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.
Galveston County had dropped their lawsuit against La Marque City Council Member Joseph Lowry. Sort of.
According to documents posted on the County’s website the suit against Joseph Lowry for over $43,000 in back taxes has been “non-suited” without prejudice meaning it has been dropped but could be refiled. (I secretly obtained a law degree from Facebook U to enhance my Undercover Investigative Reporter degree, also from FU) According to Channel 13 Eyewitness News:
Six Brother Concrete Pumping, owned by Joseph Lowry, was sued in early April by Galveston County, Galveston County Drainage District #2, Texas City Independent School District, and College of the Mainland. They say they’re owed $43,868.48 in back taxes from 2022 and 2023.
The suit #24-TX-0303 filed in the 10th Judicial District of Galveston County has now been listed as “Inactive” but I think it might have been dropped in order to add more delinquent taxes to the amount owe. According to the Galveston County Tax Office he is delinquent on his 2024 taxes for $10,033.65 which includes over $1308 in penalties. So maybe the suit will be refiled to include this delinquency for a grand total of 53,902.13. Or maybe he really doesn’t owe any taxes as he claims.
There are at least 20 (not 10) good reasons to recall La Marque City Council Member Joseph Lowry. You can read them here.
Unfortunately due to a clerical error that recall will not happen. In their first attempt at a recall petitioners fell short by just 7 signatures to put the recall on the ballot. Immediately afterward they refiled and provided over 200 signatures to the city clerk. Yesterday the county dismissed the petition because the forms used for signatures did not contained required information.
The forms used for signatures was provided by the City of La Marque. The Galveston County Daily News has a detailed article, if you have access to it. The petitioners have now asked the City to investigate how this was allowed to happen without any consequences to the City Clerk. According to the complaint:
I’d like to file an official complaint against the city clerk. I have filed for recall for Joseph Lowry and collected signatures twice. The first one came up a few short, okay, I’ll do it again because it matters to me. I turned in 218 signatures for recall on Friday. The petition forms provided by the city clerk did not meet state requirements to be a valid petition. They are missing columns. None contained the VUID or date signed column. 4/12 did not contain the required Date of Birth column. None of the first round of petitions contained the date of birth column either.
Collecting signatures for a recall is a lot of work. It requires a lot of walking in the hot sun and time from your family especially if you are not using a paid service like they did in Texas City. It is tough work. For a city clerk to make a mistake like providing the wrong forms is unprofessional and could be illegal especially since the Texas Attorney General has a stick up his butt about election integrity.
The petitioners have a point:
This is incompetence, a disregard for professionalism, an unacceptable attitude, and one more example of employees lacking accountability.
Joseph Lowry got his big ass whooped on live stream.
Yesterday the City of La Marque Council was debating on whether to put a bond up for a vote by the citizen concerning the building of the new police department building. It was a very long meeting lasting over 4 hours. In the end a vote was taken but it wasn’t concerning putting anything on the ballot. They did vote on the tax rate for 2025-2026. But there were a couple of moments you might be interested in. I took one for the team and found these nuggets of ass whooping.
04:57:38. Lowry pats himself on the back for his successful effort to roll back taxes which eventually delayed the construction of the police department. He claims there were bribes being taken for permits. He talks about a “forensic audit” that has not been performed. You can hear a UGH from someone on the Council.
04:49:42 Mayor Bell lays into Lowry concerning his baseless allegations of corruption. No one is talking about corruption, not the police, not the DA, not the Sheriff, not the citizens. The only one is you Mr. Lowry. [not the exact words] Bell tells Lowry that a forensic audit requires focus, a starting point, which Lowry has failed to provide. LOL.
05:05:30 Lowry continues with his baseless allegations of corruption. Bell tells Lowry to stop the lies of corruption. Lowry makes a stupid threat of “be careful” as if he is going to do something, and he did later. Bell continues to ask Lowry to bring a positive attitude instead of his baseless claims in order to move the issue forward. Later Lowry posted some kind of audio that he claims proves his allegations of corruption.
06:06:57 Bell continues his beat down of Lowry for his baseless allegation. It’s been a year and a half since he has been on the board and all he has done is make allegations with no proof.
Members of the community are collecting signatures to recall La Marque City Council Member Joseph Lowry and for good reasons. Lowry was elected to council in 2024 and started a shitshow of controversy. Prior to his election La Marque was a semi-quiet media target. Today a google search results in a number of controversies, most if not all, concern Lowry. Here are 19 good reasons to recall Lowry. (Please send corrections if any are needed)
Lowry was recently placed on a 5 year Domestic Violence Protective Order concerning his ex wife in Washington state. In the order Lowry must:
Not own, possess, or purchase any firearms
Must undergo a mental health evaluation
Must remain 1000 ft away from his ex
Cannot harass, threaten, or stalk his ex
Lowry plead guilty in 2006 to unlawful possession of pseudoephedrine with intent to manufacture methamphetamine and was incarcerated Case # 05-1-06568-7 KNT STATE OF WASHINGTON VS LOWRY, JOSEPH EDWIN. King County Case search
Lowry has a pending peace bond hearing concerning a resident of La Marque. He failed to show at the original hearing. Galveston County Case # 25-NTM03-1457
Lowry was sued for harassment by a Council Member resulting in an agreement to refrain from threatening or harassing comments that would give rise to criminal action on social media, newspapers, and any media outlet not explicitly stated herein. Galveston County Case # 22-CV-0993
When questioned about this he hurled profanity at the Galveston Daily News reporter before hanging up
Lowry received $50,000 in COVID grant money which is now under review. Claims have been made that he did not qualify for this grant money by listing a home address as his business address.
Lowry sued the City for violating his 1st Amendment rights. He lost.
Lowry sued his landlord of his gym for return of his deposit and more. He lost. Galveston County Case # 19-NSC01-0034
You can read the entire DVPO here. Womenslaw.org has detailed information about DVPOs here. It’s a long, detailed, article.
This is some serious stuff for Council Member Joseph Lowry. The hearing for this order was in Pierce County Washington and was concerning his ex-wife. This is not a criminal charge it is only a protective order and has requirements on Lowry. The DVPO requires the following:
Lowry is considered a credible threat to the petitioner (ex-wife)
Must not make contact, or harass physically or electronically with the petitioner
Stay at least 1000 feet from the petitioner (more than 3 football fields)
Do not distribute any intimate images of the petitioner
Must get a mental health evaluation
Do not obtain, purchase, or possess weapons or concealed weapons permit
As I said this is some pretty serious stuff. The DVPO includes a summary of the testimony provided by his ex and her daughter. It is graphic. Read at your own risk. The documents filed with the court can be found at the Pierce County Courthouse Case #25-1-01188-2. They have detailed witness testimony.
The DVPO states Lowry and his attorney attended the hearing virtually so he is aware of the DVPO and does not have to be served again. According to what I have read this DVPO can be enforced across the entire country including the part about possessing weapons. How this is accomplished is not clear but it seems he will have to surrender his weapons including the 50 caliber his wife wrote about.
Lauren Flack of the Galveston Daily News is having a field day covering La Marque City Councilman Joseph Lowry. Today she reported on his Facebook page being removed and he didn’t disappoint, blaming everyone else besides himself with wild conspiracy theories. From the GDN:
Lowry believes the account was likely accessed by political opponents of his, he said. “I think they got access to it and they shut it down,” Lowry said. “Their thing is they want to silence me. They don’t want me to have a voice. “They got access. They shut it down. I mean, there’s nothing; there was no notices.”
That is looney tunes. Deleting a page in Facebook is hard even if you are the owner of the damn thing. Believe me I have tried! I eventually gave up and left mine up. No one got “access” to his site. Facebook removed it because people probably reported him for harassment on a daily basis. Or maybe Facebook was served with a threat of a suit. Lowry says the police are aware of it and an investigation is coming:
“Law enforcement is aware of it,” Lowry said. “I believe they’re working on it. They’re looking into it.”
The Police Chief begged to differ stating “Lowry is full of shit.”. Ok that’s now exactly what he said but he did say:
Police Chief Randall Aragon as of Friday afternoon said he wasn’t aware of any official report filed with the department on the matter.
Update: Lowry was a no show at the hearing. It will be rescheduled.
Today is another peace bond hearing for La Marque City Council Member Joseph Lowry.
Back in 2018 Hi-Tech Concrete Pumping Services applied for a Peace Bond against Joseph Lowry, Case No 25-NTM03-1457 | The State of Texas vs. Joseph Lowry. The records are buried in the Court system under the type “Non-Traffic Misdemeanor” instead of simply a “Peace Bond”. You can read the original complaint here. I had to look up the definition of a peace bond. From Texas Law Help:
According to the document filed with the court, which is in public record, Hi-Tech stated “Lowry threatens to shoot at Hi-Tech trucks and plots to cause severe damage to Hi-Tech Property”. These threats were disclosed by two witnesses, a former employee who worked out at the gym owned by Lowry and the General Manager of Hi-Tech. The judge issued a $10,000 peace bond which Lowry paid. After a year this money was returned to Lowry.
That was back in 2018. Today Lowry is in court again for another Peace Bond Hearing. The bond is being requested by Hayley Winkelmann. Hayley started the Recall Lowry petition which came up short by 6 signatures but she has refiled. Hayley is obviously concerned about her safety. Lowry seems to enjoy targeting her on his now deleted Lowry News Network. Details of why she is asking for a peace bond are not available at this time.
You can read the witness statements here and here. They are disturbing.
The city of La Marque has added yet another controversy. Over the last few weeks the City Manager has resigned and has been charged with two misdemeanors and a felony. The Chief of Police is under scrutiny for the information he provided on his application for his job. And City Council Member Joseph Lowry, the drama queen of La Marque, is under scrutiny for a number of issues. Today yet another wrinkle involving Lowry has unfolded.
Last Monday during the La Marque City Council Meeting Harvey Freebird stated that the Facebook news network for La Marque has gone dark. Lowry News Network, run by Council Member Joseph Lowry, has been removed from Facebook. Lowry was famous (in his own mind) for his weekly “Facebook live, Facebook live” broadcasts. Facebook Live is about as popular as herpes at a hot tub party. No one watches Facebook Live, most have no idea what it is, or wants to know what it is, but for some it is their life. And now it’s dead. According to Lowry himself Facebook deleted his account. I’ve never heard of Facebook removing an account or accounts.
Lowry’s other personal Facebook pages and user IDs are also gone. His recently created account, JoJo Lowry, is gone. What happened that required his pages to be removed is not known but Lowry has been neutered. He has lost his voice. Maybe his attorney told him to remove everything since he is being sued by multiple people in Galveston County case # 24-CV-2218. Or maybe the City has recommended that he removes his pages due to legal issues against the city. Or maybe Facebook was subpoenaed by the various lawyers suing Lowry.
Or maybe Facebook has just had enough of his shit. Regardless. Facebook Live is Dead.
On Monday there will be a joint meeting with City Council and the Economic Development Corporation (EDC) to discuss the process used to distribute about $1 Million in COVID related funds. Over the last few months there has been an emphasis on being truthful when filling out applications for work or to receive funds from the city. When posted, the agenda and other files can be found here.
The City Manager has been accused of not providing truthful information in his application for his job. He has since resigned and has been charged with two misdemeanors. The Chief of Police might have some explaining to do concerning his application for employment. If the same standard is applied he might also lose his job. And now Council Member Joseph Lowry is under scrutiny for an application he submitted to the EDC in order to receive $50,000 in COVID relief money. COVID wreaked havoc on the entire world. Businesses were trying to stay afloat. People died, needlessly. The Federal Government gave grants to cities to help ease this impact until a vaccination could be developed.
According to the requirements to receive these funds a business must be within the city of La Marque, must not be a home business, must have 50 or less employees, and must pay taxes to the City. The EDC has the right to demand repayment of these funds if they find incorrect information was provided to the city. So the question is “Did Council Member Lowry provide factual information to receive the funds?”.
According to his application (see below) he claimed his address for his concrete pumping business as his home. His physical business is in San Leon. It seems like a pretty simple issue to resolve. Maybe there is an explanation for why Lowry used his home address for his business. Maybe there is a reason the EDC approved this. Or maybe the EDC made a mistake and should have rejected the application.
Monday’s meeting ought to clear this up for everyone involved.
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