Sea Speed said:

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The term election denier used as a pejorative towards anyone who even dares to speak about potential issues with elections is the same tactic covid nazis used when they labeled anyone who was innocently unsure about the vaccine, antivaxxers.

They take anyone who has any semblance of an against the grain take and label them something as negative sounding as possible, then use it as much as possible in the harshest manner they can.

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Sounds like something an election denier would say.

Some Junkie Cosmonaut said:

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Ryan the Temp said:

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I'm hearing from someone who is in the room that a bunch of election deniers are screaming at people, throwing things and generally disrupting decorum.

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Clown shoes, bud.

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I was just relaying what I was told.

Offered without comment

The people who are peddling election denialism around our Harris County elections also did so in 2020. They were wrong then & now. I choose to do what our community elected me to do and work on actual systemic issues facing us. pic.twitter.com/pffWkQvfch

— Lina Hidalgo (@LinaHidalgoTX) November 17, 2022

TX04Aggie said:

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Im hoping Ogg plays mean girl and indicts her.

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Ogg is basically a Republican already, and the Dems are coming for her now. She'll likely face a serious challenger in the primary.

Ryan the Temp said:

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TX04Aggie said:

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Im hoping Ogg plays mean girl and indicts her.

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Ogg is basically a Republican already, and the Dems are coming for her now. She'll likely face a serious challenger in the primary.

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Hearing this too.

So will she indict?

AlaskanAg99 said:

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Probably not. The issue is Lina didn't benefit financially directly from the situation which makes a conviction harder to get.

And this is why everyone should report to jury duty so law minded factual critical thinkers are in the box and not those easily swayed by feelings.

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I haven't heard anything, inside baseball or otherwise, to indicate Hidalgo was actually involved in the contract shenanigans. Everything seems to point to staffers taking advantage of her inexperience and naivete.

AlaskanAg99 said:

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It's her office. Buck stops somewhere.

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Indeed.

agnerd said:

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AlaskanAg99 said:

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It's her office. Buck stops somewhere.

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Unfortunately, it's up to voters to enforce where the buck stops in a lot of cases and they are often too uneducated to make good decisions. A crackhead's vote counts the same as the vote of political science professor at Rice.

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I'm pretty sure he didn't vote for her.

agnerd said:

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AlaskanAg99 said:

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It's her office. Buck stops somewhere.

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Unfortunately, it's up to voters to enforce where the buck stops in a lot of cases and they are often too uneducated to make good decisions. A crackhead's vote counts the same as the vote of political science professor at Rice.

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Not picking on Rice specifically, but is there much of a difference these days?

AlaskanAg99 said:

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Probably not. The issue is Lina didn't benefit financially directly from the situation which makes a conviction harder to get.

And this is why everyone should report to jury duty so law minded factual critical thinkers are in the box and not those easily swayed by feelings.

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Tom DeLay was indicted in Travis County by Ronnie Earle for doing stuff with campaign donations that was actually legal so there's no reason not to go after Lina. There's zero chance she didn't benefit financially in some manner.

Thanks for the update from today

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/houston/article/harriscountyswearingin-17681661.php?utm_campaign=centerpiece

So this is really odd. The dems now control thr court 4-1.

They had a private swearing in ceremony. Followed by a public one. Why they have 2 I don't know.

"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.

"My fellow commissioners tried to cut me out of the program," Hidalgo told the audience. "They can't take two women in power. Today when Commissioner Briones is sworn in, we will have for the first time two women."

Elected officials attending the event were not invited to speak during the relatively brief ceremony. Hidalgo was scheduled to give comments during a reception, but she did not attend."

So she's throwing her fellow dems under the bus and ignoring the agenda?

"Hidalgo shouted some of her remarks, portraying herself as a politician determined not to be silenced.

"Let's face the challenges that our community grapples with head-on, even if it's politically inconvenient to bring them up," Hidalgo said. "You would think after four years of leadership it would be palatable to see me in front of a microphone. They're going to have to get used to it.""

First court of 2023 is 1/10. They will also now hold a business court, so the 2x per month schedule is now gone.