Recently an organization called the Harris County Democratic News released a mailer with pictures of Black elected officials such as President Obama, State Representative Senfronia Thompson, and others with the back endorsing people of color except for one, Eric Dick. Some have wondered who paid for this mailer and maybe I found out that it is only one person, the white one.
According to the City of Houston website, there is only 1 contributor to the Harris County Democratic News and that is Eric Dick for a total of $8500. The address of this news is 1918 Freeman Houston Texas 77009 and owned by Philip Bryant. The HCDN is not registered with the Texas Ethics Commission. This is definitely strange since there is no political disclaimer so filing an ethics complaint will be challenging.
The Conservative Review is run by Gary Polland, the former chair of the Harris County Republican Party. Recently he issued his “endorsements” for the upcoming city runoffs. Eric Dick paid $25,000 to Pollard and Buzbee gave $35,000 and both were endorsed. Mike Knox gave $5,000.
In 2015, Bill King donated $150,000. Dick gave $12,000 in 2013 and former City Councilman Costello gave $120,000. Mike Knox gave $20,000 in 2015.
Buzbee was real proud of not seeking endorsements except from Hotze or the sloppy seconds from the Fire Fighters Union but he had no problem paying $35,000 and recieving the endorsement for Mayor from Polland.
Along with paying The Conservative Review $25,000, Dick also paid some group called the Harris County Black Democratic News $8500 and received their endorsement also. Dick just can’t get endorsements. It looks like Dick is having a hard time.
Eric Dick donated $8,500 to the “Harris County Democratic News” located at 1918 Freeman Houston Texas 77009. Recently a flyer was distributed with endorsements from the HCDN on one side, which includes Eric Dick, and pictures of prominent elected officials including President Obama, and State Representative Senfronia Thompson as if they have endorsed him. This misleading mailer prompted a statement from Representative Thompson:
“Let me set the record straight. In this upcoming Run-off Election, I have only endorsed Mayor Sylvester Turner, Dr. Letitia Plummer, Sallie Alcorn and Rhonda Skillern-Jones,” said an outraged State Representative Senfronia Thompson. “I have never been contacted by the Harris County Black Democratic News nor am I sure that they are a legitimate news or community organization. I did not consent to being included in the Harris County Black Democratic News and am appalled that a group would go to this extent to mislead voters. Other black elected officials are experiencing the same shock as to the gall of the group to use their name and photo to mislead the voters.”
This is NOT the first time Eric Dick has done this. When he first ran for City Council he sent a mailer with pictures he took with various elected officials implying they endorsed him. 10 years later he is doing it again. There is very little information available at this organization except Whois. This organization is registered to Phillip Bryant of the Island of Hope Church at 1918 Freeman. 832-267-9936. Here is the Whois entry. The website is nothing more than a sign in sheet for their “news” with a picture of President Obama.
I’ve said it before. Tony Buzbee is just like trump.
Buzbee is a politically ignorant, wealthy, “tell it like it is”, not a politician, lawyer who intends to self finance a run for Mayor of Houston, a political office. Sound familiar? It should. Buzbee is the Donald Trump of Houston.
And like trump, he lies. Every. Fuckin. Day. He has lied about crime statistics. He has lied about so called “corruption”. He has lied, and was caught on camera, about his endorsement from the extreme right wing group led by Steve Hotze. And now he is lying to the residents of Meyerland and once again, has been fact checked. Buzbee has plastered Meyerland with the following poorly designed flyer. Click on the pic below to read the fact checks by a Meyerland resident. Thanks to Art!
Buzbee is just like trump. He just can’t stop lying. If he lies to your face on TV he is going to lie to your face in person.
I met Eric Dick when he first ran for Houston City Council. I didn’t like him then. I don’t like him now. He is the kind of guy that would suck up to anyone and say anything to get a vote. Ask the Houston Fire Fighters Union. He probably told them he would vote for their 29% increase in pay even though he has no idea how to pay for it.
Dick has had a drama filled few years on the Harris County Dept of Education calling his republican buddy, Mike Wolfe, a “pervert” and asking for an investigation into his hiring process. The investigation resulted in Dick being put in time out and a recommended that Dick should not serve on a committee with Wolfe.
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.
The Houston Professional Fire Fighters Association has endorsed Tony Buzbee for Mayor. From the Houston Chronicle: “Our firefighters deserve a raise but one that the city can afford,” said Sue Davis, communications director for Turner’s campaign. “Oh, and what happened to not seeking endorsements and not being beholden to anyone?” As you recall the HPFFA endorsed Dwight Boykins days after he entered the race. Most had expected Buzbee to receive their endorsement even though Buzbee hasn’t sought endorsements from anyone except from Steven Hotze the extreme far right anti-gay community, so called “Christian”. Boykins told the Fire Fighters what they wanted to hear even though he knows the city can not afford the 29% increase they are seeking. Buzbee has promised the same even though he has no clue about what the city can or cannot afford. The HPFFA’s recent endorsements are disappointing to say the least. Anthony Dolcefino has absolutely no experience what so ever in city policies or business dealings with the city in even in the city. No experience what so ever but he received their endorsement. As did Eric Dick who again will tell anyone anything to get anywhere. Buzbee did the same. So it shouldn’t surprise anyone that Buzbee got the 2nd place participation trophy. He told them what they wanted to hear even though he has absolutely no idea how he would pay for it. The math just doesn’t add up. Even the Harris County Republican Party has passed on Buzbee’s endorsement. It’s not rocket science folks.
Houston City Councilman Mike Knox is in a tough race for re-election. His opponent, Raj Salhotra, is young, energetic, very knowledgeable about the job he is running for, and can raise money, lots of money.
Knox isn’t as young and he can’t raise money so he has resorted to what republicans do best. Lie and label his opponent as a socialist. It just gets old. From Jasper Scherer, Houston Chronicle reporter:
Knox couldn’t help throwing in Congressman Beto O’Rourke’s name in his insult. Unfortunately for Knox, Beto is pretty popular in Houston and Texas and it might bite him in the ass in Dec. Maybe Knox will ask Trump to come campaign for him. Ask Kentucky Governor Bevin how that worked out for him.
If you didn’t get a chance to see Tony BuzzedBee’s premature victory speech take 15 minutes of your time to do so. It is epic. Go ahead. I’ll wait.
Yeah. That is Tony Buzbee. The only difference between Buzbee and Baker, Houjami, Romero, Taylor, Vasquez, Broze, and “Dementia” Smith is money. Buzbee is just as politically ignorant as the others but when you have $10 Million of your own money to spend, you can get more than .5% of the vote.
We had way too many people running for office resulting in run off elections in December. Many of these candidates had no business running. Running for office is not about “running for something”, “running everywhere”, or having the courage to run. Any politically ignorant fool with a few dollars for the filing fee can run for a political office. Many did. Tony Buzbee did.
Chris Brown retained his job. Look for him to run for Mayor in 4 years. Dave Martin wiped out his opponent.
Councilman Mike Knox will face Raj Solhotra who has the ability, to not only hit the ground running as a City Council Member, he also can raise money. Lots of money. He has $78,000 COH while Knox has $11,000.
Council Member Robinson will once again face Willie Davis for Position 2. Davis is an extreme right wing, religious leader. Robinson is one of those who puts his head down and gets the job done. And he has done it very well.
Council Member Kubosh was forced into a run off with Janaeya Carmouche. Janaeya has the ability and knowledge of the city but lacks in fundraising to get her message out. Kubosh is $256,000 in the hole and has had trouble fundraising.
I was surprised about Position 4. I thought Nick Hellyar was far above the competition over Baldwin and Plummer. All three are good candidates I just thought Nick was much better. Plummer now has to run against one of those who shouldn’t be running Anthony Dolcefino. He is poor Buzbee, politically ignorant with little fundraising.
And position 5. Eric Dick is now in a run off with Sallie Alcorn. There couldn’t be a more striking contrast between the two candidates. Alcorn has the experience, the enthusiasm, and the fundraising capability to be an outstanding City Council Member. Dick, on the other hand, is another Buzbee. He is self financing to the tune of over $250,000 and has absolutely no business running for City Council. To Dick this is a game.
The run off is Dec 14. I hope to attend the Tony Buzbee celebration to see another meltdown.
In his latest report Dick raised only $1,435 but he loaned himself $75,000 as well as spent $93,248 out of his own pocket. It’s a pattern for Dick. In 2015 he spent $74,652 out of his own pocket in his race for Houston City Council. His $75,000 investment didn’t work out very well. He lost.
Dick is continuing his Buzbee method of raising money. He isn’t. Instead he has an outstanding loan of $75,000 and he has spent $99,000 of his own money in this period alone. He is in this race for $267,000 of his own money. His spending includes salaries to a number of people with the same address of 3701 Brookwoods, which the owner is listed in the HCAD website as DICK INVESTMENT FAMILY LP. His treasurer, Jay Hamburger is also listed at that address as well as Dick himself.
He paid $25,000 to the Texas Conservative Media, the same group Tony Buzbee gave $35,000 to and got an endorsement. Unlike Tony, Dick didn’t get dick from Polland.
He paid $17,500 to PFS at the address of PO Box 7137 Houston TX 77248. That address is for the Carmona Law Firm. I cannot find a PFS. It is listed as “advertising”.
He paid $21,250 to Famous Group at 13201 Northwest Freeway Houston TX 77248. I could not find any organization called Famous Group or anything at that address besides Well Fargo.
He paid $12,500 to WS Services at 4325 Tulsa Houston TX 77092 which is a storage facility. Again I can’t find a WS Services.
He paid $15,250 to Blaze Campaign Consulting with an address of 5380 W 34th Houston TX 77092 which is a UPS store. I can’t find Blaze Campaign Consulting.
The laws for filing campaign finance reports are pretty easy. You must record the name and address for all expenditures. It really isn’t that hard. His report is an ethic complaint in the making.
Tony has a lot of money to dole out since he is self funding his campaign for Mayor for $10 Million. Most of that money is being spent out of state and there are a few interesting tidbits. After seeking the endorsement of the Christian anti-gay group led by Steven Hotze, Buzbee denied it on a televised debate. Hotze withdrew the endorsement. Buzbee has donated $500 to the Gay Caucus in Houston. He likes to play both sides but easily gets caught doing it. Buzbee likes to target the Mayor with baseless allegation of “pay to play” but Buzbee has his own type of pay to play. Buzbee donated $35,000 to Gary Polland the editor of Texas Conservative Review. Gary has now endorsed him. Imagine that. In his 8 day out report Buzbee spent $2.5Million (of his own money) with $2.4 Million going out of state. $1.9 Million was paid to Axiom Strategies and AX Media with the same address in Kansas. $386,000 was paid to The Prosper Group in Indiana, $114,00 was paid to Madison McQueen in California. At least he has paid his grassroots services employee very well with $134,000 in the first two weeks of October.
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