Cahoot Election
There’s a guy named Don Huffines who is a former Texas State Senator running to the right of Greg Abbott in the Republican primary for Governor.
Huffines is a crazy Republican with a plan to eliminate property taxes, but do it in stages so people won’t feel it all it once, you know – kinda like cooking a lobster.
Sneaky Republicans with links to the Huffines campaign that would pretty much fit the category of cahoots, found some guy named Rick Perry who ain’t the real Rick Perry and got him to run for Governor hoping to take votes away from Abbott. They are hoping the ignorant Republican voters will get snookered by the fake Rick Perry.
Well, Darlin’, it’s working like a fifty dollar hammer on a greased nail. The local newspaper says it’s the former Governor who is running for Governor.
It’s a pay per view newspaper so I just screen-shot the article. Click here to see the whole article. Last paragraph.
Odd it came out at a Huffines events, right? And, it’s odd that it came out at a very Republican newspaper. Wait, wait, let me correct that – a very Republican newspaper with egg on their face.
Yeah, and the real Allen B West who is running is the former Florida congressman but he was too damn wacky for Florida and that right there is saying something.
Oh, this is gonna be fun.
Quick!
1Can we find another Greg Abbott?
While I rejoice in the scam, be careful. I remember Dan Patrick running his BFF in the Democratic primary for the same office. When the question came up about Dan’s radio program, his Democratic opponent said no problem.
I hope the Ds vet everybody who filed.
I once filed. A very nice young man, Carl Whitmarsh, took my 500 bucks.
2He had no clue who I was or what I was after. I knew I had no chance but an opponent was needed so it worked out. That was way before Karl Rove did things like fund the Green’s petition drive just to get them on the ballot to split the vote.
I’m trying to figure out the Houston City Council District G Special Election – there’s a former prosecutor who, like Huffines, wants to get rid of taxes, a retired fireman (increase pension) and a lifelong volunteer. But I guess any of them are better than Greg Travis – I hope!
3Please correct this out-of-stater, but I understood that Texas has no income tax, so schools are funded entirely by property taxes. Is this just another way to ensure the poor remain uneducated so there are plenty of people who can only qualify for minimum wage jobs?
4Here in AZ, we have radical GOP fruitcakes running for office. I find this particularly odious and evil. I hope he get his red hat handed to him and his @ss kicked by the voters.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/589055-arizona-gop-senate-candidate-invokes-lets-go-brandon-in-new-campaign-ad#bottom-story-socials
Grandma Ada @ 3,
5The money has to come from somewhere, even if they get rid of taxes.
Indubitably conservatives would love to eliminate property taxes while further degrading the public education system. Conversely, they give no thought to how that broken street light or pothole in the street at the end of their driveway might be repaired or any of the other myriad of services to which they think they are entitled will spontaneously happen with a 0$ budget. Not to mention the labor pool on which they depend having zero chance at an education.
Yeah. Call Greg, call Dan or Huffines when that austerity bit of ‘logic’ bites you in your conservative butt. How soon you forgot freezing in the dark last winter due to conservative policies.
6Repugnantican politicians live in the moment and don’t really care what the future brings. If it sounds like red meat their base can gnaw on, they go with it. No property taxes, oh that sounds great. Maybe no income taxes? Then beg the federal government for help. Living in the moment brings us to things like climate change catastrophes, etc.
7Not only that, but good ol’ Don promised the Dallas Cowboys would win the Super Bowl if he wins the election. Next, he intends to promise that he’ll never lie to you…
8No income tax. Probably at (or beyond) peak oil production and revenue from that source. Add on no property tax.
I think Democrats could have a good time doing the calculation of what a progressive consumption tax would look like.
9* exempt everything absolutely essential — food, water, drugs that hold off death, and maybe a 10 x 10 foot section of shelter.
* set up minimal sales taxes matching existing revenue on items that cost less than some amount — perhaps $100.
* and then figure out what sort of progressive increase in sales taxes on goods and services would cover the costs of running the state. Buying a new computer? ka-ching of 8%. Paying fees to a CPA for help in minimizing federal income taxes? ka-ching of 12%. Buying that new $70,000 truck? ka-ching of 15%. Buying a $1 million dollar McMansion? ka-ching @ 20%.
Welp, the Rethuglikans have kicked off the 2022 Texass election season in true tRumpian MAGAotty vandalian fashion.
In deep red New Braunfels, Comal County [votes about the same as my county, 75%+ Rethug; just NE of SA/Bexar County], a female MAGAot bashed in the front door of the Democratic Party office with a shovel, caught on a surveillance cam. I’m assuming that the picture’s timestamp of 09:42:20 is UTC, so around 3 AM this Tuesday.
Gonna be a helluva year mateys.
Comal County Democratic Party headquarters vandalized
Texas Public Radio | By David Martin Davies
Published January 11, 2022 at 7:29 PM CST
[excellent bitchpic too, slightly paunchy, mask and gloves wearing, red/blk jogging outfit, with some headgear that might be a camera–, looks like she may have had a mastectomy too; should be enough to identify her]:
https://www.tpr.org/government-politics/2022-01-11/comal-county-democratic-party-headquarters-front-door-smashed-by-woman-with-shovel
“The New Braunfels Police Department is investigating an act of vandalism at the Comal County Democratic Party headquarters.
10The vandal was caught on security camera smashing the front door of the central Texas building. …”
PS: The original mid-19th century German immigrant settlers and founders of New Braunfels and the Central/South Texas Hill Country area were quite liberal “Freethinkers”.
They were fleeing the stifling orthodoxy and conservatism of Germany, along with many other European nationalities, such as Czechs who also settled in the area.
These original settlers and near descendants are probably spinning in their graves over what their extant descendants have become.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forty-Eighters
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freethought#United_States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Hill_Country
11@Sandridge—Wow. I live in Gillespie county just north of New Braunfels. Just yesterday I was driving past our local Democratic headquarters. (The Dems got together and rented office space in a very visible location on a busy street.) The thought crossed my mind (before reading your post) that I hoped no one would take it upon themselves to attack it because of Trump’s claims of a stolen election. Up until now, the worst thing the MAGA folks have done is steal yard signs. I hope this doesn’t become a case of “monkey see, monkey do.”
12TexasTrailerParkTrash @12, Hang on, you ain’t seen nuthin yet…
13TexasTrailerParkTrash @12, et al, Looks like the Comal Dem Party’s website has been hacked too.
I looked at their ‘Contact’ page and the link went to a porn site…
Comal County Democrats, main website link :
14https://comalcountydp.org/
But, but, but they’re all such fine upstanding Christians those MAGAts, doncha know?! It was antifa trying to make them look bad, had to be!!
15/s
RE– The recent attack on the New Braunfels Democratic Party HQ:
There’s more info out now, with surveillance cam video too [at the link below]. Perp’s been ID’ed, Valerie Jean Riedel, 38, but not apprehended yet.
In other red, anti-vax, maskhole Comal County news, the COVID19 pandemic has been exploding thereabouts, with hospitals and medical resources reaching capacity, schools and other things shutting down. Just the usual Rethug-MAGAot territory clusterfuck.
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https://www.ksat.com/
https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2022/01/13/police-looking-for-woman-who-smashed-door-of-comal-county-democratic-party-headquarters/
“Police issue warrant for woman accused of smashing door of Comal County Democratic Party Headquarters
The incident happened at about 3:42 a.m. on Tuesday
NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas – New Braunfels police have issued a warrant for a woman accused of vandalizing the Comal County Democratic Party Headquarters with a shovel earlier this week.
A security camera video shows a woman walking up to the door of the building located at 1592 West San Antonio Street. She hit the glass twice with a shovel and walked away, causing about $1,000 in damage.
It happened at about 3:42 a.m. on Tuesday, party officials said, noting that the timestamp on the camera is about six hours off.
16Thursday afternoon, police said that a warrant had been issued for Valerie Jean Riedel, 38. …”
RE– The recent attack on the New Braunfels Democratic Party HQ:
Y’all don’t overlook that this one highly visible incident by one uncontrolled off-kilter, possibly VWI, MAGAot whackjob is an outlier of the group.
17For every one of them, there are thousands of more disciplined and stealthy ones quietly plotting –your– lib-ass destruction.