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Contributing writer for @TheTexanNews, Guest panelist on FOX26 #Houston "What's Your Point?" #Christian #GreatBooks #txlege History is relevant.
Mar 26 14 tweets 3 min read
Happening today: Meeting of the Harris County Commissioners Court in #Houston, governing body for the 3rd largest county in the U.S.

You can watch for yourself instead of letting activists or media filter for you.

(scroll down past the pinned video to "watch live"
harriscountytx.gov/Government/Cou… The agenda for this meeting includes 683 items, and may be viewed here: agenda.harriscountytx.gov
Mar 7 10 tweets 2 min read
Happening now: Kemah City Council meeting considering closing street w/businesses already involved in federal takings lawsuit.
Off mic council member says, "Delivery trucks are going to have an issue; it is what it is."

Background: thetexan.news/issues/crimina… Small towns are a microcosm of multiple issues...
Mar 6 5 tweets 1 min read
And @ElectSeanTeare just now: "We have something that we really all want to do, and what you just saw with those numbers absolutely means that the public's coming with us, the voters are coming with us, we are going to change Harris County." Teare also thanks the Texas Organizing Project for their help.
Jun 6, 2023 31 tweets 6 min read
Happening Now: Public meeting of the Harris County Commissioners Court- executive body of the most populous county in #Texas.

Livestream is here (clumsy website- you'll have to scroll down and click 'watch live').

harriscountytx.gov/Government/Cou… Today's agenda includes 366 items and may be found here: agenda.harriscountytx.gov
Mar 30, 2023 13 tweets 2 min read
Happening now: a conference hearing for the 21 Harris County election contests pending in state court.

Background: thetexan.news/attorneys-spar… Livestream available here: video.ibm.com/channel/mPny8A…
Mar 30, 2023 29 tweets 7 min read
This morning the #txlege Senate Committee on State Affairs will take up a slew of #election related bills authored by @loiskolkhorst @CreightonForTX @TeamBettencourt @SenBryanHughes.

capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/sc… Kolkhorst is laying out SB 260, regarding voter registration rolls. Says there are some counties in Texas that have more registered voters than eligible citizens, mostly smaller counties.
Mar 29, 2023 4 tweets 2 min read
Happening now: U.S. House subcommittee on Education & the Workforce hearing on "Diversity of Thought: Protecting Free Speech on College Campuses."
edworkforce.house.gov/videos/ Opening comments on DEI and free speech read by @RepBurgessOwens

@Speech_First 's Cherise Trump (no relation to the former POTUS) will be testifying.
Mar 28, 2023 5 tweets 2 min read
Inbox: As debate over gun control legislation rages, on Sunday a Harris county magistrate released a felon previously convicted for murder on a PR bond for charges of felony in possession of a weapon (handgun). #Houston #Texas ImageImage According to news reports at the time, in 1992, his victim Cecilia Carmen Mondragon had been “stabbed several times, her throat cut ear-to-ear and her right index finger severed,” and was found on her front porch with her 1 year old child crying next to her.
Mar 14, 2023 73 tweets 10 min read
Happening now: Harris County Commissioners Court meeting: Governing body for the most populous county in Texas, home to Houston, 4th most populous city in the U.S. Today's agenda includes 430 items and may be viewed here: agenda.harriscountytx.gov
Nov 19, 2022 22 tweets 4 min read
🧵Thread of Latest on Harris County Elections🧵
Harris County Elections Department posted an updated set of election results and a third reconciliation report Friday night.
1/20 This latest results dump has changed the outcome in one race: that for 180th District Criminal Court Judge in which Democrat incumbent DaSean Jones moved from being 1,000 votes behind to leading by 449 votes over his Republican challenger Tami C. Pierce.
2/20
Nov 9, 2022 4 tweets 1 min read
Inbox: statement from Stop #Houston Murders PAC.

While every soft-on-crime judge didn’t lose, we made inroads, helping to defeat some Democrat judges.” Image Interestingly, there were a few GOP challengers who appear to have won: Tami Pierce has 50.06% over DaSean Jones for the 180th criminal district court.
Nov 9, 2022 12 tweets 3 min read
Happening now: Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo to deliver speech at HC Democratic Party HQ after narrowly winning 2nd term.
#Houston #HarrisCounty #Texas #Election2022

Background: thetexan.news/hidalgo-surviv… Commissioner Rodney Ellis is speaking, notes there will now be two women on the court with Lesley Briones win in Precinct 4.
Nov 9, 2022 11 tweets 2 min read
Breaking: new emergency hearing- the Texas AG's office is intervening...
#Houston #HarrisCounty #Texas #Election2022 AG's office now addressing Judge Rogers...
Nov 8, 2022 4 tweets 2 min read
Nov 8, 2022 29 tweets 7 min read
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...
Nov 7, 2022 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-…
Oct 21, 2022 19 tweets 4 min read
🧵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
Oct 20, 2022 12 tweets 3 min read
Meeting of elections commission in #Houston #HarrisCounty #Texas is about to begin. Commission includes Harris County Judge, County Clerk, Tax Assessor Collector, and the chairs of the county's Democratic and Republican parties.
Oct 20, 2022 4 tweets 2 min read
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
Oct 20, 2022 4 tweets 2 min read
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
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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.
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Oct 19, 2022 12 tweets 2 min read
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 Background: thetexan.news/kemah-city-cou…