The Houston City Council plans to vote this week on Mayor Annise Parker’s plan to have thousands upon thousands of untested rape kits processed by vendors in Utah and Virginia. As Don Hooper points out in a post titled Rape Victims v. The Houston Police Department-The Goal Line, this vote comes on the recommendation of a [...]
Rape Victims v. The Houston Police Department-The Goal Line
February 25, 2013 By
In October, I wrote an article for this blog about the voluminous untested rape kits held hostage by the City of Houston. On November 2, it was reported that the City of Houston settled a case with George Rodriguez, a man who spent 17 years in prison for a crime that he did not commit. [...]
Democrat’s Tax Reduction Attempts of 2012: Houston Edition
January 1, 2013 By
A Harris County Precinct Chair, Texas State Senator, Big City Mayor and Congressional Representative have attempted to reduce their individual tax burden while publicly championing “fair share” tax increases for Texas families and small businesses. These “tax reductions for me, but not for thee” hypocrites support tax increases for everyone else, but made an effort [...]
Houston Tea Party Society Ballot Primer
October 11, 2012 By
Felicia Cravens and the Houston Tea Party Society presented an information session on the complicated, very long, Harris County November ballot Tuesday evening. They had a decent turnout for a short notice, Tuesday evening meeting, I’d guess the total turnout, including many candidates, was close to a hundred people. Political activist Neal Meyer not only [...]
Not your daddy’s Harris County Republican Party
November 4, 2011 By
Like I’ve said before, I love getting press releases and such from political campaigns because so many of them are outright hilarious. I received one this morning from the folks that opposed the Prop 1 “rain tax” (The Problem with Prop 1) and it is funny as heck. Designed as a mailer, this is the [...]
Mayor’s Race: Wilson blasts Polland
October 18, 2011 By
When I first heard Houston Mayoral candidate Dave Wilson's robocall blasting sometimes conservative Gary Polland for cozying up to Mayor Annise Parker, I thought that perhaps the non-partisan mayor's race had turned into a Republican primary. After all, that is where the stench of pay to play typically is. Not that the Democrats don't do [...]
Press Release: Parker Afraid of Dick
September 28, 2011 By
Ya gotta love press releases. This one is from the Eric Dick for City Council at Large #2 campaign: – PRESS RELEASE – For Immediate Release – Eric Dick for Houston City Council At Large #2 – 713-510-4500 – 4325 Tulsa Road; Houston, Texas 77092; www.ebdick.com PARKER AFRAID OF DICK Today Parker has issued a statement that she is going [...]
A surprise passing grade from Gary Polland
August 19, 2011 By
The former chair of the Harris County Republican Party, Gary Polland, gives Houston mayor Annise Parker a B for her performance over 19 months in office. This is shocking to see. Mr. Polland ignores the fact that for a year Parker could not find any money in a $4 billion budget to test 14 year [...]
A call for civil disobedience
July 29, 2011 By
Last November the voters of Houston overwhelmingly voted for the city to cease and desist its Red Light Camera program. This was the only opportunity the citizens of Houston have had to speak in a direct and significant way to their representative since the initiation of the program was not done with the consent of [...]
On The Campaign Trail: Fernando Herrera for Mayor
May 31, 2011 By
Fernando Herrera unveiled his new campaign signs and campaign logo at Hefley’s 2010 Bar on West Gray Tuesday night. About 40 people packed the bar and enjoyed Hefley’s hospitality and food while mingling with the man vying to be Houston’s next mayor. Fernando’s already done the math and knows how many votes in each precinct [...]
