Tag: Houston Politics
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Season 3 – Episode 6 – Shutdown But Don’t Default
The federal government shuts down because of polarization. The public responds by either blaming both sides or shrugging their shoulders in frustration. Facts: Less than 20 percent of the public votes, so you have politicians trying to appeal to that (very small) base. Nancy & Christion discuss the election coming up here in Houston with…
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Season 3 – Episode 5 – This Is Nuts.
Trump, sensing he is losing his grip on power, hijacks the Special Session on the Hill Country flooding to create 5 more safe red Congressional seats. This isn’t normal. But they can do this when we don’t vote and we aren’t engaged and involved. In this episode, Nancy and Christion discuss why it’s important to…
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Season 3 – Episode 3 – The First 100 Days
We’ve somehow made it through the first 100 days of Trump’s second term and Nancy and Christion worry about inflation. Can Nancy afford to retire in this environment? Christion wonders about his future. The Texas legislature is winding up with school vouchers passed and other bills still on the bubble. Ken Paxton wants to primary…
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Episode 17 – Welcome To Bro World
The election was probably decided more by who didn’t go to the polls, as opposed to who did. Was that a feature or a bug? Turnout in Harris County was historically low. We discuss who came to vote and what comes next.
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Episode 16 – 2024 Presidential Race
Early voting starts in Texas on October 21. Make a plan to vote, and vote all the way down the ballot. In addition to the race for President, Texas has a Senate race that’s going all the way down to the wire, plus there’s lots of judicial races, bond issues, and other important things to…
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Episode 10 – Houston, We Have A Runoff
Forgive us for using a hack phrase, but we have a runoff election on Saturday December 9th, with Sheila Jackson-Lee and John Whitmire squaring off in the mayor’s race and a handful of council districts and at large seats at stake. Meanwhile, this election had some of the lowest turnout in years. How do we…
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Episode 9 – Israel at War, The GOP at War With Itself, Countdown to Early Voting
From the macro view there’s a lot going on this week: Israel is at war with Hezbollah, the Republican Party is fighting itself both in Congress (Kevin McCarthy) and locally (Ken Paxton). Meanwhile we want to keep our focus on our neighborhood with the mayoral and council elections. Average turnout is 200,000 out of a…
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Episode 8 – 4 weeks until Early Voting begins in Houston. Here’s why it matters that you vote.
Nancy and Christion discuss why it’s easy to get discouraged about politics, and why it’s important to tune out the noise and tune into the Houston city election. We’re electing a mayor, 16 city council positions, and two ballot propositions. The deadline to register to vote is October 10th. Are you registered? Learn about how…
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Episode 7 – GOP Debate, the state removes Harris County’s election administrator, Tony Buzbee runs for council, HISD’s state-controlled boss brings recess back, More reasons to vote.
So there was a GOP debate. But aren’t you more concerned with the water coming out of your tap than that? (Did you hear about watering restrictions this week? That’s a thing.) The state successfully outlawed Harris County from having an elections administrator (but other counties can have them because they’re not Harris County, apparently).…
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Episode 5 – A Long Hot Summer
Trump’s federal indictment. Paxton impeached by his own party. Lina Hidalgo drops a F bomb on Commissioner’s Court. The Houston Mayor’s race is getting going – John Whitmire officially enters the fray against SJL. Nancy & Christion scope out their websites and sign up to learn about the candidates – how responsive are the campaigns?…