Lina Hidalgo clinging to 1-pt lead against GOP's Alexandra del Moral Mealer (Houston: office, property)

[crone]

Originally Posted by As Above So Below...

Wait, what?

Almost all the people the Chronicle endorses are Democrats. They endorsed Sheila Jackson Lee.

Establishment.

She's the incumbent, Partnership blessed.

She's many things to many people, runs off employees faster than anybody in Houston. But she knows how to serve her community. And she does a good job at that.

DH has been in several meetings with her regarding minorities bidding on contracts. His bunch had to do a class to teach them how to bid on their jobs.

[utche96]

I am actually very interested in endorsements of major newspapers. It's actual quantifiable data on the political bias of their editorial board.

Here are the Houston Chronicle's 2020 General Election endorsements:

https://www.scribd.com/document/4798...endations-2020

In 64 races, they endorsed 39 Ds, 24 Rs, and 1 no recommendation. That's a 61% endorsement percentage for Dems.

On the Federal level which is the most indicative of ideological bias, the HC recommended the Dems for 8 out of 11 races (73%).

They endorsed a Democratic Railroad Commission member who would be less friendly to O&G interests. She lost.

For the judges, they actually did endorse more Rs than Ds (13 out 23, ~57%).

For Harris County positions, they endorsed the Dems in 4 out of 6 races (67%).

It appears that the HC has a clear bias towards Dems for legislative issues and a slight bias towards the Republicans for judges.

This split bias came through in their endorsement of Mealer. It was pretty obvious that the HC editorial board would have preferred to endorse Hidalgo but felt she did not do enough for handling the increase in crime in the county.

[crone]

Perhaps the chronicle thinks Harris county doesn't not need to be in the daycare business.

I'm of that opinion myself.

But I will vote D for county offices for the first time in my life. The commissioner not showing up to resolve budget issue is old news to me.

The county does not do jack in my part of town.

The MUD bought the park land and takes care of it, plus all the mowing on a county road.

The bandit signs are multiplying daily. At my age, going out in traffic to remove them is a danger to the drivers as well as me.

[As Above So Below...]

https://www.click2houston.com/news/l...h-trust-index/

[Mr. Clutch]

Originally Posted by As Above So Below...

https://www.click2houston.com/news/l...h-trust-index/

I saw that ad and wondered the same thing - where were they getting those numbers?

Come to find out its based on a sliver of time early in the year where that was true. Shocking.

[oil capital]

Originally Posted by As Above So Below...

https://www.click2houston.com/news/l...h-trust-index/

It's hard to put a lot of faith in Channel 2's "Trust Index" when they tell us that "Harris County went from 455 to 720, an increase of 38%"

Increasing from 455 to 720 is an increase of 58.2%, not 38%.

I'll show my work:

720 - 455 = 265

265/455 = 58.2%

[oil capital]

Originally Posted by crone

Perhaps the chronicle thinks Harris county doesn't not need to be in the daycare business.

I'm of that opinion myself.

But I will vote D for county offices for the first time in my life. The commissioner not showing up to resolve budget issue is old news to me.

The county does not do jack in my part of town.

The MUD bought the park land and takes care of it, plus all the mowing on a county road.

The bandit signs are multiplying daily. At my age, going out in traffic to remove them is a danger to the drivers as well as me.

Let me be sure I understand. You are complaining that the County doesn't do anything for your part of town and you're going to vote to retain the party currently controlling the county... (which is also the party that controlled the county when the Cypress Creek Courthouse you complained about earlier was built).

[crone]

Originally Posted by oil capital

Let me be sure I understand. You are complaining that the County doesn't do anything for your part of town and you're going to vote to retain the party currently controlling the county... (which is also the party that controlled the county when the Cypress Creek Courthouse you complained about earlier was built).

The entire county has little to say or do about anything. Each commissioner precinct is their own little fiefdom.

Tom Bass said the commissioners court system is the last stronghold of the spoils system in the state of Texas.
Commissioners never interfered in another precinct.

My part of the county was not involved in the switch. Too bad. I was hoping for the other commissioner. They are much more responsive.

[As Above So Below...]

Originally Posted by oil capital

It's hard to put a lot of faith in Channel 2's "Trust Index" when they tell us that "Harris County went from 455 to 720, an increase of 38%"

Increasing from 455 to 720 is an increase of 58.2%, not 38%.

I'll show my work:

720 - 455 = 265

265/455 = 58.2%

Yeah that is true, but other than that, it is correct.

[ParaguaneroSwag]

While journalists being horrible data analysts is bad, I put the bigger blame on misinformation on the people. No one does their cares about data anymore. Republican, Democrat or independent.