Investigation Looms After Failed Recall of Texas Mayor

September 2, 2025

This did not turn out as planned.

A recall petition of Texas City Mayor Dedrick D. Johnson has failed to obtain the necessary verified signatures. Unfortunately that may not be the end of the issue. According to a letter from the City the petition effort has been handed over to the Galveston County District Attorney. You can read the letter below.

As I said in a previous post: It seems like there is a pattern with some of these recall efforts, much like a playbook:

  • Make unsubstantiated claims against an elected official with words like “corrupt”, “cabal”, and “illegal”. You don’t need to provide any evidence, just say it. Over and over again. 
  • Find a 2 bit blogger (like me) or a self proclaimed “journalist” to repeat the allegations, over and over again.
  • Post to social media all the articles and videos from these self proclaimed journalists over and over again.
  • Get a local company to soil their name with some of the local voters and promote the recall effort

That’s what happened in Texas City. So now the focus is on those who submitted the petition. If the allegations of confirmed, these are very serious crimes and could land people with felonies and in jail.

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Move Over La Marque, Texas City Chaos has Arrived.

August 14, 2025

What is it with Galveston County?

The recall effort of the Mayor of Texas City has failed to garner the necessary signatures of registered voters but the controversy has just started. According to a press release from Texas City:

The Texas City Police Department is investigating multiple citizen complaints regarding potentially fraudulent activities related to the recent recall petition. TCPD has received sworn affidavits alleging forgery, including at least one confirmed instance where the name, address, and signature of a deceased person appeared among the submitted entries.

Uh-oh. After signatures of registered voters for a recall are collected they are provided to a verification team in Galveston County. Like the recall effort of La Marque City Council Member Joseph Lowry some of the entries are disqualified for not meeting the requirements for signing. A common mistake is the voter does not live in the district, or they are not a registered voter. These invalid entries are simply removed and not counted. These are considered simple mistakes and goes against the recall effort.

But whoever was on the verification team for the recall of the TC Mayor saw something bad enough to report the issues to the Police Department for further investigation. This recall effort was led by the Texas City Municipal Police Association and Mainland Tool & Supply company. Knowingly submitting false information on a recall petition is a serious issue and could result in a felony charge. Falsifying entries with dead people or with names of people who do not exist could end someone in jail.

Let’s see where this investigation goes. Meanwhile the recall effort has failed and the Mayor could face a challenger in the next election.

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