In the words of Hank Hill, he ain’t going to do shit.
The undercover investigative journalist and La Marque City Councilman, Joseph Lowry, claims he is going to file a harassment complaint against an individual. Like every other empty threat Lowry has made, I doubt seriously if he files his nails much less a harassment complaint. It’s as if his harasser confronted him in a bathroom at Roadhouse, harassed him at his tabled while he was chowing down on a pork chop with his family, and then waiting for him in the parking lot to continue the harassment. That actually happened but he wasn’t the one being harassed. You can read about it here and actually watch the video.
In a long winded, AI generated, post on his Lousy News Network, Lowry claims:
A disturbing incident unfolded this week when Councilman Joseph Lowry — administrator of the Talk of La Marque Uncensored community forum — began receiving a series of harassing text messages from an unknown phone number.
DISTURBING! Oh for the love of all that is holy! DISTURBING I tell you! For the love of pearl, one can only imagine what horrors were bestowed upon sweet Joe. I am sure it will all come out once he drafts up his felony warrant and reports to the La Marque Police Department and the FBI, CIA, NSA, as he claimed he was doing to others in the community. BTW He didn’t. He can’t. Warrants are drafted by law enforcement. Only. Period.
Lowry is full of shit. He talks a great game. He threatens people with lawsuits, arrest, and charges of harassment yet like a bad golfer, doesn’t follow through. Lowry on the other hand has numerous civil suits filed against him and he has been convicted for a number of felonies concerning the possession of Meth.
So like everyone else, we are waiting for his frivolous complaint to be filed. Film at 11. Literally.
What kind of grown ass man would post something like this? To call this childish would be an absolute insult to children. This is from La Marque City Councilman Joseph Lowry. It’s as if he is begging someone to come slap the living shit out of him so he can video it and then play the victim card. Again. This is absolutely disgusting and coming from a mentally challenged individual.
As you remember a Judge in Washington slapped Lowry with a Domestic Violence Protection Order which requires a mental health evaluation. You can read the entire Domestic Violence Protection Order. Here is his sick ass post.
The summary from the AG is interesting and possibly damning. Unlike Lowry I am not an undercover investigative journalist or have a Jewish Prudence degree so I can’t really state what the living hell this letter means to his application, his running, or his seat. Here it is:
Even if this letter does not apply to his election, his application might apply. His application to run can be read here. It also includes his agreement to conduct himself in a honorable manner. LOL. But back to his application to run for office. When he applied he checked the box “I have not been finally convicted of a felony.” That isn’t exactly true. He pled guilty to two felonies concerning the possession of Meth. You can read about both of these cases with public records here and here.
Now as stated in the above posts his convictions were vacated 16 years later after a Washington Supreme Court ruling in Blake v. State. If that is the case, then he should have checked the box “I have been finally convicted of a felony, but I have been pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting disabilities of that felony conviction and I have provided proof of this fact with the submission of this application”
Falsifying a government document is serious. Ask Hunter Biden. Lucky for Lowry and Galveston County Jimmy Fullen, their names are not Hunter Biden.
There could be more resignations coming. Hopefully at least one.
Last Monday’s City Council meeting might have been the start of the end of Police Chief Aragon but yesterday’s phone call was probably what ended the end. At about 3:00 PM the Chief made a call to Hayley Winkleman. Hayley has been an outspoken critic of Aragon and spoke at the Council Meeting. A couple of hours later the City Manager alerted the Council that Aragon had tendered his resignation.
According to Hayley during his phone Aragon threatened her with a lawsuit if she continued speaking about the reason he was removed from office in New Mexico. The City Manager was immediately emailed to make her informed of the threat and a couple of hours later, Aragon resigns.
Aragon’s background and lack of a background check prior to his appointment as Chief has been discussed before. “Back in 2016 Aragon resigned from his police chief job in Fairbanks Alaska after an investigation of conflict-of-interest allegations. In 2019 he was fired from his job at Truth or Consequences New Mexico. And now there are questions about his application for Police Chief in La Marque.”A complaint was filed with the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE). The results of this investigation is pretty damning and includes the allegations concerning his firing from Truth and Consequences New Mexico. You can read the results of the investigation here. It is concerning.
He explained he was reprimanded for making comments to 3 femalestaff members and those comments were meant to be humorous and not related to sexual matters. Hefurther expounded and said the entire scenario was “unquestionably politically motivated.” After alengthy and unnecessary explanation, Aragon was ultimately fired.
According to I45Now Aragon has not ruled out a run for office. Hopefully the voters will perform a background check. Aragon should just retire and move on. Retirement can be fun with less stress. He has had some good accomplishments as Chief and has made the city safer. He should count his time in office as a win.
This opinion specifically refers to Webb County but is applicable across the State.
The Texas Attorney General’s office was asked for an opinion concerning whether a felon can run for office. You can read the letter from the Webb County Attorney here. From the letter:
Paxton’s office responded with the following. You can read the entire opinion here.
BTW the specific open records request was asking for any copies of any correspondence between the Texas Attorney General’s office and Joseph Edwin Lowry and/or his attorney including any ruling, letters, or documents concerning vacating a felony conviction from the State of Washington. The above was their response. No other documents were found.
The La Marque Police Department, Galveston County DA, and the Sheriff were all put on notice at last night’s Council Meeting. A citizen of La Marque, Mr. Re’Chard Loftis, spoke during the public input portion of the meeting and it was NSFW. (Not Suitable For Work) Needless to say he was, in his words, “f***ing pissed off”. Take 3 minutes of your time and watch his comments here. They are disturbing to say the least.
He is pissed about being harassed by a member of City Council and warned LMPD Chief Aragon and County Law Enforcement of potential violence if they do not take action. Of course it was all about Lowry. Again. Lowry conveniently skipped the meeting and for good reason. What Mr. Loftis documented was fucking horrible.
Mr Loftis told Council that last Friday Lowry and his wife, Sarah, harassed his family while at dinner. It began with Sarah confronting his wife in the bathroom then they both continued the harassment at their table and then outside where Lowry, as usual, pulled out his iPhone 11 and began taping before driving off in his minivan. Mr. Loftis states that Lowry then posted a Facebook Live video attacking his family including his 4 year old grandson. It begs the question “Who the fuck does that?” and “How old are you? 12?”. Again, watch the video.
Mr. Loftis made it clear to Galveston County law enforcement that something had to be done about Lowry and his harassment of individuals. This is the second time they have been warned, first by Council Member Yancy during a press conference where, as expected, Lowry caused a disruption. Lowry has had numerous complaints filed against him with the police for harassment and yet no action has been taken. He has a number of lawsuits pending against him for harassment. His Facebook “Lowry News Network” page has been removed a number of times for harassment. He has a history of harassment in Washington resulting in a Domestic Violence Protection Order. The list of his harassment is documented here.
Mr. Loftis wasn’t the only person providing comments about the Chief. Others accused his office of racial profiling, mismanagement of funds, and not taking appropriate action. Some called for his resignation or Council firing him. The Chief’s job is under scrutiny as is the DA’s and the Sheriff. As Mr Loftis said “LMPD, Galveston County, ya’ll better do something!”.
You can watch the entire comments from the meeting here.
At a special La Marque city council meeting held to address the financial issues of the city, City Councilman Joseph Lowry warned the Mayor about his evidence of bribes with developers. He mentioned his evidence with copies of a check and recordings. He called the Mayor a liar, and was threatened with removal for disrupting the meeting but he continued his baseless allegations claiming to have evidence. Click the video above to see the exchange.
So an open records request for this evidence was requested and the City has responded. It doesn’t exist.
La Marque City Councilman Joseph Lowry. This is strange. Lowry was elected to the La Marque City Council in May of 2024. In just over a year Lowry has brought chaos to the city resulting in multiple lawsuits, resignations, unwanted media attention, and more. You can read a list of his chaotic adventures here.
Back in February of 2022, 2 years before being elected, Lowry applied for an “Assumed Name Record Certificate of Ownership for Unincorporated Business or Profession”, in other words, a DBA (Doing Business As). Unlike his other DBA’s for his concrete business, his fitness gym, and “Heavenly Bodies”, he filed for two business names using his home address for K Yancy and M Salazar. (Click to see the applications) K Yancy could be Kate Yancy, or Karoline Yancy, or Kristine Yancy or Kimberley Yancy, a sitting Council Member. This screenshot is from the County Court’s website:
Turns out about 4 months after these DBA filings Kimberley Yancy filed suit against Lowry (Case #22-CV-0993 | Kimberley Yancy vs. Joseph Lowry) asking for a temporary restraining order. In the end both parties agreed to a settlement including refraining from harassment, personal attacks, and Lowry must stay 75 ft from Yancy’s residence. Strange that Yancy had to agree not to harrass Lowry even though she wasn’t harassing him in the first place. You can read the entire order here. (Go ahead and read it. It is disturbing.)
But why in the living hell would a grown ass man create a DBA using his home address and someone else’s name especially using the name of someone he is being accused of harassing? Who the fuck does that and for what purpose? According to Yancy’s lawsuit, Lowry had access to Yancy’s social security number which should scare the crap out of everyone especially if someone also has created a DBA under that same name. Of course I can hear Lowry saying it wasn’t “Kimberley” it was just “K”. He also created a DBA for an M Salazar. He has had a running issue with claims of fraud and illegal activity against Mandalynn Salazar. Coincidence?
According to Galveston County both DBAs are active. Who the fuck does that? When visiting the County Court House, I noticed an interesting warning posted by the County Clerk, Dwight Sullivan.
You would think the La Marque Police Department would have more pressing issues to pursue besides going after a 70 year old woman for an alleged misdemeanor.
Just a few days ago the ATF and the Galveston County Sheriffs raided a property in La Marque confiscating explosives, weapons, and drugs. The La Marque Police Department was not involved in the raid probably because they were too busy chasing a 70 year old woman for a misdemeanor.
The woman who goes by “The Mark” (La Marque) on Facebook filed a police report concerning fake social media pages created under her name to the La Marque Police. She did not create these pages and made the report as a precaution especially since there has been political unrest in La Marque ever since Joseph Lowry was elected to City Council. Instead of providing protection the LMPD prosecuted her claiming she created the fake pages and then filed a false police report. None of that makes sense.
She will be turning herself in tomorrow which will probably make national news and Congressional hearings to address the allegations. I expect Lowry to drive up in his mini van and his iPhone 13 to cover the event. Meanwhile Council Member Lowry is claiming victory (see below) and is expecting more indictments for others in the area. The Mark makes posts focusing on Lowry and his constant baseless allegations about waste, fraud, and abuse in the City. Most of the posts are simply copies of what he posts on his own Facebook page, which has been removed by Facebook at one time or another but it is back now.
You would think LMPD would be more interested in Lowry’s history of possession of drugs which have been documented, not once, but twice and should have disqualified him from serving. But then again a 70 year-old woman is a pretty easy target. If the charges actually stick it is a misdemeanor and will end in a small fine, a slap on the wrist, and Congressional hearings.
It’s City Councilman Joseph Lowry. If you had planned to attend the hearing you might want to follow this blog for future updates.
The civil trial for case # 24-CV-2218 | Walter Burt, Et Al vs. Joseph Lowry has been postponed. Originally scheduled for Oct the jury trial has been moved to a future date. This case is between the plaintiffs Walter Burt, Burt IV Construction LLC, Kimberley Yancy, CJ Beard, Jim Ross and the defendant Joseph Lowry. The documents are difficult to understand but it seems like this case is about harassment by Lowry. What a surprise.
Maybe this delay has something to do with Lowry’s deposition. According to a document filed with the court Lowry was deposed on July 31, 2025. He was deposed by the plaintiff’s attorney for 51 minutes and Lowry’s attorney for 5 minutes. Maybe that deposition will become public record. I’m sure it would be very interesting. You can read the entire document here.
Arrest. On April 20, 2005 Lowry was pulled over for speeding. He was arrested for obstruction claiming his name was “Jonathon Troy Lowry”. He had outstanding warrants for his arrest. His vehicle was searched. The officers found methamphetamine, blister packs of cold pills, a 12 gauge shotgun, and other items. Lowry had a prior 1997 conviction for Theft in the First Degree. You can read the entire Probable Cause statement here.
Plea Deal On March 3, 2006, according to the Sentencing Document Lowry pled guilty to the crime of possession. Lowry stated in his own words “On 04/20/05 did knowingly possess pseudoephedrine with the intent to provide the same to a cook who would manufacture methamphetamine.” You can read the plea deal here.
Sentencing On March 30, 2006 Lowry was sentenced to 29.75 months. It is unclear to me what the sentencing means concerning DOSA (Drug Offender Sentencing Alternative) and time served. You can read the entire sentencing document here and determine it for yourself.
Drug Evaluation On August 25, 2009 Lowry came into the office for a drug evaluation and possible treatment program. You can read the entire document here. There are details about his life but in short the evaluator did not recommend any treatment.
Conviction Vacated 15 years later as with his previous conviction in Superior Court of Washington for King County, case # 05-1-06568-7 Lowry petitioned the court to vacate his 2nd drug conviction based upon the Washington Supreme Court case State v. Blake. You can read the entire document here.
Applying for City Council. A few years later Lowry ran for La Marque city council. On his application he checked the box “I have not been finally convicted for a felony”. Whether checking that box instead of the box that states he was convicted but the conviction was vacated, makes him ineligible to run is for someone with legal experience and not a two bit blogger or an Undercover Investigative Journalist.
In Conclusion. So there you have it. Arrested. Charged. Convicted. Served time. Vacated. I hope this clears up this situation concerning his 2nd drug conviction.
Give me liberty or give me meth! — Frank Gallagher, Shameless
There’s a lot of opinions and questions about the felony conviction of La Marque City Councilman Joseph Lowry for possession of methamphetamine and whether he was eligible to run for office. I dug into the court records which was not easy. Here is what I found. The legal documentation can be found at the Superior Court of Washington for King County website, case # 05-1-06568-7.
TheArrest. On 9/29/2004 Lowry, age 25, was stopped for a traffic violation in Auburn Washington. After determining his identity the police found he had an outstanding warrant. He was arrested and his car searched. The search found a baggy of methamphetamine (meth), a scale, cold medications used for the production of meth, and a glass pipe with residue. You can read the entire document filed in the Superior Court of Washington for King County case 05-C-06568-7 KNT here.
Bail. The State requested a bail of $10,000 based upon his criminal history of theft in 1997, 1998 drugs possession, 1998 Harassment, 2004 Assault and resisting arrest, a pending telephone harassment, and an outstanding warrant for a racing charge.
Guilty Plea. On 9/6/2005 Lowry plead guilty to one count of possession of methamphetamine. You can read the entire plea here. Lowry stated in his own words “On September 24, 2004, I did unlawfully and feloniously possess the residue of methamphetamine, a controlled substance, located on the scales found in my car in King County Washington.”
Sentencing. Lowry was sentenced to 97 days in jail with time served. (I assume that means he was in jail for 97 days) He had to complete 12 months of community custody. You can view the sentencing document here.
Vacating the conviction. 16 years later the Washington State Supreme Court in State v. Blake, found the state’s felony drug possession statute unconstitutional. Based upon this ruling Lowry petitioned the court to vacate his conviction. According to google:
Vacating a conviction is a legal process where a court withdraws or annuls a past guilty plea or judgment, effectively making the conviction void. This is achieved by filing a motion with the court, arguing reasons such as newly discovered evidence of innocence or constitutional violations during the original trial. If successful, you are released from the penalties of the offense and can legally state you were not convicted of the crime, though this does not erase the fact you were initially charged. The specific legal grounds and procedures vary significantly by jurisdiction, so consulting with a qualified attorney is crucial for pursuing this type of post-conviction relief in Texas.
Applying for City Council. A few years later Lowry ran for La Marque city council. On his application he checked the box “I have not been finally convicted for a felony”. Whether checking that box instead of the box that states he was convicted but the conviction was vacated, makes him ineligible to run is for someone with legal experience and not a two bit blogger or an Undercover Investigative Journalist.
In Conclusion. So there you have it. Arrested. Charged. Convicted. Served time. Vacated. I hope this clears up this situation.
Leave it to City Council Member Joseph Lowry. Again.
If you haven’t been keeping up to date with the fiscal situation in La Marque you are missing an unhinged side show orchestrated by Lowry. Last night the Mayor had enough of Lowry’s baseless claims of illegal activity by the Mayor and other Council Members and called him out for his continued spreading of lies. Instead of finding solutions to a very serious problem, Lowry continued his baseless allegations including accusing the Mayor of accepting bribes by developers, a relatively new allegation. As the Mayor said, the only one who is claiming this illegal activity is Lowry, not the police, not the DA, not the Texas Rangers. It is all baseless, made up, allegations.
According to the rules of the Council the Mayor can issue 3 warnings to a Council Member and then have them removed to a nearby room to participate electronically. You can watch as a police officer looms over Lowry as the Mayor verifies the process after giving 2 warnings. Lowry eventually shut his pie hole and the meeting continued.
You can watch the exchange below. It is about 2 minutes long. Kudos to the Council for keeping their cool.
And they all point to La Marque city councilman Joesph Lowry. La Marque City Councilwoman Kim Yancy held a press conference late Friday evening to address the harrassment of citizens of La Marque, Texas City, and Dickinson by Lowry. On que Lowry arrived spewing his unfounded allegations of illegal activity as he has been doing for years. The video provided by Harvey Freeboard can be viewed here. At 10:30 the press conference starts. At 24:00 Lowry begins his disruption. At 26:34 Lowry is stared down by Mr. Beard.
Lowry is an elected official yet acts like a character from South Park. During the event one of his targets of harrassment towered over his fat ass challenging his continuous lies causing Lowry to sweat like a pig and retreat to his mini van to call his police friends for help. They came and questioned those who were under attack first.
Yancy was right concerning the political violence in La Marque and blaming those who tolerate it, support it, and laugh about it. She questioned why law enforcement has refused to address the multiple complaints against Lowry. Lowry enjoys harassing people. He enjoys the division he creates. He revels in it. He blogs about it on his Lousy News Network as if he is a journalist.
The La Marque police, the Galveston Sheriff, and the DA must get off their racist, lazy assess and stop this harassment before they are held accountable for any political violence.
The signs are there. Do something or shut the fuck up about “stopping political violence”.
GM. We need your prayers. I am having a press conference outside at 6pm in front of La Marque City hall today (Friday, September 12th) regarding the political turmoil & abusive racist rhetoric being tolerated and protected in our County. Please come. The Press is invited.
La Marque City Council held a special meeting to address their financial crisis. More on that below.
Councilman Joseph Lowry suffered broken arm while running around the room patting himself on the back yelling “I TOLD YOU SO! I TOLD YOU SO!”. Lowry was rushed to the hospital and was pronounced stupid.
But seriously. I took one for the team and watched the entire meeting. It wasn’t pretty. You can watch the meeting once it has been posted on the Council YouTube channel. Good for the Council and the members of the administration for keeping a cool head and swiftly moving to address the problem. The City addressed the situation with a press release which you can read below. Here are the important points that were made during the meeting:
For a number of reasons the city overspent and has resulted a severe shortfall in their budget.
This shortfall left the city with enough funds to continue operations for just a few months
Immediate action had to taken to prevent defaulting on obligations
The Council focused on what action to take and not on who to blame (Lowry)
The City Manager stated very clearly that there was no fraud, no abuse, no one was running a cabal (not her words) no one was stealing money. All the baseless allegations that have been made over the last few years were just that, baseless.
One of the reasons there is a shortfall was due to FEMA dragging their feet on reimbursements to the city. That is in the millions of dollars
Another was the lack of revenue due to a number of reasons
And another was the lack of accurate reporting to the Council
They discussed the mismanagement of information concerning the budget between various administrative departments and City Council
They needed a solution which included temporarily raising the tax rate, short term loans to cover operation expenses, and of course cuts to services.
The City has already proposed solutions to address the shortfall and voted to move forward. Of course the individual who created the problem in the first place voted no.
So They have voted on a solution while Lowry sits back and types left handed continuing to baselessly blame the Cabal of La Marque.
If you have focused solely on the disruptions brought about by Councilman Joseph Lowry (his history is here) you probably think La Marque is a hell hole of corruption, run by a Mexican cartel, and swirling in debt. It’s not. Not even close.
Lowry has been bashing the city, the employees, and even some who live in La Marque claiming fraud and corruption for over 2 years and yet there isn’t a single ongoing investigation. He has become the Chicken Little of La Marque. And it is getting old. Prior to his election there were few, if any, negative stories written about La Marque. Ever since there has been numerous articles written by the Galveston Daily News and multiple Houston TV stations, with none on the baseless allegations being spewed by Chicken Little.
Take a look at some interesting facts about La Marque Texas:
La Marque was founded in the 1890’s. Originally it was called The Highlands
Note to the Mayor and other Council Members: Do yourself a favor and just ignore CM Joseph Lowry. Don’t feed into his stupidity and pettiness. Let him make his baseless allegations and move on.
Once again La Marque City Council Member Joseph Lowry gets put into his place on Facebook Live, Facebook Live! By now you would think he has had enough of the humiliation. The discussion was accepting the independent audit of the City’s financials. All but Lowry voted to accept it. As the acting City Manager stated the audit is required by State law, is about 178 pages long, and has no evidence of malfeasance, corruption, or anything unusual. Of course that didn’t stop Lowry from talking, once again, about a “forensic” audit.
Lowry has been spouting off about corruption, bribes, recorded phone calls, malfeasance, corruption, cabals, etc etc for years now without any evidence whatsoever. As the Mayor said “You are the only one saying this. Not the Police. Not the Sheriff. Not the District Attorney”. The Mayor, once again, told Lowry is he has evidence of cabal-ness he needs to bring to the Council so they can evaluate and take action including requesting a “forensic” audit. So far Lowry has squat. He is a one man clown show.
The second slap in the face was concerning limiting the rights of citizens to address the Council. Lowry claimed people were coming to complain about him. He had the gall to claim “It wasn’t like this in the past.” The Mayor slapped his fat ass by stating “The reason they are coming is because of you! You are the problem.” (not the exact words) Lowry wanted council to be more professional which was met with eye rolling and laughter.
You can watch the first beat down starting at 1:19:18 and the second one at 1:31:00
Thursday August 28, 11:30am. Be there. It will be wild.
There is a gag order hearing this Thursday concerning the civil suit against La Marque City Councilman Joseph Lowry by a number of individuals including CM Kimberley Yancy, former CM James Ross, CJ Beard, and Walter Burt. When this suit was filed a request for a Temporary Restraining Order against Lowry to prevent him from posting damaging allegations pertaining to the plaintiffs. This was eventually denied, but tomorrow there is a hearing concerning a proposed gag order. This is an in person hearing so I can only assume Lowry’s fat ass will be there.
You can read the proposed gag order here and the motion for the gag order here. The motion is full of examples of why there should be a gag order against Lowry.
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