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Nov 7 4 tweets 3 min read
Inbox: #Houston #HarrisCounty commissioner @TomSRamsey2 will be on KTRH at about 7:15 am this morning talking about the controversy over #crime reporting. #Texas.
Our original report: thetexan.news/harris-county-…
The district attorney’s office weighed in a few days later: thetexan.news/harris-county-…
The SO finally reported Sept #s and added multiple incidents to January though August, but has still not corrected the rape reporting problem. thetexan.news/amid-harris-co…

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Nov 8
Latest: at least 12 locations in #HarrisCounty #Houston are out of paper needed to print ballots. Some have been waiting for hours for paper & turning voters away.
#Election2022
I really did not think a tweet thread would be necessary today, but...
One person has died after being electrocuted, but not many details available yet:

Read 22 tweets
Oct 21
🧵Thread on the gaslighting taking place regarding @TXsecofstate Forensic Audit Division (FAD) letter to #HarrisCounty Elections Administrator Clifford Tatum in #Houston.
1/16
The 15-page letter w/docs was sent Tuesday, but someone leaked it to a reporter who then posted 2 pages and misled the public about its full contents. That person instead focused on the Texas Secretary of State sending the inspectors to Harris County, but...

2/16
Per a 1997 state law, the SOS is required to send inspectors to any county upon the request of 15 or more voters and has been sending them to Harris County, the state’s most populous, and many others for years.

3/16
Read 19 tweets
Oct 20
Commission includes Harris County Judge, County Clerk, Tax Assessor Collector, and the chairs of the county's Democratic and Republican parties.
Note: the clerk and tax assessor collector, both elected officials, would have been in charge of elections in the county, but in 2020 commissioners court voted 3-2 to use an appointed elections administrator instead.
Background: thetexan.news/harris-county-…
Read 12 tweets
Oct 20
Today the Harris County Elections Commission will meet at 1:00 pm. There's only one item on the agenda:
"Request for a discussion with the Harris County Elections Administrator regarding
logistics and operations for the November 8, 2022 elections."
ICYMI: @TXsecofstate sent a letter to the county on Tuesday outlining initial findings in the ongoing forensic audit of the 2020 general election and asking for the elections admin to respond w/plans to prevent similar problems in #election2022
Read 4 tweets
Oct 20
Lots of confusing terms used in #Texas politics: to clarify, a tax rate that is above the "no-new-revenue" rate means rate payers will pay more next year than last year. #Taxes
1/3
But the "no-new-revenue" rate does not necessarily mean the government entity will collect the same amount; in most cases next year they will collect more revenue due to new properties added to the tax rolls.
2/3
Even if the tax rate is lower next year than this year, if your appraised value is higher, you will pay more in taxes this year over last year.
#Houston #HarrisCounty
3/3
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Oct 19
Happening now: Meeting of the Kemah #Texas city council.

Allegations against Mayor Joiner on the agenda while Mayor wants to censure all 5 council members. Image
Mayor leaves dais to speak as “a citizen.” Short dispute over whether he can do this- an attempt to prevent him by council, motion fails. He’s speaking now “as a citizen “
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