“Bev Carter is the owner/publisher of the Fort Bend Star, winner of numerous state and national awards. She has been a voice of Fort Bend’s largest circulated newspaper for 30 years.” ~
Local Politics, Part 2 Who is Rick Miller?…..I was researching when State Rep. candidate Rick Miller moved to Fort Bend County. My previous research revealed to me that he had only lived in Fort Bend for 12 years, and I remember when I was a practicing Republican that he just suddenly appeared on the scene. [...]
Local Politics Part 1 I’ve been on vacation (since the O.J. trial) and haven’t written about the local primary results definitively. I’ll start correcting that today. Don’t know if you are interested, but it helps me get my mind around some of this stuff. District 26, first round A review of the primary results, mostly [...]
Can’t buy me love, and apparently not a political race either. We have watched with amusement as soon-to-be-former Chief Deputy Craig Brady spent over half a million dollars and four years in an attempt to get elected sheriff of Fort Bend County. This is seven times the amount of money ever spent on a political [...]
My butt hurts…..I had a real hard time writing this column this week due to the fact my butt hurts. It hurts because as of the writing of this column I’m sitting on pins and needles about the local Republican primary. I could care less who is elected president. No matter how crazy local Republicans [...]
Election news….The sheriff department’s budget accounts for over 25% of the county’s budget and is the largest expenditure of the county. It has almost doubled in the past eight years, although one has to remember that county commissioners are complicit in any budget deal. One of the toughest decisions I’ve ever had to make about [...]
I know, I know…….You are tired of hearing about this and want me to move on. But the stories continue to be so egregious I just can’t help myself. Sheriff’s candidate Craig Brady has been a no-show in Fort Bend since our story came out last week about all his ties to his donors, many [...]
One freaking half million dollars…..I know you are sick of hearing about this, but you always enjoy my stories and have I got a story for you. That is how much Craig Brady has raised and nearly spent in his quest to be sheriff, a job that pays barely $100,000. The exact amount he has [...]
Take me out……. Boy is this town baseball mad. Or rather, they are mad about baseball. Crowds are growing every night, and it’s been reported that the audience is becoming more and more connected with the players, both individually and as a group. The fans are learning the players’ names and are cheering more and [...]
You are not going to believe this!…..Becky Colunga works for the Fort Bend Sheriff’s department as does her husband, and she recently received a crony promotion to head the domestic violence program at the sheriff’s department. I find that particularly funny since we have in our possession Rosenberg police reports about some domestic violence at [...]
Baseball was the star…….The major piece of entertainment at the Sugar Land Heritage/Skeeter’s Youth Foundation Gala this past Saturday night was nothing fancy, just Constellation Field itself. That’s the new name for Sugar Land’s minor league baseball field. And it was fabulous! For many of us it was our first look at the new field [...]
