Sign Up for the Politicker.com Wake Up Call

Texas

RSS Feeds

Syndicate content Add to Netvibes Subscribe with Bloglines
Add to Technorati Favorites
Add to Google

Send suggestions to: editor@politicker.com

Texas: Harris County Republican Party

October 30, 2009 - 10:12 pm
NEWS FEED: Bay Area Houston

What does it take for a Harris County republican to resign?

By johncoby@sbcglobal.net (John Coby)

Harris County Commissioner, Jerry Eversole, has decided to seek re-election.

This is the same Jerry Eversole that was fined by the Texas Ethics Commission $75,000, the largest fine in its history. The same Jerry Eversole under investigation by the FBI. The same Jerry Eversole under investigation by the Harris County District Attorney. The same Jerry Eversole who took over $180,000 from his donors and spent it on fancy western art, cowboy outfits, western books, coffee, cattle, personal trainers, coffee, and more.

What does a republican have to do to get fired? Have sex with a hooker? Have sex with one of their staff members? That didn't seem to work since republican United States Senator Vitter and Ensign are still Senators.

Read More at Bay Area Houston >
Discuss this story

September 16, 2009 - 08:25 pm
NEWS FEED: Bay Area Houston

Stephen Costello, Democrat, republican, or whatever?

By noreply@blogger.com (John Coby)

Stephen Costello, candidate for City Council at large position 1, is having an identity crisis, with local Democratic clubs wondering just who he really is. At a club meeting in Clear Lake, Costello stately clearly he was an Independent.

Party affiliation doesn't matter in City Council races, but we all know who is who, unless the candidate is new to the political scene. Attempting to mislead anyone should and will be met with skepticism and an occasional blog post.

Turns out Costello is anything but independent. Not only has he donated to some of the most far right republican candidates, DeLay, Olson, Sekulla-Gibbs, and Culberson, he voted in the republican primaries in 2000, 2004, and 2008.

Read More at Bay Area Houston >
There has been 1 comment posted in response to this story.

June 12, 2009 - 03:38 pm
NEWS FEED: Bay Area Houston

Leo Vasquez' man on the inside

By noreply@blogger.com (John Coby)

The Lone Star Project continues to dig into the Assistant Voter Registrar, Ed Johnson, moonlighting as a gop consultant helping republicans win using the data that he manages. And the Harris County republican party is about as silent as Sarah Palin at a planned parenthood rally.
Further examination of documents obtained by the Lone Star Project show that Republican State Representative Dwayne Bohac (HD138 – Houston) sits at the center of the Harris County elections office scandal. The Harris County associate voter registrar was literally Bohac’s “man on the inside” in a position to assist Bohac in his own campaigns and the campaigns of his political clients.

Read More at Bay Area Houston >
There have been 58 comments posted in response to this story.