What does son of an immigrant mean?
Joaquin Martinez, City Council District I As the son of an immigrant and representative of the City Council district home to Houston’s largest Hispanic population, I want to speak directly
Want the City to do its job, contact the media
Four months, that is how long Mayor Whitmire has refused to comment to the Houston Chronicle. Almost two years on the job, and John Whitmire is still blaming the previous
Meet the Candidates for Houston At-Large 4
Both candidates are focusing on infrastructure: They are correct. I have been the president of my neighborhood for nine of the last ten years. Very seldom do people complain about
Too Strange – Dog shoots man in the back
I happened to glance at the sentence and told myself, Okay, I will bite. Well, it turns out that a dog did shoot a man in the back. I usually
Some Harris County Democratic officials are starting to speak out
It is a trickle, but it is a beginning. Like most politicians, they need to stick their finger in the wind and feel which way the wind is blowing. They
Appointment of Harris county Interim County attorney.
The Houston Chronicle has an article where Abbie Kamin is seeking to be appointed as Interim County Attorney. She has lined up some heavy hitters to support her appointment. The
TACO, aka the orange man, admits tariffs are paid by consumers.
Of course, Trump is not going to come out and say he was wrong, so he quietly removed tariffs on many items that have gone up in price because of
ICE almost deported a Native American, being brown is now a crime.
The best qualification for advancing in the MAGA world must be to prove how dumb you are. Remember, no one is safe from ICE. Maybe we need a bulletin that
Inbred Cruelty – What a great way to define Republicans.
I start my mornings reading, usually for about two hours. This morning, as I looked at my emails, there, like it is every morning, is Paul Krugman’s email. Mr. Krugman
Mayor Whitmire flip-flops on issue
Just a few days ago, in front of a crowd that leans to the far right, John Whitmire had the following to say. As I previously wrote two little mice
Greg Abbott wants to raise the sales tax to 30%.
The only way to get rid of the property taxes, Abbott says, is to raise revenue elsewhere, and the only other place is the sales tax. We already have the
Gulfton area are they reporting crimes?
Is cooperation between HPD and ICE affecting HPD’s crime reporting? It seems that it is, maybe that is how Whitmire is going to show that crime is going down: work
Two little Hispanic mice came out and squeaked
Maybe they can start growing some lion-sized juevos and turn into roaring lions. That is probably a wishful dream on my part. But strange things have been known to happen.
The Purpose is to terrorize
A short video on what ICE is doing to American citizens, what it is doing behind closed doors to those it has detained. Torture? Why, of course, would anyone think
Where to go find women
Dang MAGAs can’t pass the entrance exam. They also forgot they have to finish high school. Maybe they could start at a community college? Oh, they don’t realize that getting
Democrats won the battle; the war is still being fought. It’s time to move on to the next battle.
Mi dos centavos, my two cents on the Democrats agreeing to end the shutdown. Was it the right to fold, maybe. Unless the Democrats had the fortitude to go with
Got it figured out, most of the Chronicle editorial board must be gays and Jews, why else
All the vile names that Trump and many of his followers have heaped on people that look like me or come from south of the border, and the editorial board
Christian follows porn websites, will Democrats vote for him.
I have to admit that the optics don’t look good, and I have no idea if what I read is true, but the Republicans will have a field day with
Terry Virts for Congress, is he promising to term limit himself?
I’m running to represent the Texas 9th Congressional District to: Is it a winnable district for a Democrat? I think so. VAP is the voting age population, not that they
Whitmire finally admits HPD is working with ICE
Houston Mayor John Whitmire acknowledged Saturday that the city is cooperating with federal immigration authorities after denying for months that Houston police would get involved with immigration enforcement. Whitmire, speaking to a largely friendly audience of