Texas: Houston

November 18, 2009 - 07:18 am
NEWS FEED: Bay Area Houston

Harris County Attorney doing his job

Well this is refreshing. Harris County Attorney, Vince Ryan, is coming under attack by Harris County Commissioner's Court for ....uh.... doing his job.
Ryan had already signed a deal with the city to help it prosecute polluters in exchange for use of experts and monitoring equipment with which the county can build cases.
Wow. Our County Attorney is going after polluters by working with the City of Houston and sharing resources. Who can possibly argue with that?
"I think that it's your responsibility to do those things that we, Commissioners Court, ask of you, and I see that you've got the cart in front of the horse," Commissioner Jerry Eversole told Ryan.

November 15, 2009 - 09:09 am
NEWS FEED: Bay Area Houston

How the campaign crumbles.

Good for Locke for denouncing the hatefest about to be unleashed by Steven Hotze and a bunch of so called "religious" figures.
“As I have previously stated, I reject any association with the style of campaigning that was the subject of an article in the Houston Chronicle today. We have serious issues to deal with in our city that requires us to work together as one Houston and I trust that Houstonians will choose a new mayor based on the issues that effect our lives every day and not to be swayed by divisive rhetoric.”
That was pretty good, but there is a little problem.

November 12, 2009 - 08:53 pm
NEWS FEED: Bay Area Houston

There's no place like home.

Thanks to Marc Campos of Campos Communications for dispelling the awful rumor going around about working with Steven Holtze. He is not. Thank goodness!

Holtze is well known for sinking to new levels of low while claiming the high heavens during campaigns. Here is an example from the Houston Press:
"Our elected representatives are ministers of God who have been delegated their authority by God to uphold the standards of His Word. They are responsible before God to punish those individuals who violate His Laws and to protect those who keep His Laws."
Campos responded to the rumor after receiving an email as he posted on his

November 10, 2009 - 07:59 am
NEWS FEED: Bay Area Houston

BREAKING: Michael Berry's head to explode

UPDATE: Peter Brown will be endorsing Annise Parker for Mayor at 1:30 today.

Peter Brown has called a press conference to endorse someone in the race for Houston Mayor. The big question concerning this endorsement is: "When will Michael Berry's head explode?".

Berry, a white wing, 38 year old, young professional, who can shoot his mouth off about the wars, but won't shoot a gun to fight them, talk radio host has been going ballastic with his anti-Parker rants. He hasn't been too kind to Locke either, threatening to boycott the election. (boo-hoo) But come 1:30 cameras will be on Michael Berry's head.

November 9, 2009 - 12:53 pm
NEWS FEED: Bay Area Houston

Locke-ing in the soccer mom vote

David Ortez writes about Gene Locke pandering to the soccer crowd at a Houston Dynamo game and posts a scan of his low cost campaign flyer his staff was handing out to the fans.

The literature falsely claimed "Annise Parker says she won’t “fund more museums and stadiums …*”" which is not what Annise said, or believes, but facts don't seem to matter to team Locke at this stage of the campaign. Parker has stated very clearly her position on additional spending while in the middle of dwindling income. Obviously Locke is clueless on this issue as well as soccer games.

November 4, 2009 - 09:13 am
NEWS FEED: Bay Area Houston

Where did Peter go wrong?

After spending over $3 Million, Peter Brown came in 3rd place to Gene Locke and Annise Parker in the race for Houston Mayor. I am sure many, including Rick Casey of the Houston Chronicle, will analyze what happened and why it happened. So here is my two sense.

Peter actually ran a pretty good TV and mail campaign focusing on a clear message: He has a blueprint for Houston. And with $3 Million at his disposal, he was able to repeat this message over and over and over.....and over, which is the perfect blueprint for getting peoples attention. Unfortunately it did not turn into enough votes.

November 3, 2009 - 11:09 pm
NEWS FEED: Bay Area Houston

The shockers of the Houston elections

Roy Morales gets over 20% of the vote. That is a shocker. The man is clueless. Absolutely clueless and yet 20% of the voters want him as Mayor. Clue-frickin-less.

Peter Brown is in third place. After spending $3.2 Million of his wife's money, he is going to have a very long long Christmas season coming in 3rd place. How can you lose after spending $3.2 Million? Or come in 3rd. Kudus to the voters of Houston.

Gene Locke. Coming in 2nd place. That is a shocker to Peter Brown. So far he looks to be in a run off with Annise Parker. Everyone expected him to peak at 3rd. Maybe he will just peak at 2nd.

C.O. Bradford. I just don't get it. With all of his baggage with the crime lab, the voters of Houston put him back in office. Shocking. Just frickin shocking.

November 3, 2009 - 05:48 pm
NEWS FEED: Bay Area Houston

Would ya please pass the jelly?

Time to pass the jelly because someone in the Houston Mayoral race is toast and that first person is Roy Morales. With the polls ending in about 2 hours, it is pretty safe to say Roy will end the night in a solid 4th or 3rd place depending on the last minute turnout. Maybe that airplane banner flying over Houston this afternoon that said "Vote for Roy Morales" will drive out voters.

Regardless, this is the end of yet another run for a City office for Roy adding to his loss to Peter Brown, and twice to Melissa Noriega. The perpetual candidate should be buttered and jellied because he is now toast.

More toast predictions coming around 7:10PM. Oh...and speaking of passin da jelly:

October 29, 2009 - 07:46 pm
NEWS FEED: Bay Area Houston

Peter Brown fails to launch at lunch

I didn't think this was a good idea in the first place.

Peter Brown was featured at a meeting of the Space Advocates today. The "Space Advocates" started out a few years ago as "Space Advocates for Lampson". As a candidate and Congressman, Lampson would always speak to a packed house of those interested in the Space Program. As a member of the Science Committee, Lampson, had exclusive insight into the workings of Congress and kept those in attendance aware of the situation. It was always a great bipartisan event. Once elected, Space Advocates for Lampson was renamed to just Space Advocates.

After the NASA area elected a rookie to Congress, Space Advocates went on a long hiatus until today.

October 28, 2009 - 07:14 am
NEWS FEED: Bay Area Houston

Brown not buying votes

It is ridiculous to think that Peter Brown is buying votes from the Black community. Not only is it hard to come up with a price for a vote, it is extremely illegal. EXTREMELY, I tell you! It just isn't happening. But something else is.

According to Rick Casey of the Houston Chronicle, Peter Brown has spent $3.2 million of his wife's money to become Mayor of Houston. With $3.2 Million Brown can flood the airwaves with TV commercials and mailers that contain false or extremely misleading information and his opponents would not have the time or money to counter the flood. There ought to be a law.