Tag Archives: Collin County

Collin County DA denies sexual harassment allegations

Posted on November 19, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

Pretty damn forcefully, but also in a way that’s kind of telling. Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis repeatedly called accusations of sexual harassment and retaliation against him “false, defamatory and outrageous” at a news conference Wednesday, where he presented … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged Bill Wirskye, Cheryl Williams, Chris Hill, Collin County, Darrell Hale, District Attorney, Duncan Webb, EEOC, Fallon LaFleur, Greg Willis, Keith Henslee, Ken Paxton, Kim Pickrell, lawsuit, sexual harassment, Susan Fletcher, Texas, Texas Workforce Commission, VyKim Le | Comments Off

There is still a right to free speech at Collin College

Posted on November 6, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

Good. A Texas professor who said she was fired from Collin College in North Texas after she publicly criticized the school’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has won her job back for two more years according to a legal settlement … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged Collin College, Collin County, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, lawsuit, Lora Burnett, Michael Phillips, Neil Matkin, Suzanne Jones, Texas, Texas Faculty Association, Toni Jenkins | Comments Off

Collin County DA accused of sexual harassment

Posted on November 2, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

Oh, boy. Six individuals who currently work or have worked in the Collin County District Attorney’s office filed a federal civil suit Monday, alleging that they were sexually harassed, discriminated against because of their gender, and faced retaliation after reporting … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime and Punishment | Tagged Bill Wirskye, Cheryl Williams, Chris Hill, Collin County, Darrell Hale, District Attorney, Duncan Webb, EEOC, Fallon LaFleur, Greg Willis, Keith Henslee, Ken Paxton, Kim Pickrell, lawsuit, sexual harassment, Susan Fletcher, Texas, Texas Workforce Commission, VyKim Le | Comments Off

Paxton to be deposed in Servergy-related lawsuit

Posted on September 18, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

This gets into some deep lore about the Paxton crime saga. Attorney General Ken Paxton will face lawyers for the men who accused him of securities fraud seven years ago in a one-hour deposition after the November elections. The Dallas … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged Byron Cook, Collin County, Election 2022, Joel Hochberg, Ken Paxton, lawsuit, SEC, Servergy, Texas, William Mapp | Comments Off

There’s still a lot of confusion about how Texas’ abortion ban will be enforced

Posted on August 25, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

There will be chaos, in addition to the fear and danger to pregnant people that already exists. Abortions are already effectively outlawed in Texas, where clinics closed after the U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe vs. Wade. But a new … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime and Punishment | Tagged abortion, Collin County, Dallas County, Denton County, Harris County, John Creuzot, Ken Paxton, police, SCOTUS, Tarrant County, TDCAA, Texas, Texas Municipal Police Association, Texas Police Chiefs Association, The Lege | Comments Off

Let’s name a few legislative battlegrounds

Posted on August 22, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

It’s getting to be that time of the election cycle. Two years ago, Democrats were gearing up for a rare opportunity in modern times: capturing the Texas House majority. But after they came up woefully short — and Republican-led redistricting … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged Angie Chen Button, Bexar County, campaign finance reports, Collin County, Donald Trump, Eddie Morales, Election 2020, Election 2022, Election 2024, Frank Ramirez, fundraising, HD108, HD112, HD118, HD121, HD133, HD37, HD70, HD74, Jamee Jolly, Jim Murphy, Joe Biden, John Lujan, Mihaela Plesa, Morgan Meyer, precinct analysis, redistricting, Steve Allison, Texas, The Lege | Comments Off

Fraudit 2.0

Posted on July 29, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

Here we go again. Harris County will be one of four Texas counties to undergo an audit of its upcoming November election results by the Texas secretary of state’s office. It will be the second election audit in two years … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2020 | Tagged absentee ballots, Cameron County, Collin County, Dallas County, Donald Trump, Eastland County, Election 2020, fraudit, Greg Abbott, Guadalupe County, Harris County, Joe Biden, John Scott, President, Secretary of State, Senate, Tarrant County, Texas, The Lege | 6 Comments

Paxton so petty

Posted on July 26, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

This guy, man. What a stain. Attorney General Ken Paxton is escalating his feud with the State Bar of Texas by banning his office’s lawyers from speaking at any events organized by the bar. Paxton’s office also will not pay … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged Attorney General, Collin County, Donald Trump, Election 2020, Ken Paxton, lawsuit, Lawyers Defending American Democracy, President, State Bar of Texas, Texas | Comments Off

The State Bar’s response to Paxton

Posted on July 22, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

As you know, the State Bar of Texas filed a lawsuit against Ken Paxton in a Collin County district court in order to proceed with the complaint filed against Paxton for his attempt to overthrow the 2020 election by filing … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged Brynne VanHettinga, Collin County, Donald Trump, Election 2020, Jim Harrington, Ken Paxton, lawsuit, Lawyers Defending American Democracy, President, SCOTUS, Solicitor General, State Bar of Texas, Texas, Texas Civil Rights Project | Comments Off

Paxton responds to State Bar lawsuit against him

Posted on July 8, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

Blah blah blah, you can’t sue me, blah blah blah. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is seeking to dismiss a professional misconduct lawsuit filed by the state bar against him related to his legal challenge of the 2020 presidential election, … Continue reading →

State Bar finally files that professional misconduct lawsuit against Paxton

Posted on May 26, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

We’ve been eagerly awaiting this. A disciplinary committee for the State Bar of Texas on Wednesday filed a professional misconduct lawsuit against Attorney General Ken Paxton for his attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential elections in four … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged Brent Webster, Brynne VanHettinga, Collin County, Donald Trump, Election 2020, Jim Harrington, Ken Paxton, lawsuit, Lawyers Defending American Democracy, President, SCOTUS, Solicitor General, State Bar of Texas, Texas, Texas Civil Rights Project, Williamson County | 5 Comments

Precinct analysis: Abbott’s weak spots

Posted on March 18, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

Is this a thing? As dominating as Gov. Greg Abbott’s GOP primary victory on Tuesday looked at first blush, a closer look at the results shows a nagging problem within his own party that could ultimately cost him in his … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged Allen West, Beto O'Rourke, Brazoria County, Brewster County, Caldwell County, Collin County, Comal County, Don Huffines, Election 2018, Election 2022, Gillespie County, Greg Abbott, Hansford County, Kerr County, Mitchell County, Montgomery County, Ochiltree County, primaries, Sid Miller, Texas, Waller County, Wise County | Comments Off

Precinct analysis: Beto’s range in the 2022 primaries

Posted on March 15, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

When you get 91.34% of the vote in an election, as Beto did in the Democratic primary for Governor, there’s usually not a whole lot of interesting data beneath the surface. But you never know until you look, so I … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged Beto O'Rourke, Bexar County, Cameron County, Collin County, Dallas County, Democratic primary, Denton County, Dimmit County, Duval County, El Paso, Election 2018, Election 2022, Fort Bend County, Frio County, Governor, Harris County, Hidalgo County, Jefferson County, Jim Wells County, Joy Diaz, Maverick County, Michael Cooper, Montgomery County, Nueces County, precinct analysis, Sema Hernandez, Senate, Tarrant County, Texas, Travis County, Webb County | Comments Off

More data about mail ballot rejections

Posted on March 13, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

Keep it coming. Thousands of Texans who attempted to vote by mail in the March primary were disenfranchised in the state’s first election conducted under a new Republican voting law. The state’s largest counties saw a significant spike in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged absentee ballots, Bexar County, Bryan Hughes, Collin County, Dallas County, Donald Trump, drivers licenses, El Paso, Election 2018, Election 2020, Election 2022, Greg Abbott, Harris County, Hays County, Hidalgo County, lawsuit, League of Women Voters, Nueces County, Parker County, primaries, Secretary of State, Social Security number, Texas, Texas Civil Rights Project, The Lege, Travis County, voter ID, voter suppression, Williamson County | 1 Comment

Precinct analysis: Final 2022 primary vote totals from those counties of interest

Posted on March 10, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

At the end of early voting, I posted some totals from various counties around the state. I noted at the time it was an imprecise comparison since I included final 2018 turnout numbers as the comparison point for 2022 and … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged absentee ballots, Bell County, Bexar County, Brazoria County, Brazos County, Cameron County, Collin County, Comal County, Dallas County, Democratic primary, Denton County, early voting, El Paso, Election 2018, Election 2022, Ellis County, Fort Bend County, Hays County, Hidalgo County, Johnson County, Lubbock, Maverick County, Montgomery County, Nueces County, primaries, Smith County, Starr County, Tarrant County, Texas, Travis County, turnout, voter suppression, Webb County, Williamson County | 1 Comment

CCA will take up the question of where Paxton’s securities trial should be

Posted on March 7, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

Time for an OG Paxton scandal update. The state’s top appeals court on Wednesday agreed to take up the question of where Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton should be tried for alleged securities fraud, a small victory for prosecutors pursuing … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged Brian Wice, Collin County, Court of Criminal Appeals, Election 2022, First Court of Appeals, Harris County, Ken Paxton, Kent Schaffer, Servergy, special prosecutor, Texas | Comments Off

2022 primary early voting statewide

Posted on February 28, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

Turnout information for early voting for all counties is available on the Secretary of State website. They used to only have this for the 30 most populous counties, which skewed things in a Democratic direction, but a law passed in … Continue reading →

The only constant is change

Posted on February 28, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

This DMN story is about the wave of changes to the various legislative caucuses in North Dallas, but if you pull the lens back just a little, you can see how universal it is. Proponents of term limits complain that … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged Al Green, Alma Allen, Ana Hernandez, Armando Walle, Collin County, Commissioners Court, Congress, Dallas County, Denton County, Election 2012, Election 2022, Gene Wu, Harold Dutton, Harris County, Hubert Vo, Jane Nelson, Joan Huffman, John Whitmire, Kel Seliger, Larry Taylor, Lawrence Allen, Mary Ann Perez, Mike McCaul, redistricting, SBOE, Senate, Senfronia Thompson, Sheila Jackson Lee, Tarrant County, Texas, The Lege | Comments Off

Please watch over the fraudit

Posted on January 23, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

Good idea. A group of Democratic members of Congress from Texas has sent a letter to the Department of Justice requesting that it closely monitor the ongoing election audit in four Texas counties. Last September, Texas Republicans began an audit in Harris, Tarrant, … Continue reading →

Posted in Show Business for Ugly People | Tagged absentee ballots, Al Green, Colin Allred, Collin County, Dallas County, Donald Trump, Eddie Bernice Johnson, Election 2020, Filemon Vela, fraudit, Greg Abbott, Harris County, Joaquin Castro, John Scott, Lizzie FLetcher, Lloyd Doggett, Marc Veasey, President, Secretary of State, Senate, Sylvia Garcia, Tarrant County, Texas, The Lege, Veronica Escobar | Comments Off

Fraudit fizzling

Posted on January 3, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

Who could have ever predicted this would be a big ol’ nothingburger? The Texas secretary of state’s office has released the first batch of results from its review into the 2020 general election, finding few issues despite repeated, unsubstantiated claims … Continue reading →

Posted in Show Business for Ugly People | Tagged absentee ballots, Collin County, Dallas County, Donald Trump, Election 2020, fraudit, Greg Abbott, Harris County, John Scott, President, Secretary of State, Senate, Tarrant County, Texas, The Lege, voter registration | 13 Comments

Precinct analysis: The new SBOE map

Posted on December 22, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

Previously: New State House map, New Congressional map I probably care more about the SBOE than most normal people do. It’s not that powerful an entity, there are only 15 seats on it, and their elections go largely under the … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged Collin County, Comal County, Dallas County, Denton County, Donald Trump, Election 2012, Election 2016, Election 2020, Election 2022, Fort Bend County, Harris County, Hood County, Joe Biden, Johnson County, Montgomery County, Parker County, precinct analysis, redistricting, SBOE, Somervell County, Tarrant County, Texas, Travis County | Comments Off

Fraudit update

Posted on December 14, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

Yes, it’s still a thing. Texas Secretary of State John Scott announced late Friday that his office has presented an “exhaustive” document request to Dallas, Tarrant, Collin and Harris counties as part of an audit of 2020′s election. Scott’s office … Continue reading →

Posted in Show Business for Ugly People | Tagged Collin County, Dallas County, Donald Trump, Election 2020, fraudit, Greg Abbott, Harris County, John Scott, President, Secretary of State, Senate, Tarrant County, Texas, The Lege | 1 Comment

Cracking Asian-American communities

Posted on November 28, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

The Trib explores what the new Congressional maps did to Asian-American communities, mostly but not exclusively in the Houston area. When Texas lawmakers redrew congressional maps following the 2020 census, they split up Asian American populations in both Harris and … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged CD03, CD04, CD07, CD09, CD22, Census, Collin County, Congress, demography, Election 2020, Election 2022, Fair Maps Texas Action Committee, Fort Bend County, Harris County, Korean American Voters League, lawsuit, redistricting, South Asian American Voter Empowerment of Texas, Texas, Texas AAPI Redistricting Coalition, The Lege, Voting Rights Act | 2 Comments

Fraudit funding

Posted on November 22, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

It’s bullshit all the way down. GOP leaders on Friday approved shifting $4 million in emergency funds for the Texas secretary of state’s office to create an “Election Audit Division” at the agency, which will spearhead county election audits as … Continue reading →

Posted in Show Business for Ugly People | Tagged Collin County, Dade Phelan, Dallas County, Dan Patrick, Donald Trump, Election 2020, fraudit, Greg Abbott, Greg Bonnen, Harris County, Jane Nelson, John Scott, President, Secretary of State, Senate, Tarrant County, Texas, The Lege | 1 Comment

ACLU and others sue over new redistricting maps

Posted on November 19, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

The count is now seven. Civil rights groups filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday challenging new Texas state legislative and congressional district plans as unconstitutional racial gerrymanders violating both the Voting Rights Act and the U.S. Constitution. The suit details an … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged ACLU of Texas, Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, Asian Pacific Islander Americans Public Affairs Association, Bell County, Census, Clean Elections Texas, Collin County, Common Cause, Congress, Emgage, Fair Maps Texas Action Committee, Fort Bend County, HD54, HD55, Killeen, lawsuit, League of Women Voters, National Council of Jewish Women-Greater Dallas Section, OCA Houston, Our Vote Texas, redistricting, Senate, Southern Coalition for Social Justice, Texans Against Gerrymandering, Texas, The Lege, Voting Rights Act | 4 Comments

Precinct analysis: The new State House map

Posted on November 8, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

Like it or not, we have new State House districts. We may as well acquaint ourselves with them. The coverage we’ve had so far has focused on the 2020 election numbers to say whether a district will be red or … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2022 | Tagged Alex Dominguez, Barack Obama, Bell County, Beto O'Rourke, Brazoria County, Brazos County, Collin County, Denton County, Donald Trump, Eddie Lucio, Election 2012, Election 2014, Election 2016, Election 2018, Election 2020, Election 2022, Fort Bend County, Hays County, HD106, HD108, HD112, HD118, HD121, HD122, HD126, HD127, HD129, HD132, HD133, HD134, HD138, HD14, HD144, HD148, HD150, HD20, HD25, HD26, HD28, HD29, HD33, HD34, HD35, HD36, HD37, HD39, HD41, HD45, HD47, HD52, HD54, HD55, HD57, HD61, HD63, HD65, HD66, HD70, HD74, HD76, HD80, HD84, HD89, HD93, HD94, HD96, HD97, HD99, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Mitt Romney, Penny Shaw, precinct analysis, redistricting, Rockwall County, Texas, The Lege, Williamson County | 3 Comments

The fight for free speech continues at Collin College

Posted on November 5, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

What awful leadership that place has. A year ago, Texas history professor Lora Burnett fired off an angry tweet from her private social media account about then-vice president Mike Pence. It landed during the vice presidential debate, prompting news coverage … Continue reading →

Posted in Legal matters | Tagged Audra Heaslip, Collin College, Collin County, Jeff Leach, lawsuit, Lora Burnett, Mike Pence, Suzanne Jones, Texas | 1 Comment

The Lege is now 3/4 done with redistricting

Posted on October 17, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

All but the Congressional maps are done. They’re just plowing through it. The Texas Legislature is nearing the end of its work to incorporate a decade’s worth of population growth into new political maps — pressing forward with efforts to … Continue reading →

Posted in That's our Lege | Tagged Beverly Powell, CD03, CD04, CD06, CD33, Census, Collin County, Congress, demography, Eddie Lucio, Election 2020, Election 2022, Greg Abbott, Harris County, HD132, HD133, HD135, HD138, Jim Murphy, Joan Huffman, Jon Rosenthal, Lacey Hull, lawsuit, Mike Schofield, redistricting, SBOE, SCOTUS, SD10, Senate, special session, Texas, The Lege, Todd Hunter, Voting Rights Act | Comments Off

The fate of the Paxton trial location is once again with the CCA

Posted on October 12, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

As you recall, the very long-awaited securities fraud trail of Ken Paxton is ticketed to go back to Collin County after the First Court of Appeals denied a request for an en banc hearing to reconsider the court’s previous ruling … Continue reading →

House committee advances revised map

Posted on October 6, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

More changes sure to come. A Texas House committee on Tuesday voted out a revised draft to redraw the lower chamber’s districts, which will give Republicans stronger positioning in the House of the Legislature for the next decade. The committee … Continue reading →

Posted in That's our Lege | Tagged Bell County, Collin County, Craig Goldman, HD54, HD55, HD70, Jacey Jetton, Killeen, Rafael Anchia, redistricting, Ryan Guillen, Scott Sanford, Texas, The Lege, Todd Hunter | 4 Comments

More redistricting stuff

Posted on October 2, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

Just a roundup of some redistricting stories. We’ll start with the DMN. The new map, part of a process of redrawing legislative boundaries every 10 years, makes significant changes in North Texas, where Democrats likely will gain a seat held … Continue reading →

Posted in That's our Lege | Tagged Al Green, Angie Chen Button, Beth van Duyne, CD03, CD04, CD05, CD06, CD07, CD08, CD09, CD10, CD13, CD15, CD18, CD21, CD22, CD23, CD24, CD25, CD27, CD28, CD31, CD32, CD34, CD36, Census, Collin County, Common Cause, Congress, Dallas County, Denton County, Donald Trump, Election 2020, Election 2022, Gerrymandering Project, HD100, HD104, HD108, HD110, HD112, HD63, HD65, HD92, Jasmine Crockett, Jeff Cason, Jessica Gonzalez, Joan Huffman, Joe Biden, John Turner, lawsuit, Michelle Beckley, Morgan Meyer, redistricting, RepresentUs, SBOE, Senate, Sheila Jackson Lee, Tarrant County, Texas, The Lege, Toni Rose, Voting Rights Act | 2 Comments

The proposed State House map is out

Posted on October 1, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

The last of the bunch. Texas House members on Thursday released the first proposal for a new map redrawing the chamber’s 150-member districts. The initial draft would both increase Republicans’ strength across the state and the number of districts in … Continue reading →

Posted in That's our Lege | Tagged Bexar County, Collin County, Comal County, Dallas County, Denton County, Donald Trump, El Paso, Election 2020, Election 2022, Erin Zwiener, Fort Bend County, Harris County, Hays County, HD145, HD148, HD19, HD31, HD45, HD57, HD60, HD73, HD74, HD76, HD92, Heights, James Talarico, Jeff Cason, Joe Biden, redistricting, Ryan Guillen, special session, Tarrant County, Texas, The Lege, Todd Hunter, Travis County | 3 Comments

A little sandbagging from the SOS on the fraudit

Posted on September 30, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

Who’s running this show? In the five days since the Texas secretary of state’s office announced it is auditing the 2020 general election in four counties, local officials indicated they were in the dark about what the reviews would entail. … Continue reading →

Posted in Show Business for Ugly People | Tagged Christian Menefee, Collin County, Dallas County, Donald Trump, Election 2020, fraudit, Greg Abbott, Harris County, Lina Hidalgo, President, Secretary of State, special session, Steve Toth, Tarrant County, Texas, The Lege, Tom Ramsey | 4 Comments

More on the fraudit

Posted on September 29, 2021 by Charles Kuffner

My God, Greg Abbott is a wimp. Donald Trump’s letter to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott demanding he pursue an “audit” of the 2020 election set off a “mad dash” in the governor’s office as aides sought to figure out just … Continue reading →

Posted in Show Business for Ugly People | Tagged Christian Menefee, Collin County, Dallas County, Donald Trump, Election 2020, fraudit, Greg Abbott, Harris County, President, Secretary of State, Tarrant County, Texas | 1 Comment

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