That's some SJL-level **** right there.Quote:
"While judges and other countywide officers took the oath of office administered by U.S. District Judge Alfred Bennett, Hidalgo skipped the ceremony, arriving late and taking the microphone to deliver an unscheduled 10-minute speech after the Pride Chorus Houston had performed its closing song and many officials, including Garcia and Briones, had left the stage.
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The video on Fox 26 is even better than the description. She's basically screaming at the crowd there.
You have a link? I didn't find it on the fox 26 site.
waiting on video of Lina screaming at remnant crowd.
Harris Co. Judge Lina Hidalgo targets Texas Lieutenant Governor during swearing-in ceremony (yahoo.com)
It also looks like her dress is ripped under her armpit.
It also looks like her dress is ripped under her armpit.
Hahaha that commie be crazy…. She is gonna run like she has a mandate for things that have nothing to do with Harris County. Here's hoping she doesnt make it through her full 2nd term….
She's unhinged. Please get this lady some help.
It feels like that even the commissioners from her own party are tired of dealing with her.
Can you (or anyone) explain this one? What is a business court and how is this all supposed to now work?AlaskanAg99 said:
First court of 2023 is 1/10. They will also now hold a business court, so the 2x per month schedule is now gone.
YellAg2004 said:Can you (or anyone) explain this one? What is a business court and how is this all supposed to now work?AlaskanAg99 said:
First court of 2023 is 1/10. They will also now hold a business court, so the 2x per month schedule is now gone.
Essentially vendors aren't being paid on time enough that thr point of the biz court is to only address projects and payments. Or essentially everything that is part of the consent agenda, there isn't any disagreement or major discussion for the day to day items that need to be passed.
Here's the years calendar.
https://harriscountytx.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx
However, there's no real rules outside of a verbal agreement to restrict the agenda to just regular county business. Any commissioner can place any item on agenda. So it'll be interesting to see how this works out.
aTm '99
Yes, we have issues with HC meeting contractual obligations to pay within 30 days of invoice submittal, often due to how the CC schedule lines up with end of month billing processing. Adding that meeting is a good thing, as long as they don't try to use it to sneak things in without debate.
The CC schedule definitely plays a role in delayed payments. Without sharing too much, I'll also say that when the HC auditor's office dug into things to find out why payments were being delayed, they found that they (the auditors) were the biggest hold-up preventing payments from occurring, at least as it related to my area of knowledge.
Court will be meeting 33x per year in '23 vs 24x in prior years. Should help with the process.
State law requires any discussion items to be added to the agenda if action is to be taken.
State law requires any discussion items to be added to the agenda if action is to be taken.
aTm '99
Lina channeling her role models:
Best part is that her little impromptu speech was almost word for word taken from her post-election campaign fundraising emails. That schizo airhead is incapable enunciating anything other than simple talking points handed to her by her staffers or consultant. Even her "spontaneous" rant was copied & pasted.
literally the first thing that came to my mind when I saw her silly speech
Lina taking a 'leave of absence' starting tomorrow … no word on who actually runs one of the largest counties while she bails.
Is she having a breakdown?
Runs for reelection
Wins reelection
Then the calendar turns over and she takes a leave of absence with no reason given and no indication of how long.
She should have to step down permanently.
Wins reelection
Then the calendar turns over and she takes a leave of absence with no reason given and no indication of how long.
She should have to step down permanently.
I've thought she was under the influence in a few press conferences, and that bizarre stunt at the swearing in ceremony may have been enough for Rodney and Adrian to take some personal time.
*KHOU version added info:
https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/harris-county-judge-lina-hidalgo-leave-of-absence/285-3ed31d6e-351e-470d-99ff-c7c99ccb615e
[url=https://cjo.harriscountytx.gov/][/url]
*KHOU version added info:
https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/harris-county-judge-lina-hidalgo-leave-of-absence/285-3ed31d6e-351e-470d-99ff-c7c99ccb615e
[url=https://cjo.harriscountytx.gov/][/url]
Quote:
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo is taking a leave of absence to be with her sick grandfather, according to her office.
She's heading to Colombia to be with him. It's unclear for how long she'll be gone.
Catching up on Tuesdays court.
Adopting the Climate Action plan which is to reduce county emissions by 40% by 2030. This applies to only county owned infrastructure and vehicles.
Will report more later.
Adopting the Climate Action plan which is to reduce county emissions by 40% by 2030. This applies to only county owned infrastructure and vehicles.
Will report more later.
aTm '99
AlaskanAg99 said:
Catching up on Tuesdays court.
Adopting the Climate Action plan which is to reduce county emissions by 40% by 2030. This applies to only county owned infrastructure and vehicles.
Will report more later.
Would have loved to hear Ramsey's thoughts. What a gigantic waste of time and taxpayer money.
HCSO cars will be axed at some points so Dimtard-enabled criminals have an easier path to freedom.AlaskanAg99 said:
Catching up on Tuesdays court.
Adopting the Climate Action plan which is to reduce county emissions by 40% by 2030. This applies to only county owned infrastructure and vehicles.
Will report more later.
David Happymountain said:HCSO cars will be axed at some points so Dimtard-enabled criminals have an easier path to freedom.AlaskanAg99 said:
Catching up on Tuesdays court.
Adopting the Climate Action plan which is to reduce county emissions by 40% by 2030. This applies to only county owned infrastructure and vehicles.
Will report more later.
What will they be axed and who will do the axing?
Court is going on. Missed the morning but now they're discussing the budget. Lots of shots against the Rs who blew up the tax revenue increase and torpedoed their proposed budget.
However, the Ds are zeroing in on the DAs office and their budget shortfall. The DA increased unbudgeted pay raises to the tune of $3.5M plus another .5M in increased Healthcare costs.
Ogg isn't present, but they're really focusing and leveling criticism at her office in this quarterly budget review.
However, the Ds are zeroing in on the DAs office and their budget shortfall. The DA increased unbudgeted pay raises to the tune of $3.5M plus another .5M in increased Healthcare costs.
Ogg isn't present, but they're really focusing and leveling criticism at her office in this quarterly budget review.
aTm '99
Setting the foundation for Lina to argue a retaliation defense if Ogg's office indicts her.AlaskanAg99 said:
Court is going on. Missed the morning but now they're discussing the budget. Lots of shots against the Rs who blew up the tax revenue increase and torpedoed their proposed budget.
However, the Ds are zeroing in on the DAs office and their budget shortfall. The DA increased unbudgeted pay raises to the tune of $3.5M plus another .5M in increased Healthcare costs.
Ogg isn't present, but they're really focusing and leveling criticism at her office in this quarterly budget review.
She is still gone. Really doesn't need to be a the commissioner's court to break any ties anymore anyways.
Lina now going after Ogg. "Irresponsible raises" is blowing their budget. I can only imagine Ogg is fuming.
aTm '99
KW02 said:
She is still gone. Really doesn't need to be a the commissioner's court to break any ties anymore anyways.
I doubt it. She didn't personally gain financially from it so going after her is much riskier. Lawyer buddy told me to not hold my breath the DA would level charges.
Although Lina just said Ogg was extorting the Court...so there's still no love there.
aTm '99
Rewatching from the archived video, at 3:11 mark Ellis makes the motion to give all elected officials who "played by the rules" (omitting Ogg) a 2% pay raise.
Lina seconds. 5-0 vote. Meanwhile, other than 1% raise to the average worker, they've received nothing.
Ellis then withdrawals his motion after some confusion of what they've just done.
3:48 Election item as related to the report released on the ballot paper issue.
Ramsey speaking and trying to question the Election Administrator Tatum. Who's not present.
Ellis: changes tact to promote their efforts to show how they made it easier to vote. And completely ignoring the facts Ramsey presented. He and Garcia state they can only discuss this in executive session. Then Ellis warns speakers if they're unruly they will be removed.
County Attorney states they've advised everyone to remain quiet due to pending lawsuits from local GOP and county DA.
Ramsey states he will not participate in closed door session discussions. He requests some dialogue with the public based on facts.
Ellis retorts any questions to Tatum should be in writing, then simply not respond.
Tatum: due to litigation he's hesitate to respond because his statements are misconstrued and "I'm held to a different standard". The bulk of news reports you've read are inaccurate. 3:58 mark.
On the $1.1B Road and Park Bonds, they're figuring out the distribution of funds.
10% to engineering for project management
63.64% split evenly by PCT
26.36% based on worst SVI percentages
Ramsey raises the point that PCT has 250% more roads than the other precincts. And 3x as much park acreage of pcts 1& 2, but PCT 4 has 4.5x as much park space as 1 & 2.
PCT 1 & 2 are mostly covering incorporated cities, which means fewer county maintained roads and parks. Yet worst poverty.
What does this mean? 1 & 2. Are pulling massive funds out of unincorporated County to spend on mostly incorporated cities that already have local government and tax streams to fund local publicly owned infrastructure. And it passed 5-0.
2018 Flood Bond, massive shortfall in Flood Control funding and now they're discussing using HCTRA funding to cover this gap.
From a prior court when they passed the County Climate Action Plan.
Lina seconds. 5-0 vote. Meanwhile, other than 1% raise to the average worker, they've received nothing.
Ellis then withdrawals his motion after some confusion of what they've just done.
3:48 Election item as related to the report released on the ballot paper issue.
Harris Co. election ballot paper shortage far bigger than initially estimated.
— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) February 1, 2023
It's so big it may have altered the outcome of elections.
It may necessitate new elections.
It WILL necessitate new LAWS that prevent Harris Co. from ever doing this again.https://t.co/Bc3YE3ix5E
Ramsey speaking and trying to question the Election Administrator Tatum. Who's not present.
Ellis: changes tact to promote their efforts to show how they made it easier to vote. And completely ignoring the facts Ramsey presented. He and Garcia state they can only discuss this in executive session. Then Ellis warns speakers if they're unruly they will be removed.
County Attorney states they've advised everyone to remain quiet due to pending lawsuits from local GOP and county DA.
Ramsey states he will not participate in closed door session discussions. He requests some dialogue with the public based on facts.
Ellis retorts any questions to Tatum should be in writing, then simply not respond.
Tatum: due to litigation he's hesitate to respond because his statements are misconstrued and "I'm held to a different standard". The bulk of news reports you've read are inaccurate. 3:58 mark.
On the $1.1B Road and Park Bonds, they're figuring out the distribution of funds.
10% to engineering for project management
63.64% split evenly by PCT
26.36% based on worst SVI percentages
Ramsey raises the point that PCT has 250% more roads than the other precincts. And 3x as much park acreage of pcts 1& 2, but PCT 4 has 4.5x as much park space as 1 & 2.
PCT 1 & 2 are mostly covering incorporated cities, which means fewer county maintained roads and parks. Yet worst poverty.
What does this mean? 1 & 2. Are pulling massive funds out of unincorporated County to spend on mostly incorporated cities that already have local government and tax streams to fund local publicly owned infrastructure. And it passed 5-0.
2018 Flood Bond, massive shortfall in Flood Control funding and now they're discussing using HCTRA funding to cover this gap.
From a prior court when they passed the County Climate Action Plan.
Without knowing the cost, I cannot support it. For too long it seems we have operated with a blank check. It's not fair to any resident for that to continue.
— Tom Ramsey (@TomSRamsey2) January 23, 2023
Shouldn't we know how much something will cost before we approve it?https://t.co/comc27lUPL
aTm '99
The election guy Tatum gets hired right before the election. Harris County has record issues and ballot shortages possibly resulting in fraudulent elections.
Does anyone really believe this wasn't orchestrated?
Does anyone really believe this wasn't orchestrated?
Dan Patrick is calling for new elections now regarding the ballot shortages.
Dan Patrick calls for new elections in Harris County
Dan Patrick calls for new elections in Harris County
Quote:
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick called for a redo Monday of Harris County elections after voters faced difficulties casting their ballots in November when some voting centers did not have enough ballot paper for the number of voters who came in.
"How many people went to go vote that didn't go back? We don't know," Patrick said during a talk at the Magic Circle Republican Women's Club. "So we do need to have a new election."
A spokesperson for the secretary of state's office said only a court order could force a redo of an election.
Pretty sure Patrick has zero power or authority over this one.
CDUB98 said:
Pretty sure Patrick has zero power or authority over this one.
Literally says it'll take a court order.
aTm '99
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