.

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Who funds True Texas Project?

February 13, 2025

For a group that has been around for 15 years I am surprised at their fundraising totals.

TTP over 15 years raised $315,612. $184,216 came from 7 donors donating at least $2,000. $116,731 was donated by Timothy Dunn and Defend Texas Liberty. Dunn and Farris Wilks created and funded Defend Texas Liberty. You can see the donation breakdown here. As you recall DTL was disbanded after Texas Monthly exposed them for meeting with a known white supremacist Nick Fuentes. Google Nick Fuentes. Here is a sample:

Fuentes is documented by the ADL including “On a livestream episode, Fuentes “jokingly” denied the Holocaust and compared Jews burnt in concentration camps to cookies in an oven.” 

Timothy Dunn also created Empower Texans which is also no longer in business. Empower Texans donated $31,000. Also our State Senator Mayes Middleton donated $13,000. The two billionaires Dunn and Wilks are all over this organization as well as others such as the new Texas United for a Conservative Majority. They donated $40,000 to TTP. Make what you will about this information. Here are the top donors:

Contributor NameAmount
TEXANS FOR A CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY40,000.00
Empower Texans PAC25,000.00
Defend Texas Liberty PAC24,731.97
Defend Texas Liberty PAC21,000.00
Dunn ,Timothy18,000.00
Dunn ,Timothy13,000.00
Middleton ,Mayes13,000.00
Saulsbury ,Dick12,000.00
Empower Texans4,000.00
Texans for Dan Patrick3,000.00
Mason  ,David2,400.00
Mason  ,David2,085.00
Empower Texans2,000.00
Mason  ,David2,000.00
Patrick ,Dan 2,000.00

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True Texas Project and CCISD. A warning to parents

February 12, 2025

This is very disturbing and CCISD parents and voters should be concerned.

The True Texas Project is an extremist, anti-government, christian nationalist group partially funded by the two West Texas billionaires featured on a CNN special. (Deep in the Pockets of Texas.) According to the Houston Chronicle Buzz Aldrins church, the Webster Presbyterian Church, banned the far white group from holding their meetings in their facilities and removed the group’s events from its calendar.

Upon learning about the group’s fringe political positions, clergy took action to ban the group from meeting at Webster. Church authorities confirmed that TTP was off the schedule, and “no longer meeting at Webster Presbyterian Church.” 

TTP moved their meetings to the Webster Community Center for a few months. Then again moved to the Holiday Inn on Bay Area Blvd. But there is more. In June of 2024 their 15 year anniversary event was cancelled by Fort Worth. If that wasn’t bad enough a number of far white speakers withdrew because of their plans to amplify white nationalist figures and rhetoric. According to The Texas Tribune:

Billed as the 15th anniversary celebration for True Texas Project, the conference agenda claims that there is a “war on white America,” and urges attendees to embrace once-fringe ideologies such as Christian nationalism or the Great Replacement Theory, which claims that there is an intentional, often Jewish-driven, effort to destroy white people through immigration, interracial marriage or the LGBTQ+ community.

This event was so extreme even some of the far white extremists refused to participate. The event “lineup features figures with ties to antisemites and extremists, including Paul Gottfried, a far-right author who mentored neo-Nazi Richard Spencer.”

Sitting Trustee Scott Bowen is a member of this organization and has been a speaker at one of their events. Now the wife of Seabrook City Council Member and CCISD Trustee candidate Joe Machol has been tied to the local group. I’ve asked CM Machol about her and his affiliation with the group and have not received a response. I hope she would consider distancing herself from this group.

I’m looking at their fundraising numbers and will report.

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League City Attorney clears League City Attorney

February 4, 2025

You can’t make this stuff up.

After an article from I45Now on the handling of a public information request (PIR) concerning a domestic dispute at the home of City Council Member Justin Hicks, Mayor Long demanded a full report on the PIR process. On Monday that 5 page report was released and it didn’t disappoint in raising more questions. In short the Attorney says her office did no wrong giving Hicks special assistance in a personal matter.

You have to hand it to TJ Aulds of I45Now for breaking the story last week. In his latest article he catches Mayor Long in an interesting moment:

Contacted soon after the report was issued, Long - who said he reviewed the report on Sunday - said after he read the report, he was “satisfied” with how the city attorney’s office handled the request for records.

That was until Aulds notified him; the timeline shows Hicks twice contacted the city attorney’s office and received an advance copy of the city’s request, even before it was submitted to the attorney general or i45NOW.

Oops. The article continues:

‘It’s certainly unusual treatment,” Long said when asked if it was proper that Hicks was communicating with the city attorney and provided information ahead of all others, even though the domestic disturbance call to his house was not connected to his duties as a city official.

I get the feeling this is not over.

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League City’s Corporal Chaos caught in a chaotic situation

January 28, 2025

It really is hard to feel sorry for Corporal Chaos, League City Council Member Justin Hicks.

Hicks recently was reelected to City Council despite his lack of fiscal responsibility, his bankruptcy filing, his book ban, his meddling in CCISD elections, his violations of campaign finance laws, his racist email to the City Police Chief, his spat with the young republics of Galveston County and more. League City voters had a choice and they chose to overlook Hick’s short comings. Yesterday’s article by I45Now might change that. According to I45Now:

“In the overnight hours of Jan. 4, League City police were called to a house in the 2100 block of Cherry Hills Drive. The initial call was about a domestic disturbance. The house belongs to League City Council Member Justin Hicks, public records confirm.”

It gets worse. According to the article the League City Police (LCP) was called again the next day “so someone – presumably Hicks – could retrieve some personal items”. And it gets worse. Hicks contacted the City Attorney in an attempt to block the public release of the police reports. The City Attorney, who according to the website, represents the city and the Council in their official capacity, has requested an opinion from the Texas Attorney General on whether the police records can be blocked. Needless to say this raises some pretty serious questions. Remember last year City Council fired the City Attorney and appointed Michelle Villarreal.

A domestic dispute at home is not in anyone’s official capacity according to the City Attorney’s mission statement. She has absolutely no authority to use the city resources in a personal issue. So why did the City Attorney request a review from the AG? Who asked her to do this? What staff members in the City were involved? According to Hicks this was nothing but a “petty argument” yet the police were called. Twice. If this was nothing but a “petty argument” why would Hicks request a review from the Texas AG through the City Attorney?

The City Manager John Baumgartner and Mayor Nick Long have no idea of the situation or why the City Attorney got involved in a personal domestic dispute of a citizen of League City. None of this makes sense. Read the article by TJ Aulds. It is disturbing especially the end.

I expect a lot of public records requests coming from various news organizations concerning Corporal Chaos. I also expect the City Attorney and Hicks to be investigated. Both should save the city the embarrassment and money and resign.

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Police Union praises Trump’s pardons

January 22, 2025

Back the Blue? No. Beat the Blue.

You have to wonder what kind of country we are living in when a police union supports the pardoning of criminals who viciously attacked members of their own union. The Faternal Order Of Law Enforcement Support (FOOLS) issued the following statement on the pardons:

“In 2024 we proudly endorsed Trump for reelection knowing full well he was going to pardon the very individuals who beat our fellow police members. Some of these officers lost their jobs and some lost their lives and paid the ultimate price for defending the United States Capitol. That did not deter us from proudly endorsing Trump. It is sad that family members of the fallen officers will have to forever suffer the consequences of our actions but life isn’t easy and they will have to suck it up for the good of Trump’s presidency.”

Other organizations who endorsed Trump were not as gleeful as the FOOLS. The Fraternal Order of Police also endorsed Trump knowing full well he was going to pardon the cop killers. They did it anyway. Now, according to their press release, they are “deeply discouraged” in Trump’s pardons. Yeah. Right. Deeply discouraged my ass. Go fuck yourself. The FOPs saw the videos of Jan 6. They watched as their law enforcement brothers were beaten with flags, sprayed with bear spray, taped, and assaulted. They watched the trials, the juries, the verdicts, and the sentencing. We watch it too.

And yet they endorsed the mother fucker who sent them to the Capitol, who watched them beat up cops for three fucking hours, and then who pardoned them. And now you are “deeply discouraged”? Really? You are discouraged?

No. You are truly fucked up. Two faced, rotten, motherfuckers.

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Sheriff Fullen preparing for immigration raids.

January 22, 2025

Jimmy Fullen ran on protecting Galveston County from the hordes of rabid immigrants crossing the border hundreds of miles away. Now it is time he keeps his campaign promise.

Newly elected Sheriff Jimmy Fullen has been busy deputizing a couple hundred law enforcement officers. You can see the full list here. In his last campaign finance report he listed a large donation of $10,000 from the Committee for a Safer America. The sole donor is Susan D Sarofim for $80,000. She also gave to other law enforcement officials like Harris County DA Sean Teare and former DA Kim Ogg.

Fullen still has a couple of ethical problems to deal with before starting his raids on restaurants and contractors. He has an outstanding ethics complaint against him for falsifying a government document by padding his campaign account with a $100,000 loan that he never made. The Republic Party doesn’t take to kindly to those who falsify government documents. Just ask Hunter Biden. He also has a hearing set for March with the Texas Commission On Law Enforcement (TCOLE) on whether his law enforcement license will be revoke for….wait for it….falsifying a government document.

Once the Republic Party lets him off the hook I can see Fullen starting an immigration task force and raiding all the businesses in Galveston County who are hiring workers are here illegally. Personally I wouldn’t hold my breath.

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Congratulations America.

January 20, 2025

He actually represents one third of Americans very well. This is what you have become.

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Keller ISD issues warning to CCISD voters

January 18, 2025

Don’t let them take over your board!

If you haven’t kept up with the chaos in Keller ISD you might want to. Hundreds of parents attended the last board meeting in opposition to the Board considering splitting the district into two, one for the rich white kids and another for the others. That’s a bit of an exaggeration but when you look at the demographics and the available resources in each new district that is what it looks like. The meeting was so bad the Superintendant threatened to resign. The decision was tabled.

This is just the latest in a series of events which started with the takeover of the Board by extremists funded by an out of district PAC, which should sound familiar to CCISD residents. Patriot Mobile PAC donated $150,000 to three extremist candidates, $45,000 each, for an election that should have cost about $5000 each. They ran as a “coalition” of “conservatives” and won with the help of two wealthy donors to a PAC called Patriot Mobile. From a previous post:

Since January 2022 Patriot Mobile PAC spent $985,385. Of that $392,000 was spent on candidates in school district races and MUDs. Each KISD candidate Walker, Young and Shaw received $45,321 for their campaigns. As I said, this is A LOT for a school race that usually costs a couple of thousand dollars. All three were elected.

Shortly afterward one of the new board members, Sandi Walker, invited a Dutch evangelical film crew to one of the high schools without permission from the school, the board, or the parents. They filmed, they aired their, and Walker resigned. Trustee Young was also involved with hundreds of parents calling for his resignation. Lawsuits may have been filed, and should have been filed.

Keller ISD is smaller than CCISD by about 10,000 students. CCISD doesn’t need to split the district. Unlike CCISD Keller is mired in fiscal mismanagement. I would bet that is one of the reasons they want to split is to push the debt onto one of the new districts.

This kind of crap is what happens when we allow outside, rich, Political Action Committees to influence our school board elections. Trustee Scott Bowen has led the effort by recruiting unqualified candidates and financing them through extremist groups like Defend Texas Liberty, a PAC funded by two evangelical billionaires out of Dallas. Defend Texas Liberty was dissolved after being caught organizing with a known white supremacist. CCISD is considering changing the school board elections so that a “coalition” of candidates could run, be funded by an outside group with huge amounts of money, and change the composition of the board to be like Keller. And Katy. And Cypress. And Spring. Keller is issuing a warning to CCISD.

Heed the warning folks.

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CCISD Trustee cooking the books?

January 18, 2025

It’s Bowen. Again.

Ever since 2008 I began reviewing campaign finance reports specifically, at first, I focused on what elected officials and candidates spent their donors money on and wow did I find some doozies! Former State Representative John Davis, representing the Bay Area, was caught spending his donors money on fancy, expensive, boots and gas for his roofing company. State Senator Jane Nelson, now the Secretary of State, was spending her donors money on a condo, then got caught giving her husband money to buy a condo. But today is a first with Bowen.

Recently League City Council Member Justin Hicks was caught conveniently hiding a loan to his campaign. In his amended report the loan came from his treasurer. His treasurer is his wife. There there is Sheriff Fullen who reported a $100,000 loan which mysteriously vanished on the next report. The Texas Ethics Commission is investigating both of these.

In his latest report Bowen is reporting a donation, from himself, for $20,000 to pay off a loan that he made to himself. WTF? When he made the loan to himself he was required to actually deposit the money into a separate account. So now he donates another $20,000 to himself, deposits that donation into his account then pays himself for the loan. None of that makes cents.

What Bowen is trying to do is turn his first loan into a donation therefore he does not have to report an outstanding loan balance in his future reports. That’s not the way this should be accomplished but for the Republic Party rules and laws are for suckers. Bowen starts his campaign with over $9200, mostly his own money.

He is up for reelection in May.

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Raising Campaign Cash: State Representative Dennis Paul

January 17, 2025

Not promising for us concerned about home insurance.

State Representative Dennis Paul raised $55,905 in his latest reports covering the period of July-December 2024. That actually is one of his most productive reports. Of that total $54,600 or 98% came from PAC money and $1,304 came from 6 individual donors. Of these $8500 came from insurance related PACs. Paul sits on the House Insurance Committee.

During the same period he spent $39,049 with $22,500 going back to a number of PACs including Realtor PACs, USAA, General Contractors PAC, and BearBacker PAC. $15,000 went to pay off his outstanding $150,000 loan to win the seat over 10 years ago. He received $2500 from the BearBacker PAC then turned around and donated $2500 back to them. BearBacker PAC is related to the Baylor Bears according to their Facebook page.

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Raising Campaign Cash: CCISD Trustee Scott Bowen’s Billionaire Buddies

January 14, 2025

Different name. Same game.

CCISD Trustee had the ear of the PAC Defend Texas Liberty. They were funded by two billionaires in Dallas, Timothy Dunn and Farris Wilks and featured in an investigative report by CNN. That PAC eventually folded after their leadership was caught meeting with a known white supremacist Nick Fuentes. Bowen’s association with this group and others was so disturbing I spoke at a board meeting detailing his involvement. You can read the details here.

But Defend Texas Liberty is back. Again. This time as Texans United for a Conservative Majority PAC. Same people. Different name. Over the last year TUCM (Tuck-em) raised $9,606,725 with $7,065,000 coming from Dunn, and $1,290,000 from Wilks.

These individuals tried, unsuccessfully, to influence the last CCISD election financing Peter Lauzon’s campaign. He lost. They also donated $5000 to another candidate. She returned the money. Bowen himself received $2000 from them.

You might want to read the information on Scott Bowen’s relationship with these guys and other organizations. Here are the entire list of donors and donations:

Contributor NameAmount
Adams ,Carol20,000.00
Adamson ,Mark25,000.00
Barnes ,Rick3,500.00
Beebe ,Matt750.00
Bennet ,Montgomery25,000.00
Bennet ,Montgomery25,000.00
Bennet ,Montgomery10,000.00
Bruce ,Robert20,000.00
Bruce ,Robert10,000.00
Carroll ,Don5,000.00
David Lowe Campaign100,000.00
Dunn ,Timothy1,675,000.00
Dunn ,Timothy1,625,000.00
Dunn ,Timothy1,365,000.00
Dunn ,Timothy600,000.00
Dunn ,Timothy600,000.00
Dunn ,Timothy450,000.00
Dunn ,Timothy325,000.00
Dunn ,Timothy200,000.00
Dunn ,Timothy125,000.00
Dunn ,Timothy100,000.00
Elswick ,Roger35,000.00
Elswick ,Roger35,000.00
Fails ,Chris750.00
Fite ,Ralph1,500.00
Groves ,David1,000.00
Hexagon Partners700,000.00
Hillary Hickland Campaign5,000.00
Karger ,Ken1,000.00
Mason ,Mike2,500.00
Morrison ,Peter15,000.00
Owens ,Tom30,000.00
Owens ,Tom3,000.00
Rydin ,Michael100,000.00
Rydin ,Michael10,000.00
Rydin ,Michael4,000.00
Texans for Responsible Judges PAC55,000.00
Wallace ,Bonnie1,250.00
Wilks ,Farris1,290,000.00
Wise County Conservatives7,475.00
9,606,725.00

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Trustee Elections: Cejka vs Brian Bowen’s Buddy

January 13, 2025

CONFIRMED: Joe Machol, currently a Seabrook Council Member will be challenging Trustee Jessica Cejka.

OMG! I meant SCOTT Bowen. LOL Brian is Scott’s brother. He was in the same Boy Scout troop at the same time my son was!

Billionaires for Bowen.

I hate to spread rumors but….looks like CCISD Trustee Scott Bowen has been actively looking for a candidate to challenge Trustee Jessica Cejka and has found one. Bowen has done this before recruiting Misty Dawson, Christine Parizo, and his latest Peter Lauzon. All three lost.

Dawson was one of the most unqualified candidates to ever run for an education position yet she lost to Trustee Cejka by just 40 votes. She eventually sued, with the help of the Republic Party, then conceded.

Christine Parizo lost by 25 points, not votes, points. She demanded a recount and complained to the Texas Attorney General who denied her request. At that point it was cloooooosed. She claimed the election was “rigged”. It wasn’t.

Peter Lauzon was another unqualified candidate but was a good buddy of Bowen. He was caught on film advocating for all the chaotic nonsense Bowen brought to the board. He was also funded by Defend Texas Liberty PAC an extreme fair right PAC solely funded by two extreme right wing billionaires in north Texas. That PAC dissolved after their leadership met with white supremacist Nick Fuentes. Bowen also has very disturbing associations with white supremacists. Read about that here.

Bowen has also received donations from this PAC as well as being associated with Steven Hotze another wealthy extremist with the Harris County Republic Party. Hotze has since been charged with 4 felonies including assault with a deadly weapon and organized crime. All of this stemming from a false claim of ballot harvesting. Hotze is also being sued civilly for his role in the assault.

Trustee Cejka has served one term and should be returned by the voters. Her heart seems to be in the right place which is the most important qualification for the position. She has great educational background including a Bachelors degree in mathematics from Texas A&M. Masters in education (Instructional Technology) from UHCL. Masters in education (Educational Administration) from UHCL. And she has served on the CCISD Board for one term.

Bowen and his Billionaire Buddies have other priorities which do not include parents, teachers, and students. I expect Bowen and his Buddy to run as a coalition funded by one of the many extremist organizations in Texas. Maybe his buddy doesn’t share Bowen’s priorities but there is absolutely no reason to challenge someone who is doing the job of Trustee and doing it well.

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