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This is sad on so many levels.

La Marque Mayor Keith Bell was arrested in Brazoria County on indecent exposure charges, though details remain sparse. This comes right as Council postponed an ethics ordinance set for a vote next month.

Mayor Bell has earned a reputation for running fair, structured meetings despite facing continuous pushback—most notably from Councilman Joseph Lowry, whose own tenure has been defined by past convictions, tax liens, lawsuits, and a history of personal attacks on city officials. While these charges against Mayor Bell are troubling, it is important to wait for the facts. If true, the Mayor should take full accountability and prioritize what is best for the community, rather than letting local governance descend further into political mudslinging.

Lowry, on the other hand, is a toxic, convicted felon buried in tax lawsuits and notorious for harassing anyone in La Marque who crosses him. (The Who’s Who of Who has been Harassed by La Marque City Councilman) He is universally disliked, even among his own MAGAt party’s base. He constantly attacks the Mayor and city officials with wild, proofless claims of fraud that the DA throws in the trash. He will inevitably celebrate this news, but there’s a world of difference between a decent leader who made a massive mistake and destructive politicians who take joy in creating chaos. If the charges against Bell are true, he needs to take responsibility and do what’s right for La Marque.

There are good people who make mistakes. Bell might be one of them. I hope that if the allegations are true Bell will do what is necessary to address his issues as well as do what is right for the city.

And there are sick, perverted, fucked up human beings like Trump and Lowry who enjoy making people miserable. It’s hard to feel sorry for them once they fall and eventually they will fall.

Good luck Mayor.

It’s Lowry. Again.

La Marque City Councilman Joseph Lowry is no stranger to courtroom battles, often finding himself on either side of a lawsuit. His latest legal maneuver stems from a recent truck accident in which he claims he was “T-boned” in his truck. Given Lowry’s habit of broadcasting Facebook Live videos while behind the wheel, questions remain as to whether a forensic audit of his phone might play a role in the investigation. Nevertheless, he has officially filed a petition, CV-0095926, seeking $1 million in damages against the driver.

You can read the original petition here. His suit is demanding $1 Million for the following:

• Compensatory damages against Defendant;
• Actual damages
• Past and future medical expenses;
• Past and future lost wages;
• Past and future loss of household services;
• Consequential damages;
• Pain and suffering;
• Exemplary damages;
• Past and future mental anguish;
• Past and future impairment;
• Past and future disfigurement;
• Interest on damages (pre and post-judgment) in accordance with the law
• Costs of Court;
• Expert witness fees;
• Costs of copies of depositions; and
• Such other and further relief as the Court may deem just and proper.

It’s not what you think it is. You can read the entire new ordinance here.

Last night, the City Council conducted the first reading of a proposed rewrite of their Code of Ethics. If passed, the ordinance will apply to current city employees, Council members, and former city officials. According to the ordinance:

Rather, this Article is intended to provide a framework within which to encourage ethical behavior and enforce basic standards of conduct while providing due process that protects the rights of both the Complainant and the Accused. 

If you actually read the proposed ordinance, you’ll see it’s completely standard for cities of any size. Contrary to Councilman Joseph Lowry’s claims, it does not give City Council the power to remove an elected official. Higher governing bodies certainly have that power—Congress expelled George Santos, and the Texas House expelled Bryan Slaton after a severe conduct investigation of providing alcohol to an underaged staffer and having all night sex with her. Houston’s City Council can’t remove a colleague; at most, they can strip committee assignments or restrict participation, as seen previously with Councilman Greg Travis.

What the ordinance does do is set baseline ethics standards—prohibiting harassment, conflicts of interest, illegal gifts, and the misuse of city resources. All are common sense ethical standards. It also creates a structured review process for official complaints, but the available penalties stop short of removal. While Lowry might try to use this new system to level allegations against Mayor Bell and Councilmember Yancy, the process requires verifiable evidence—something Lowry has claimed to hold for five years, though he has yet to produce it. It also addresses frivolous complaints and penalties for filing them.

You can read the entire new ordinance here.

Again.

This is the second time La Marque City Councilman Joseph Lowry has been sued for back taxes. This time in Case # 26-TX-0085 Lowry’s concrete pumping company, Six Brothers, owes over $27,000 to multiple entities. In his first case Lowry eventually paid his taxes and the suit was dismissed. That cost him $43,000.

But in this latest case he simply didn’t show up and the judge issued a default judgement for over $27,000. According to the judgement, the County can now place liens on his Concrete Pumping business.

You can read the entire judgement issued by Judge Jeth Jones here.

The police report filed by Lowry is ridiculous, preposterous, outrageous!

In a previous post I listed an incomplete list of police reports filed with the La Marque Police Department by Councilman Joseph Lowry. More will be posted soon but Lowry is now filing with the Texas City Police. Lowry was whining about one of his stalking victims, Harvey Freebird. Harvey was getting an oil change and just so happen to visit the same oil change station that Lowry and his beautiful bride was at.

Needless to say Lowry jumped into his conspiracy theory that Harvey was now stalking him and called the police. He filed report #TCPD26-003722. The police jumped into action, dispatching police with sirens blaring and lights flashing. They quickly surrounded the oil change business like ICE jumping on a Mexican grade school student. (Ok that is a bit of an exaggeration) Actually the police came, they listened, they wrote a report, and they found the complaint UNFOUNDED. In other words Lowry was nothing but a whiny little bitch again.

Needless to say I bet Lowry is madder than a wet hen and will be calling the Texas City Police criminals, corrupt, and compromised. Compound this with the fact that his city provided cell phone has been disconnected, his Facebook page has been deleted, and he has been outed as using a fake Facebook account of Jon Jon McMuffin’s. It’s been a bad week for hime. You can read the entire report here.

This is just insane. This is coming from a sitting, elected, Council Member.

La Marque City Councilman, Joseph Lowry, is well known for running to the La Marque police department and filing a police report for everything from name calling to pigs eating people (seriously). Below is a list of complaints filed from 1/1/2023 – 3/20/2025. You can view the entire list of complaints with all the investigation details here. It is a searchable PDF file and you can easily find each case by searching for the case number.

This list will be updated once La Marque releases the data for the time period 3/20/25 – 6/30/26. BTW he filed another report with the Texas City police just yesterday claiming harassment at an oil change business. Some of the most notable complaints include:

• Lowry received a postcard with a picture of pigs. He believed that was a threat because pigs eat people. He asked for the postcard to be taken and dusted for fingerprints. (seriously)
• Multiple reports concern a child refusing to go with Lowry. These are disturbing to say the least. Reference case #24-02297
• He has various complaints concerning name calling and being approached at a restaurant claiming harrassment
• He has a number of complaints about phone calls.

This list does not include the now famous complaint about someone destroying his garden gnomes. I am sure the police department has issued a BOLO for the alleged perpetrators.

Before tomorrow’s city council meeting I thought I would compile this list. I will not name names except for the obvious. These are the people La Marque Councilman Joseph Lowry has harassed over the last few years. Some have filed for protective orders. Some have sued. Some are expected to do so in the near future.

• La Marque Mayor. Was sued by Lowry. Lowry lost in District Court and the Appeals court.
• La Marque City Councilwoman Kimberley Yancy. Sued Lowry for harrassment. Lowry signed an agreement to refrain from further harrassment which he violated. Galveston County Case # 22-CV-0993
• La Marque City Councilwoman Kimberley Yancy’s family https://bayareahouston.net/2026/06/17/day-three-of-the-lowry-trial-the-verdict-is-in/
• La Marque Interim City Manager. Multiple times including being warned by City Attorneys to stop making sexually harassment statements towards her.
• La Marque City Clerk (Left the office) Was sent sexually explicit items at her workplace.
• Former La Marque City Councilman James Ross. Sued Lowry for harrassment. Galveston County Case # 22-CV-0993
• Former City Manager. 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. 

• Harvey Freebird. This is becoming legendary. He is a 1st Amendment Auditor and has spoken at City Council a number of times detailing the harassment by Lowry and his wife. A lawsuit against Lowry is expected shortly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fnrf9sosPpE
• Chad MacDonald. Sued by Lowry. Galveston County Case #17-CV-0186
• Walter Burt. Burt filed suit against Lowry. It was settled. Galveston County Case # 22-CV-0993
• Martin Tomczak. Civil Case #202107817 lawsuit scheduled for trial in Harris County.
• Victim 1. Filed DBA’s in her name with the county without her knowing for reasons unknown. https://bayareahouston.net/2026/04/30/another-impersonation-concerning-la-marque-city-councilman/
• Victim 2. Filed a restraining order against him which is pending. Galveston County Case # 25-NTM03-1457
• Victim 2. Harassed his family at a restaurant. Video here.
• Victim 3 Filed a terroristic threat police report against him which ended in guns drawn at his house.
• Victim 4. Back in 2019 he had a $10,000 peace bond place on him by a Galveston County Judge.
• Victim 5. A disabled veteran. Claims Lowry wanted to “Whip my butt”. You can see the comment sections starting at 1:45:00.
• Victim 6. Threatens to take legal action against an individual for sending text messages to him. He didn’t do shit.
• Victim 7. Claims he is stalking him. https://lowrynewsnetwork.press/stalker-exposed-with-the-communities-help/
• Victim 8. Claims he is a danger. https://lowrynewsnetwork.press/carl-beard-is-a-danger/
• Multiple Victims. Veiled Threats and Sexual Harassment by La Marque City Councilman towards multiple people.

I am sure I missed some.

You can smell a lawsuit a mile away.

As I wrote a few days ago, Harvey Freebird was arrested on July 4th for a harassment complaint by La Marque City Councilman Joseph Lowry. It probably was due to the incident in the parking lot of the Galveston County Courthouse which Harvey recorded. Lowry called the police who investigated Harvey, viewed his video, and cleared him. Later Lowry entered the courtroom with a police escort much like a whiny ass little bitch.

But today those charges have been dropped by the District Attorney’s Office, but not forgotten. There are a lot of questions remaining to be answered. Was law enforcement illegally using the FLOCK cameras to track Harvey? Who signed the warrant for his arrest? Who wrote the warrant? Why was a warrant approved? What was the basis for granting a warrant in the first place? And what did Lowry and/or his wife have to do with this?

If I was Harvey I would be asking these questions and demanding answers.

UPDATE: Looks like Lowry has to pay the appeals court costs. See page two below.

What an incredible waste of tax dollars.

Back in April of 2022 City Councilman Joseph Lowry filed suit against the City of La Marque, members of the Council and the Police Chief. He lost that case and appealed it. Today the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals Case #25-40519 affirmed the lower court’s decision against Lowry. In his original lawsuit Lowry alleged under 42 U.S.C. (\S ) 1983 that officials retaliated against and censored him by removing yard signs, verbally attacking him, and banning him from posting on the city’s Facebook page. Yes, he sued the City for someone allegedly removing his campaign signs, probably calling him a fat ass, and banning him from myspace. (LOL)

The United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas Case# 3:22-CV-112 issued a summary judgement against Lowry back in April of 2022. For over 4 years the City had to litigate this case spending tax dollars on such a worthless case. Lowry has a habit of being sued and filing frivolous suits like this one. Lowry likes to mess with peoples campaign signs as well as verbally attacking people and banning them from his own Facebook pages.

Well now he lost. Again. He could be a fool and appeal it to the Supreme Court but what kind of an idiot lawyer would take such a worthless case?

You have to get up pretty early in the morning to make up stuff like this. Mr Harassment, La Marque City Councilman Joseph Lowry, whined to the Galveston County Sheriff’s Office about….wait for it….being harassed.

But the videos taken of the so called harrassment will probably end in the charges being dropped. Harvey Freebird is a “1st Amendment Auditor”. He follows the police and videos them to make sure they are not abusing their power. Harvey attended the trial against City Councilman Joseph Lowry who was being sued for…..wait for it again…..harrassment. In that suit he settled with one of the plaintiffs, won on a technicality on one, and one was dismissed. Harvey made two videos when he became aware of Lowry sitting in his minivan in the parking lot instead of attending his own trial. He also videoed him walking into the courtroom with a police escort.

His first video was from a distance in the courthouse parking lot. Of course Lowry didn’t like to be harassed much like the dozen of people who he has harassed so he did what he does best, he called the police. Unfortunately for Lowry the police came, talked with Harvey, and cleared him of any wrong doing. They attempted to talk with Lowry but he was ugly crying in his minivan and was too verklempt to talk. (ok I made that up)

His second video was taken in the Courthouse as Lowry was walking down the hall, with a police escort, to enter the courtroom. That video would have shown no one was harassing anyone but the Judge required Harvey to delete the video. Later a member of the media approached the judge and made her aware that she had also taken pictures. She was required to delete those pictures. The Courtroom has signs prohibiting videos or picture but I do not remember signs for the entire Courthouse. Regardless, the video was deleted.

So after settling his suit for harassment Lowry calls his police buddies in Galveston County and files a harassment complaint against Harvey. The Sherriff’s office issues an APB, a BOLO, activates their SWAT team, and alerts the National Guard as the FLOCK cameras detects Harvey’s truck crossing into the County. Law enforcement quickly descended upon Harvey’s location and served a warrant on him for a class B misdemeanor offense all while there was chaos and frivolity abound.

(OK. I made most of that up, except it did take 4 officers, and it was just a Class B misdemeanor) Harvey was arrested, released, and charges will probably be dropped, and then hopefully he will sued the living shit out of the Galveston County Sheriff’s Office for wait for it…..harrassment.

Both Ross and Yancy lost.

When a jury renders their decision we respect it. (Unless you are a republican) We may not like it but we respect it and move on. Overall Ross had a very difficult threshold to get a decision based upon the instructions given by the Judge. Yancy on the other hand lost due to a technicality.

Her case was a violation of a settlement between Lowry and her in 2023. He agreed not to harass her anymore yet did it anyway. Unfortunately according to the settlement, called a “Rule 11”, she had to alert Lowry to stop harassing her 14 days prior to filing suit. The evidence that was presented wasn’t enough for the Judge or the jury. Did Lowry harass Yancy, her sons, her husband, and her Church? If you have kept up with Lowry you can make that decision yourself. I thought it was pretty clear.

Now if Lowry continues to harass Yancy she can alert him 14 days before filing suit. Again. Maybe since Lowry’s attorneys based their entire case on the Rule 11, that they introduced, Lowry will think twice before harassing Yancy again.

Maybe someone needs to copy all the evidence presented to the jury and post it for all to see.

Closing arguments start at 1:00. I am assuming the jury will get the case today and it will be over. I just can’t understand how someone, anyone, especially an elected official would stoop so low to harass someone, their family, their church, and others in the community. It is just mind boggling to me. Just to remind you of just one incident, here is someone speaking at a recent city council meeting concerning the harassment his family endured. Ask yourself why would anyone do this?

If you are going to go to La Marque City Councilman Joseph Lowry’s trial tomorrow here are a few tips. Visit this page to get updates on the trial. You never know what can happen that would result in a postponement.

The Case # is 24-CV-2218 | Walter Burt, Et Al vs. Joseph Lowry. It is being held in the 212th District Court, with Judge Grady, Patricia. The court is located at 600 59th St Galveston, TX 77551 in the relatively new Justice Center. The case begins at 9:00AM with jury selection, as I have been told. Parking is free. Expect to go through security checks.

Please respect the court. No loud talking. No talking in front of the doors of the court. NO CAMERAS or taking pictures of the court whether you are inside or not. (Ask me about my personal experience) No outbursts. Of course, silence your cell phones.

Hopefully the trial will start immediately after the jury selection and we can have a drink at a local restaurant later that day.

City Councilman Joe Compian and his challenger Sade Williams will be in a run off for La Marque City Council District B. Both received 56 votes. The runoff will be sometime in June. Compian, a sitting Councilman, only received 35% of the vote with 65% of all voters supporting someone else. The next election will be between two candidates, not four. This should concern Compian. If I was going to advise Compian I would tell him to put some distance between himself and Councilman Lowry. As I have said in the past Lowry and his wife are as popular as herpes at a hot tub party. Speaking of his wife…

La Marque has a runoff in June, but on May 2 voters ran off Sarah Lowry, the wife of Councilman Joseph Lowry. Lowry was a candidate for District D and was crushed by 53 points with 55 voters in District D voting for her. 55?!?!? Really? Getting runoff by 53 points is sad but getting 55 votes for someone with the baggage of her husband’s child like attitude is really sad!

But the good news is that Tonia Griffin returns to Council. Good luck to Compian and Williams in the runoff.