Jury Duty

My pal Miya Shay from Channel 13 news tweeted this morning a must-see interview with H-Town mayoral candidate Chris Hollins by news anchor Gina Gaston. Here it is: https://abc13.com/amp/houston-mayor-mayoral-candidate-chris-hollins-2023-election/11544288/. 

I have been following the Democratic primary race in Senate District 15 between The Dean and Molly Cook. The Dean gets hit a time or three on social media for not answering questions at forums. Fair enough.  

Team Hollins should have done a way better job of getting him prepped up for this interview. He sure did dodge a bunch of questions. On crime, on the firefighter mess, on vaccine mandates, just to name a few, he clearly avoided answering the questions. I know it is early, but this really wasn’t a good way to start off the campaign. These issues will be front and center in the mayoral race. He was not prepared. Not a good look. Just saying. 

Nobody Commentary knows likes jury duty. We dread when we get the envelope in the mail that says jury summons. A couple of weeks ago, I got one in the mail. I opened it up looking for the date and time I was supposed to show up. It is usually front and center and in a huge font. Nope. I had to go online and fill out a bunch of stuff and I still don’t know when and where I am supposed to show up. 

They gave you the option to call for your jury service. Nope. Are they crazy. I don’t have time to wait on hold for this. Just put the notice in the envelope and I will show up. 

We ought to be doing online voter registration. We go online to pay bills, do banking, shopping, renewing driver’s licenses. Online jury duty in Harris County isn’t working. They made it way more complicated than it should be. Just stick the summons with the date and time in the GD envelope. 

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo got a solid endorsement from the Chron E-Board today. 

My favorite African American TV commentator/analyst is Laura Coates. 

Yesterday, I listened to “Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town” album by Emmylou Harris and Dolly Parton’s “Greatest Hits.” 

I want to thank the few folks who provided me info so I could informatively fill out my Harris County Democratic Party primary ballot. It probably took me an hour and a half to get it done. Better than standing in line.