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The dynamic of Houston craft beer is the topic of conversation this week, as Karbach Brewing Company announced last week it had sold to the world’s largest brewing company. “We’re excited to announce that we’ve entered into a partnership with Anheuser-Busch to join their High End division,�

Karbach Brewing Company said in an announcement. “In the five years we’ve been in business, we’ve been blown

away by the outpouring of support for our beers and culture. In fact, we’ve been overwhelmed with brewing and selling quality beer to drinkers across Texas. This partnership will allow us to continue to

grow and focus more on brewing new and exciting beers for you to enjoy. We’re still a Texas brewery, with Texas employees, making great Texas beer on Karbach Street.�

It didn’t take long for the community to offer their input. “They will do enormously well in a different market,� Jeremy Goodwin said. “They are already issuing statements that refer to their ‘new and exciting beers’ that they intend producing. The backlash from craft See Karbach P. 3A

In an announcement last week, Karbach Brewing Company is the latest craft brewery to be acquired by Anheuser-Busch InBev. Karbach’s David Graham is featured in photo. (Christina Martinez)

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H-E-B’s Scott McClelland talks to Steve Reilley, chair of the Houston Heights Beverage Coalition, on election night. They had a lot to celebrate, as the proposition to make the Heights ‘wet’, passed by a healthy margin. Photo by Landan Kuhlmann

Houston doesn’t follow national wave of change

By Jonathan McElvy jonathan@theleadernews.com The wave of political upheaval around the United States in Tuesday’s general election didn’t happen in Houston or Harris County. In fact, it was just the opposite.

Across the board, Democratic voters in Houston, and specifically this area of Houston, turned out in droves to support candidates in their party.

In Harris County, more than 1.3 million people went to the polls Tuesday – an increase of 132,000 from the 2012 race, headlined by President Obama’s second term.

More Coverage Inside • Voters tell HISD not to send money to the state / Page 4A • Rosen cruises to easy victory over Danna / Page 5A • Heights voters want beer (and an H-E-B) / Page 5A • An analysis of how voters viewed important races / Page 6A

And while Hillary Clinton lost the war, she won the Houston battle, far surpassing Obama’s totals in 2012.

She collected 706,471 votes in Harris County, though the number is unofficial until it has been canvassed. The Trump/Pence ticket underperformed Mitt Romney, garnering just 544,980 to Romney’s 586,073 four years earlier.

The biggest indicator of how this election would go came from the number of straight-ticket voters. Voters who just pulled the lever for all Democrats increased by more than 65,000 over 2012. A total of 471,290 voted straight-ticket Democrat in the county. Meanwhile, Republicans saw See Results P. 3A

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By Landan Kuhlmann landan@theleadernews.com It is well-documented that H-E-B has had a long-running interest in having a presence in the Heights and surrounding communities, one which has culminated in a planned location at the old Fiesta site on N. Shepherd that was contingent on the passing of Proposition 1. However, a recent revelation has had some questioning the reasoning behind wanting the vote in the first place and why a location must be built in the current dry zone at all.

According to media reports last week, documents filed with the Harris County Clerk reveal that the San Antoniobased company recently secured a lease for a property exceeding 97,000 s q u a r e feet on the southeast corner of Washington There’s more than one Avenue near H-E-B coming to the area.

H e i g h t s (Photo from Facebook) Boulevard.

The location would be part of a larger development at that of Washington Avenue and Heights Boulevard, and H-E-B Houston division President Scott McClelland said developer BKR Memorial II LLC is finalizing plans and will make an announcement on logistics of the project in the near future.

Upon learning of the lease, some residents commented that H-E-B’s pursuit in building such a location (in addition to the planned N. Shepherd location) made the reasons for the Propostion 1 push and H-E-B’s support of it in order to build in the currently dry area of the Heights confusing. Heights voters overwhelmingly chose to become wet in Tuesday night’s election. “Perhaps you should update with the newly-revealed lease for H-E-B at Heights and Washington which makes this whole election nonsensical,� one reader wrote.

However, McClelland said one had nothing to do with the other. “Building a store in the Heights is a top priority for H-E-B. Residents have been asking for a store for many years and we have tried for just as many years to build there,� he said.

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Oak Forest Citizens Patrol declares the end of an era there to simply observe and report.

That said, the patrollers and SEAL have worked in harmony together since SEAL’s inception in 2013 “When people see those cars driving around the neighborhood, it creates a greater sense of safety and hopefully deters crime,” Oak Forest Homeowner’s Association president Brandon Wheeler said.

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A two-decade old neighborhood safety effort is no more, as its members will soon relinquish duties to a highly-regarded private security company.

Oak Forest’s Citizen Patrol, in effect since 1995, has decided to formally disband in favor of their neighborhood’s outsourced SEAL security team, effective at midnight on Jan. 1 Begun with 10 retired men who simply saw a need, and

had a desire to fill that need, patrollers had no law enforcement authority—they were

in the neighborhood to help deter crime, Wheeler noted SEAL by far surpasses the capabilities of any citizen patrol in training and their actual ability to address crime.

“They can pull people over, they call HPD to get tickets handed out and that sort of thing,” Wheeler said. “SEAL is just much more effective in creating a safer neighborhood than we are.”

Wheeler said the Oak Forest neighborhood has had a record low crime rate since

first employing SEAL four years ago.

“We’re given the crime stats from HPD for within Oak Forest and just outside Oak Forest, and there’s an incredibly low amount of crime here,” he said. “I don’t think they (residents) are aware of just how safe our neighborhood is. It’s safer than West U right now.”

For those who have written a check to citizen patrol for 20 years now, but still want to support crime deterrence in the neighborhood, Wheeler

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“I guess that’s sort of our dying wish as the citizen patrol if you will, that people would more actively contribute to SEAL,” he said with a laugh.

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H-E-B from P. 1A Another issue has been the perceived secrecy of the San-Antonio based store.

“Also, why all the secrets? H-E-B did not say up front they were the ones behind the petition or funding the PAC,” the reader added. “Now this lease has just now been discovered. H-E-B’s public comments, in fact, stated there was nothing at play on Heights Boulevard.”

However, McClelland refuted that notion.

“This information has been out there and available to the public,” he said, regarding the Washington corridor development. “It was previously reported in both the Houston Business Journal and on Swamplot.com in March of this year.”

Results from P. 1A a decline – albeit small – in the number of party loyalists. Just 401,255 voted straight-ticket Republican, 3,000 less than in 2012.

For all the big elections important to residents in this area of Houston, maybe the best indicator of the single-party approach to voting could be seen in a little-known judicial race.

Joseph “Tad” Halbach, the Republican incumbent for District Judge in the 333rd Judicial District, spent a lot of money on this campaign. He flooded airwaves in the week prior to the election and even spent money in small publications like The Leader. He received the endorsement of every major group and media organization in the city, including a raving endorsement by the Houston Chronicle.

Most important, in terms of judicial races, Halbach won the Houston Bar Associations Judicial Preference Poll by a gaping margin. That poll, which asks attorneys in Houston to rate the judges before whom they’ve practiced, indicated Halbach was, far and away the better candidate over his challenger, Daryl Moore. Halbach received 1,132 votes from attorney in the preference poll, compared to 287 for Moore.

But once the votes were counted, Halbach lost the general election race by more than 40,000 votes.

That race, more than any other, defined the way all of Harris County voted.

In other races: President While Donald Trump carried all of the key swing states across the country, he didn’t fare nearly as well in Harris County. Hillary Clinton, on the other hand, soared past even the numbers of President Obama in 2012.

Trump collected 544,960 votes, down more than 40,000 from the votes Mitt Romney received in 2012. Clinton, on the other hand, won 706,471 votes in Harris County. Four years earlier, Obama won just 587,044. In 2012, the Republican and Democratic presidential candidates virtually tied (Obama won by less than 1,000 votes in Harris County). This year, Clinton won by nearly 13 percent over Trump.

U.S. Rep., District 2 Ted Poe, who has battled cancer in the past year, easily won re-election for a seventh term in the U.S. Congress. This time, he defeated little known Pat Bryan 60 percent to 36 percent.

Like many congressional elections, Poe has a base of supporters who are unlikely to unseat him.

He received about 10,000 more votes than he did in 2014, and he’s beloved in his district.

U.S. Rep., District 9 Sheila Jackson Lee has her band of voters who, it appears, will never leave her side. Her challenger, Republican Lori Bartley, put up a good fight, spending as much money as any challenger in the past four election cycles. But regardless of the money, Lee is entrenched in her community and

McClelland noted that H-E-B has long harbored an interest in the Washington corridor. With 100,000 people living in the Greater Heights area (from Garden Oaks to Washington Avenue) and throngs more moving in every year, he believes multiple stores are needed to serve the area properly - one location simply could not serve residents in the manner which he said HE-B strives to provide.

“There are four Kroger locations operating in the area today,” he said. “Our research shows that this area can and will support multiple stores. Our plan is to serve all of these communities.”

Ted Poe won a seventh consecutive term in the U.S. House of Representatives. (Facebook photo)

receives about the same amount of votes in every election cycle.

This year, Lee won 73 percent of the vote (149,928 votes, exactly). During the last presidential election year, 2012, she won 146,223.

Meanwhile, every challenger that dares to take on Lee usually ends up with the same amount of votes. This year, Bartley won the support of 48,248 citizens. In 2012, when Sean Seibert dared enter the race, he received 44,015 – and that was a year Republicans fared much better in Harris County.

District Attorney To call Kim Ogg’s victory a stunner over incumbent Devon Anderson wouldn’t be accurate. Ogg had a lot of groups behind her – namely the Democratic Party. She also had a lot of money behind her in the last two months of this campaign.

In the last two campaign finance reporting periods before the general election, both in October, Ogg reported contributions of $1.5 million.

On the other hand, Anderson raised about $890,000 in the same period. That gave Ogg a $600,000 advantage in funds to take on the incumbent, and she used it all over the Houston airwaves.

Then again, it may not have mattered, given the trends in Harris County voter persuasions. Democrats ruled the day, and Ogg easily defeated Anderson by more than 100,000 votes.

Sheriff By all accounts, Ron Hickman had done a decent job since being appointed Sheriff when Adrian Garcia stepped down to run for Houston mayor.

But Hickman’s stint in office lasted only as long as the appointment, Ed Gonzalez, a former police officer, along with mayor pro-tem during the Annise Parker administration, won handily over Hickman by more than 170,000 votes. He obviously rode the wave of Democratic support, but Gonzalez, who represented much of the Heights area on the city council, has the experience to do a good job in this position.

See stories on Page 4 and 5 for in-depth results of the Constable, Heights Wet/Dry and Houston Prop 1.

Many supporters are happy for the Karbach owners for growing their business. (Facebook photo)

Karbach from P. 1A beer drinkers to the acquisition phase of InBev, the owners of Anheuser-Busch, of craft breweries is swift and widespread.”

Christopher Sanchez doesn’t think much will change.

“If they sought the deal out right and laid out the structure for it to work to their advantage then it’s a good sell. I would like to believe that small businesses don’t want to stay small their whole life. Growth is not a bad thing unless it was just all for money,” Sanchez said.

Farmboy Brew Shop owner Landon Weiershausen said he was happy for the Karbach owners, but probably wouldn’t purchase their beer anymore.

“I love their beers and the guys are awesome,” Weiershausen said. “That being said, I have a strict no buying [rule] from anyone associated with AB Inbev. Not only do they work to destroy small breweries, they have also started to work on the homebrew side of things by buying the largest online retailer of homebrew goods.

I am happy for the Karbach guys for cashing in though!”

Weierhausen worries most about the big players cutting out smaller craft brewers.

“It’s a little scary for us right now,” he said. “Northern Brewer was bought by the market distribution arm of AB. That means they see a market where they can exploit an advantage to drive others out of business. They have a line to really cheap ingredients and without local support from customers they could easily undercut any price they want. They could even operate at a loss....super scary and that is how AB does business.”

With recent ABInBev purchases, like Devils Backbone Brewing, Breckenridge, Elysian, and 10 Barrel, Karbach may be the last craft purchase for the company.

“Most of that effort, if not all of it, is behind us,” division president Felipe Szpigel told the Houston Chronicle.

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Throughout the campaign, he suggested that the only way to change the way education is funded is to force the state legislature to act. And by HISD refusing recapture payments, he believes that will happen.

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kids, we would not have to pay Austin.

To me it’s a solution worth pursuing in this session.”

Eastman also thinks that updating the weights attributed to each student – or the dollar figure assigned to each student – would go a long way at establishing equity.

“One example is we’re not funding our English-language learners as we should,” she said.

Something Eastman thinks that the board and district can do at home is to really dive down to estimate how much money they need to adequately fund HISD schools.

“There are states that get $20,000 per kid and still do a terrible job,” she said. “We need to look at what we spend money on. Paying teachers a salary they can live comfortably on is one priority and also paying school leaders. Durham and Helms have struggled in the past to hold onto principals who leave, not for negative reasons, but for better compensation.”

Eastman thinks that partnerships with corporations and foundations is part of the answer for budget woes, but not all.

“I think it can help, but not with essential programming,” she said. “We need a robust budget.”

Above all, she said that anyone with a vested interest in public education needs to direct their attention to Austin.

“We all need to be up in the offices,” Eastman said. “They do listen.”

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money wasn’t so tight, Chairman of the House Public Education Committee Jimmie Don Aycock, was unable to get a $3 billion bipartisan education bill passed because of Senate opposition.

Aycock is a Republican who has repeatedly opposed school vouchers.

“We think in terms of black kids and brown kids and white kids,” Aycock told NPR in May of 2016. “We think of poor kids and rich kids, kids from small districts and kids from larger districts.

And we each come here representing our subset of kids, and that’s how the process works. What will it take to fix school finance? It’ll take a common view of [the state’s] 5.2 million children.”

Eastman also sees the voucher system as something that would further syphon off money from public education.

While not a voucher program, Houston’s charter schools do play a role in HISD’s recapture crisis as well.

Recapture is happening in Houston because the state now considers the district too property-wealthy and the “Robin Hood” rule requires property-wealthy districts to share with poor ones. Or poorer ones because 80 percent of HISD’s population is considered economically disadvantaged. The number of students in average daily attendance is also used as part of the formula and it’s this where Eastman sees a solution.

“We know that 35,000 kids live in HISD boundaries and go to public charters,” she said. “If they were in our schools we would not be in recapture. If there were a way to count them as our

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A choice between the devil and the deep blue sea, the vote on HISD’s Proposition One – “authorizing the board of trustees of Houston Independent School District to purchase attendance credits from the state with local tax revenues” to the tune of $162 million – has been decided by the voters, 209,069 to $124,632, who have chosen to roll the dice and try to force the state legislature to take up the broken cause of school funding.

Because of the no vote, the state must get its funding somehow, and HISD will now be subject to the detachment of about $18 billion worth of commercial property within district borders next July – starting with the most valuable.

The properties would be reassigned to other school districts in Texas, and will be taxed at those districts’ rates.

While HISD and a majority of its board members seemed to favor a no vote, it was stated in an HISD news blog that there is no going back and that “once the property is detached, it remains detached.” However, the tacit understanding is that Houston corporations would refuse to send the money and thus instigate litigation over the issue.

“We believe commercial property owners will challenge the state should they be moved to another taxing district,” said Houston Federation of Teachers President Zeph Capo. “We believe they would have good cause as such a move would expose this system for what it is - a defacto state property tax.”

“I have yet to see a group of businesses say they’re willing to sue,” said HISD Trustee District I Anna Eastman, who changed her mind about Proposition One in the past few months and publically advocated for a yes vote. “As trustees, we haven’t talked about suing either.”

Eastman points out that HISD implemented the largest bond in the history of the state to improve Houston’s high schools. At some point the same will need to be done to rebuild the elementary and middle schools that are in sorry shape.

“We need the most valuable properties to pay for new facilities and bonds,” she said.

Eastman thinks it’s unlikely that the no vote will give the legislature incentive to act. There have been numerous Supreme Court challenges in the past to the ways Texas schools are funded.

And during the last session even when

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Rosen wins re-election as Precinct 1 Constable Additionally, Rosen noted several initiatives and plans on which he would like to hit the ground running in order begin his second term with a head of steam, such as finding those in Precinct 1 neighborhoods who have video cameras, increasing the base of who receives the office’s newsletter and deploying body cameras to increase transparency.

“We’re going to roll out things I think will be even more helpful, more informative and will really help the public stay connected to us so we can stay safe together,” he said.

By Landan Kuhlmann landan@theleadernews.com When Alan Rosen took the Constable’s office in 2012, he did so with a vision of improving and cleaning up the office; and four years later, it appears Precinct 1 voters have seen enough to put him back in the saddle for another term.

As results trickled in Tuesday evening and into Wednesday morning, Harris County Precinct 1’s incumbent constable once again crusied to victory, defeating challenger Joe Danna in a rematch of the 2012 election, garnering 138,439 votes to Danna’s 73,734 votes.

At his watch party Tuesday night, Rosen thanked his many supporters and constituents for their backing, saying he is eager to build upon the strides he believes the Precinct 1 Constable’s office has taken in a short time.

“As someone in an elected office, you’re always trying to keep voters and the pub-

Constable Alan Rosen hugs supporters at his victory party. Rosen won a second term with 131,000 votes to Joe Danna’s 71,000. Photo by Landan Kuhlmann

lic happy. I feel like we do a good job of not only communicating our message of safety, but communicating in a way that the community feels

we’re a part of it,” he said.

“I am so thankful to the voters who voted to keep me as constable—I don’t take that lightly. I’m honored to have

the support that I do and to have won in a decisive way, and I’m really pleased with where the office is and where we’re going.”

Danna humble, thankful in defeat Danna, who had a limited amount of time to put together a campaign during the 2012 cycle, could not express enough gratitude to the contingent who stuck with him through all the highs and lows the last four years had brought as he fought for the office.

“I just want to say thank you for your patience; my family especially, and all my friends that I have that know that I’ve been doing this for four years—it all started right here four years ago,” he said.

“Their patience with me during the four-year campaign leading up to tonight is the biggest appreciation that I can give, and their patience putting up with me and the campaign was unbelievable.”

With the added time to piece together his strategy, Danna said he has seen a major jump in name recognition, which played a major role in his campaign despite the setback, and could be a benefit down the road.

“I think we’ve reached out to thousands of residents and businesses in Precinct 1— they know who Joe Danna is and they know what he’s all about,” he said.

In the wake of his defeat, Danna was noncommittal about whether or not he would run again in the 2020 election.

Beer and wine prop passes, Heights to become wet

By Landan Kuhlmann landan@theleadernews.com The Heights’ century-old dry zone is set to become history, as area voters sent a strong message through the polling process in repealing the neighborhood’s dry laws this week.

Following months of coverage and jabs thrown back and forth by proponents and oppostion, Proposition 1— a prop set to repeal the 104-year-old dry laws in a certain area of the Heights — passed with flying colors Tuesday night, finishing with an overwhelming 64 percent of the vote.

Houston Heights Beverage Coalition spokesperson and Heights resident Steve Reilley said the long-awaited payoff of the campaign

represents a major transitional shift in the mindsets of Heights residents which has been a long time coming—for both the Coalition and the Heights.

“It says we were able to get our message out and communicate what we were trying to do,” he said. “This was a long road—we’ve been working on this for months and this was 104 years coming. We’re happy we were able to get the message across.”

Aiding the Coalition’s efforts, he said, was the fact that it seemed as though the core message was one for which the area was primed.

“You see all these places that are underutilized and underdeveloped in the midst of a vibrant neighborhood, and what you see is a need for

change,” he said. “We have thousands of people moving in and this law is going to allow new development, jobs, choices and opportunities right here in the Heights. Our results are tangible—people can see what they get if they voted for us.”

However, wherever there’s a winner, someone must usually also suffer in defeat.

For Bill Baldwin, organizer of the 11th-hour “Keep the Heights Dry” movement, the results unfortunately felt like a foregone conclusion of sorts. In the end, he said the community clearly had their minds set in stone.

“H-E-B and the Beverage Coalition had a well-organized campaign and ultimately were successful. The community has spoken, and the dry ordinance was not

a protection the majority of voters wanted any longer,” he said. “I love my neighborhood and will continue to work to make it the best place to live, work and play that I can.”

Reilley echoed similar praise for those on the opposing side of the Coalition and H-E-B. “The people with opinions on both sides of the issue not only have strong opinions but a strong love of their neighborhood and they love the Heights,” he said. “I think they did a service to the community in the sense that we had a debate and a discussion, and didn’t have something that would just automatically pass, so I want to congratulate everyone in the Heights on the campaign.”

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Incumbents only lose when they deserve it

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etting results to an election is pretty easy these days. You turn on any device in your home – heck, our microwaves will probably tell us in four years from now – and you know who won.

But what we don’t always know is why people voted the way they did.

I’m no political scientist, but after two decades of watching and writing analyses of election cycles, maybe I can offer a perspective you haven’t heard in other places.

For the most part, I’ll stay away from the national election (you know, the one that has dominated the last 18 months of our lives). Instead, let’s look at what happened locally.

We’ll start with the Precinct One Constable race between Alan Rosen, the incumbent, and Joe Danna, the now-perennial challenger who literally campaigned for more than two years to try to win this seat.

This wasn’t a hard race to call, despite Danna’s non-stop campaign signs throughout the precinct.

Whether you like him or not (and it looks like a whole lot of people like him), Rosen gave voters absolutely no reason to fire him. In fact, I think most people in the area would probably give him the job as long as he continues what he has done.

Rosen is a likeable fellow, and he gets out and meets as many people as any politician I’ve seen. But he also seems to be a pretty impressive law enforcement executive, as well.

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His private neighborhood contracts have endeared him to a lot of voters, and he can thank his hard-working deputies for that. He’s had absolutely no controversy, and he’s actually done a good job of communicating with the public. He’s had task forces that have worked to weed out drug dealers and drunk drivers from our neighborhoods, and it’s easy to understand why voters re-elected Rosen for a second term.

Danna is a good guy, but when you combine a strong, well-liked incumbent with a large Democratic majority in the precinct, asking Danna to be competitive was probably a pipe-dream.

My guess? This may be Rosen’s last run for Constable. I’ll be shocked if he doesn’t seek a higher office in four years.

Heights Goes Wet No shocker here, right? People want to buy beer and wine as close to home as possible. The closer to home they buy it, the quicker they

can pop a top.

Well, it’s not that simple. Obviously, H-E-B pushed this thing like crazy, and as some of the opponents to the Heights wet vote suggested, folks didn’t so much care for a big corporation from San Antonio messing with the hipsters in the Heights.

Actually, the final results were surprising, and that 2,700-some people voted against making the Heights wet was a testament to an 11th-hour effort by Bill Baldwin and those folks who wanted to “keep the Heights weird.”

Here’s what I’d suggest: While there are a lot of people in the Heights who want to be different, they really aren’t the majority.

Over the past six years, a whole lot of people who have professional degrees and have two or three little kids screaming around the house have moved into the area.

No, the Heights is not a “suburb” by any stretch of the imagination; the neighborhood just isn’t always what many of the residents think it is. The Heights is a diverse population of artists and attorneys, foodies and frat boys.

I don’t think the right play was to create a slogan called “Keep the Heights Weird.” The Heights is not Austin and a lot of the people who live there don’t want to be anything like Austin. (For that matter, Austin has about 20 H-E-B stores, so the argument never really resonated.)

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to him. Wonder what changes will be made at Fox after the elections, if Megyn Kelly and Bill O’Reilly jump ship, and Sean Hannity becomes a game show host on “You Bet Your Soul.” As for the rest of the media, they can’t be trusted to tell us the correct time.

We learned that both parties’ establishments vastly underestimated the fear millions of Americans have about the huge flow of immigrants pouring in. Washington just didn’t get it. This fear breaks down into two parts: the flow of undocumented Hispanics coming across the Rio taking Americans’ jobs, and Syrians hiding bombs under their thobes. Trump spotted that fear and exploited it. Worked like a charm. Another facet of his campaign was trade deals which, he said, were so onesided that, again, they took away U.S. jobs. Most voters haven’t a clue what’s in those trade agreements, who they help and who they hurt, but we learned that this fear is real and can also be easily exploited. We found out that the Banana Republic is not only a chain of clothing stores, but a new political strategy: If you win a presidential election, you can throw your losing opponent in jail. Trump and his campaign were so odious that even the Koch brothers and Sheldon Adelson couldn’t stomach him or it, and gave their money to other Republican candidates. However, the only newspaper of any size to endorse Trump was the Las Vegas Review-Journal which is, coincidentally, owned by Sheldon Adelson.

Whatever happened to the tea party? It was a noisy minority in previous elections (see: Cruz, Ted, above) with their Uncle Sam and Revolutionary War-era costumes, but we didn’t hear much about them this time around.

I guess they became Trump supporters and were drowned out by The Donald’s fans. We were told time and again that “this is the most important election in American history!”

We shall hear that again in 2020 and every presidential election forever, which brings us to: Where do we go from here? Based on what we have learned in this election cycle, we can safely assume that both parties will avoid using emails. (As an aside, and maybe as a result, one of Germany’s intelligence agencies is using a state-of-the-art technical marvel for its sensitive communications: typewriters, ink ribbons and paper.

Honest.) Julian Assange will

HISD Prop 1 Most of us are probably still confused about this, but Mayor Sylvester Turner’s campaign worked. People overwhelmingly voted against HISD paying “recapture” money back to the state.

That vote is going to create for some wonderful fireworks over the next year, and if you don’t believe me, just watch.

First, the most wealthy and biggest businesses in Houston are going to be “annexed” into poorer school districts and be told they have to pay property taxes somewhere else

(maybe even higher taxes).

I’ve heard from multiple sources that those businesses have already begun planning for legal opposition to paying taxes in a city they don’t inhabit. And trust me, those businesses can afford to hire the highest priced attorneys in all the land.

Here’s something that hasn’t been asked though: What if those attorneys are successful and the businesses that are supposed to pay taxes somewhere else end up winning in court? What if a judge, and ultimately, the Texas Supreme Court, rules in their favor? First, that would mean the entire recapture program is illegal, even though it’s been in place since 1993.

There are a lot of school districts in Austin and Dallas that have paid billions into that fund. The question then is: Are we going to pay them back what they’ve put into the fund?

If so, where do we get the money?

The President The owners of big media in America need to take a hard look at themselves in the coming weeks.

In absolute complete force, they sought to hand the election to one candidate and Americans spit in their faces. That’s the networks, the Googles and the Facebooks.

This election was about them as much as any one candidate.

Email jonathan@mcelvymedia.com

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Pop open the campaign THE VOTING BOOTH - The fat lady has sung. OK, she’s not really fat, but Donald Trump gave Hillary a minus 10. Yes, the 2016 presidential campaign season is over. Finally. We’re all glad that bruising gutter fight is completed, we were so sick of… oh, stop the hypocrisy. We loved every minute of it, watching two con artists slug it out. Eightyfour million people viewed that first debate in one of the most vicious presidential campaigns since James Monroe vs. Rufus King in 1816.

Interest was so fervent that I have stood in line for 20 minutes in early voting. I used to just walk in, write in my vote (me) and leave.

But what did we learn from this long, mean-spirited campaign, and where do we go from here? Well, we learned that Hillary and Bill Clinton have both a foundation and side jobs as speaker that bring in millions, and sometimes they mix the two. Chelsea is a “spoiled brat” and Hillary, under oath, sometimes can’t remember her name.

We learned that nobody ever voted for Ted Cruz, at least I can’t find anyone who did, not for senator, not for president.

Yet we also know we shall get another chance, maybe several. Cruz has already begun his 2020 campaign for the White House, so the closest he has come to appearing in the Capitol is that his face is on milk cartons in the Senate dining room. After being called every dirty name in the book by Trump, and vice versa, Cruz announced that he wouldn’t vote for Trump, then announced he would. That’s what we like in our leadership, non-leadership. Texas’ other U.S. senator, John Cornyn, is busy climbing up the GOP ladder, so Texas is virtually unrepresented in the U.S. Senate. That’s why none of those old NASA spaceships wound up in Space City. Houston got a fiberglass mockup.

We learned that Trump is an egomaniac, a narcissist who tends to stretch the truth. We also know that he has millions of supporters who would vote for him even if, in The Donald’s words, he shot someone in the middle of Fifth Avenue.

We have learned more about his business practices than we really want to know. One fact we shall probably never learn is what the Trumpster paid in federal income taxes, although every presidential candidate since James Monroe and Rufus King, including Hillary Clinton, released theirs. This doesn’t seem to bother a lot of his supporters, who are upset that Hillary’s tax forms show she made millions capitalizing on her fame and potential power. To no one’s surprise, we learned again “Fox News” is an oxymoron, and that it will ignore Trump’s insults and snarling put-downs of Fox and its anchors to shamelessly suck up

The Heights needs to be the Heights and absolutely nothing else.

If the folks want to have an H-E-B in the neighborhood, that doesn’t mean you’ve become just like Cinco Ranch. It just means people want better ketchup.

The strongest argument against making the Heights wet was probably the focus on opening the area to all kinds of convenience stores, but I don’t know if that would have carried the day. The dry law was old and it served no purpose, considering any restaurant can sell liquor as long as patrons by a $1 membership.

Our company bought The Leader more than four years ago, and from Day 1, residents have consistently said the one thing they want more than anything is an H-E-B. That’s not weird.

be made the official Republican Party’s mascot, if he can get out of the Ecuadorian embassy in London.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, building on his Children’s Crusade in 2016, will run again. So will Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush (this time with energy), Mike Pence, all the usual suspects and possibly Donald Trump.

Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney and Rick Perry will toss their frayed hats in the ring.

Russian hackers will be busy.

Rigged election results will be a hot topic again, particularly among the losers. After the election, pundits will explain to us how the winners won – something they neatly avoided saying prior to the election.

And you and I can hardly wait till it all begins again. Hey, it’s my turn to vote. Wonder if I can write in Rufus King?

Ashby votes at Ashby2@ comcast.net

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Stealing political yard signs a disgrace

Dear Editor: In acknowledgement of the letter regarding the destruction of Trump signs in the West Heights, it is also happening in Oak Forest. For members of a political party to steal, destroy and violate the sanctity of another person’s right to display a political yard sign is egregious at best. It is a disgrace not only as an American but as a human being. It does; however, seem to fall in line with the recent news that members of a certain political party have organized others to incite riots at events of candidates they oppose. God help our great country.

Signed, an American

Opposition to vote on Heights Alcohol Dear Editor: Bill Baldwin? “Bulldozer Bill”? ...has a problem with damaging the character of the neighborhood for profit? My Jewish would say, “Oiy, the pot calling the kettle black.”

J. Herrick

Teens in Golf Cart

Dear Editor: Lacking the name and address of the parents of the reckless teenage girl who zips around the neighborhood in a golf cart, I would like to address my complaint to them in this venue. I usually see this child speeding down Oak Forest, but Halloween night she made two passes down

Thornton.

Parents, 1. Your girl does not know how to drive, and I doubt she is old enough for the drivers license all motorized vehicle operation requires.

2. A golf cart is not intended for city street driving, nor for the street driving speed.

3. A golf cart is not intended to be loaded with five or more occupants.

4. A gold cart is not built to take speed bumps at 30 MPH. 5. Drivers of carts are as liable to harm pedestrians as cars, especially considering 1-5.

6. Such drivers are even more likely to cause harm when they drive while talking on the phone.

Your irresponsible and distracted daughter does not belong behind the wheel of any vehicle.

By turning her loose in one, you show a reckless disregard for the safety and security of your neighbors, and set youself up for massive damage suits when she hurts someone.

Please be parents and take away the keys.

Katie McDonald

Hillary of no use now

Dear Editor: To Hillary Clinton, from Russia, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Qatar Kuwait, Cuba and Big US Banks: You are of no use to us now. We want our bribe money back.

J. Reynolds

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U.S. MARINE CORP CELEBRATION American Legion Post 560 American Legion Post 560, 3720 Alba, will celebrate the 238th birthday of the Marine Corps. The event will be at 6 p.m.

Nov. 10, and will be led by former scout sniper and drill instructor Gunny Sergeant Mike Campbell.

The community and any former Marines are welcome. There will be free food and a raffle. Information: 713-682-9287, facebook. com/AmLegionPost560/, txlegion560.org.

HART MEETING Houston Association of Retired Teachers The Houston Association of Retired Teachers will meet at Bethany United Methodist Church, 3511 Linkwood, Nov. 11. Social time begins at 9:30 a.m., followed by the 10 a.m. meeting. Officer Sutton, Bellaire Police Department, will speak on personal safety and self protection. Members are encouraged to: 1) bring one coloring book with a small pack of crayons for the Shriner’s Children Hospital; 2) donate to the Texas Retired Teachers Foundation; and 3) return your Community Volunteer Service report. Members can buy HART Holiday Luncheon tickets for $35.

COMMUNITY DANCE SPJST Lodge 88 The SPJST Lodge 88, 1435 Beall St., will host the FAB 5, Beatles tribute from 8-11:30 p.m. Nov. 11. The cost is $10.

The band Lost Cause, Polka and variety of music, will perform from 8 p.m.-11:30 p.m. Nov. 12. The cost is $10 per person.

Reservations are suggested, but not required. Enjoy complimentary dance instruction before all Saturday night dances, starting at 7:30 p.m. and during intermission. Reservations held only 30 minutes past start of dance.

Information: 713-869-5767, lodge88.org.

BOOK SIGNING The Book Scene Author Buddy Griffin will be signing his book “What In Heaven Is Going On At Church!� Saturday, Nov. 12, from 1-3 p.m., at The Book Scene, 1820 W. 43rd St. Come by for a very interesting discussion and food. Information: 713-869-6117.

DAY OF FUN Tru-Lite Gas Products Tru-Lite Gas Products, 1903 Lawrence St., is teaming up with the Houston Astros Caravan and Tea + Art to bring a day of fun and games for the family and amazing sales of up to 30% off select grills and accessories. There will be demos from Fire Magic, AOG, Napoleon, RCS, and Kamado Grills preparing tasty treats. There will also be tea samples and prizes from Tea + Art, fun and games, and face painting. The event will be from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Nov. 12.

Information: www.trulitegas.com, 713-682-2053.

50TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT Memorial Hermann-Greater Heights Memorial Hermann-Greater Heights, 1635 N. Loop W., will celebrate a half century of advancing health in Greater Heights.

Bring your family to this fun-filled and health-focused event. Enjoy a slice of cake, take a picture with

dinosaurs, dance along with the live DJ and more. There will also be free health screenings. The event will be from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Nov. 12. Information: 713-8672000, memorialhermann.org.

will be from 9-11 a.m. Dec. 10, at the Candlelight Park Community Center. Information: info@myoakforest.org, www.myoakforest. org, 713-688-6342.

MONTHLY HAPPY HOUR Heights Young Professionals Meet, network, socialize and make direct connections with area professionals. This month’s event will be hosted by Revolver Bourbon Social, 6502 Washington, from 5-8 p.m. Dec. 1. The cost is $10 for non-members before Dec. 1, and $20 non-member at the door. Register online.

Information: info@heightschamber.com, heightschamber.org, 713-861-6735.

WHITE OAK BAYOU ASSOCIATION MEETING Historic Heights Fire Station The White Oak Bayou Association will hold their annual meeting from 6-8:30 p.m. Nov. 15, at the Historic Heights Fire Station, 107 W. 12th St. Pizza and refreshments will be served.

The free event is open to the community. The presenter will be Ben Jones and the topic is White Oak Bayou: Benefits of a Restored Urban Stream. RSVP to whiteoakbayouassociation@gmail.com.

BLUE ROOM PARTY SPJST Lodge #88 The SPJST Lodge #88, 1435 Beall St., will host a Blue Room Party Dec. 3, from 5–10 p.m. with dinner, drinks and dancing to the Red Ravens. Tickets are $35 per person and must be paid for by Nov. 15. Information: 713-8695767, www.lodge88.org.

WOODLAND HEIGHTS URBAN FARMER Woodland Heights Civic Association Woodland Heights urban farmer will speak at the Nov. 15 meeting. Richard Hall, longtime Woodland Heights homeowner will present the program. The meeting is open to the community and will be at 7 p.m. at Hogg Middle School, 1100 Merrill. Dr. Hall will explain in detail the operation of his family “farm� which has hens, grow herbs and veggies plus bananas. Information: www. woodland-heights.org.

AARP MONTHLY MEETING AARP Chapter 1265 The monthly meeting will be held at 10 a.m., Dec. 5, in the community room at 1520 Candlelight Ln. The meeting is open to anyone 50 or older, and will be preceded by a meet-and-greet at 9:30 a.m. This month will be a Christmas gathering. President is Richard Rabe, vice president is Terrell Holiday. Information: 713682-4022.

HOLIDAY EVENTS Oak Forest Homeowners Association The Oak Forest Homeowners Association is hosting some upcoming holiday activities for the whole family. Movies in the Park will be at 6 p.m. Nov. 19, at Oak Forest Park. Breakfast with Santa

night (unless otherwise noted, or announced). Bingo pads are $5 each. Doors open at 5:15 p.m.

Early bird special starts at 7 p.m. with regular bingo games beginning at 7:30 p.m. Information: 713-869-5767, lodge88.org.

OAK FOREST RUNNING CLUB Oak Forest Chill This free social running club, part of the Oak Forest Homeowners Association, meets at 3542 Oak Forest Drive at 6:30 p.m.

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TALC to hold Veterans Day celebration All Saints Third Age Learning Center (TALC) will hold its annual Veterans’ Day Celebration Nov. 11, in the All Saints Church Parish Hall located at 215 E. 10th St. Festivities begin at 10:30 a.m. and will feature a color guard, patriotic music, singing, refreshments, door prizes, lunch and a special salute to all veterans in attendance. Big Ed and the Happy Band will provide the music.

All veterans and their families in the community are welcome. Lunch will be served at noon and cost is $2 per person. Lunch reservations can be made by calling 713-2481277.

Garage sale and car wash at Hope Episcopal Hope Episcopal Church, 1613 W. 43rd St., will have a garage sale from 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

Nov. 11 and Nov. 12, in the parish hall.

The youth of Hope Episcopal will have a car wash from 9 a.m.-noon, Nov. 12, on Cheshire by the church offices.

Call 713-681-6422 for information. ‘In the Image’ musical at St. Stephen’s “In the Image,� a musical

by Mark Burrows, will be performed by children and youth of St. Stephen’s at 1 p.m. Nov. 12, and Nov. 13, during the 11

St. Mark’s hosts Fall Festival St. Mark’s United Methodist Church, 1615 Patterson, will be hosting their annual Fall Festival from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Nov. 12. Vendors are welcomed.

Tables/booths are $25.

Call 713-864-5030 for information.

St. Ambrose to hold Thanksgiving dance St. Ambrose Catholic Church, 4213 Mangum Rd., will hold a Thanksgiving dance Nov. 12, in the auditorium.

Celebrate a special night with entertainment and live music.

A donation is $35 per person.

Dinner will be at 6:30, followed by dancing from 8 p.m.12 a.m. No children under 12 years.

Call 713-686-3497 or visit stambrosehouston.org for information.

Craft and Farmer’s Market at Heights Presbyterian Heights Presbyterian Church,

St. Rose of Lima to hold a Holiday Market St. Rose of Lima Catholic Community, 3600 Brinkman, will hold a Holiday Market from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Dec. 3.

There will be holiday gift shopping, handcrafted and gourmet items, silent auction from 10 a.m.-1 p.m., pictures with Santa, concession stand and more than 30 booths to shop.

Email terri_517@hotmail. com or call 713-692-9123.

MANNA provides resources for the community Gently used donations allow MANNA’s mission in helping those in need. Contact the Resale Store at 713-686-6440 to schedule a pick up.

MANNA has partnered with the Women’s Resource of Greater Houston to offer free financial classes and increase financial literacy in the community. The class is called Money Matters and will help teach the basics of money management. Classes are held the first and third Wednesday of each month from noon-2 p.m. at St. James Lutheran Church, 1602 W. 43rd Street.

MANNA’s newest program - Community Outreach Program will be the nucleus of linking services to those who might not otherwise have access. Volunteers are needed for this project. Call 713-5045486 or pdornak@gmail. com.

Men’s Scripture Sharing Group meets at the YMCA The Men’s Scripture Sharing Group meets at 7 a.m. every Thursday at the Harriet and Joe Foster YMCA, 1234 W. 34th St. There will be music, Bible study and fellowship.

Guests and new members are welcome to attend this nondenominational Bible study.

Email scripturesharing@ earthlink.net for information.

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Former Spartan’s collegiate journey begins against defending champs

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Scarborough High School graduate Hunter Janacek always dreamed of playing has Division I basketball—a dream that eludes far too many. However, not only did Janacek receive an offer from one of his top choices, Layfayette College, but his regular-season collegiate debut will come against one of the top teams in the land.

“I’ve been excited ever since I got the offer and was able to sign my letter of intent, and when I found out we’d be playing ‘Nova, it just made it that much more exciting,” he said. Yes, that ‘Nova,’ as in the defending national champion Villanova Wildcats. Janacek and the Lafayette Leopards

will take on the Wildcats this coming Friday, Nov. 11 at 5:30 p.m. on Fox Sports 2 (FS2).

“Once they started recruiting me, I fell in love with the coaching and staff, and once I took my official visit, I knew immediately I would love it here,” he said. “The players are awesome, and I haven’t had a day where I’m homesick because I’m enjoying myself and having so much fun. It’s been great, and I’m so happy I’m here.” And thus the grind began again.

As the preseason has worn on and the opener looms, Janacek credited former coach Martin Wall for training him up to handle the pressures and obstacles which accompany a transition from high school basketball to the vaunted Division I level.

Contributed photo Former Scarborough Spartan Hunter Janacek and Lafayette will open their season against the defending national champion Villanova Wildcats.

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Girl kicks her way into football at Heights High

By Jonathan Valadez For The Leader

Troy Saltzmann-Barrera had no desire to play football when a Heights High School coach first approached her last year as a junior, and it wasn’t because she thought the game was too rough.

“I didn’t like football as a sport,” Saltzmann-Barrera said. “I really had no interest in it.”

Saltzmann-Barrera, who has played soccer most of her life, was asked to try out for the football team after her friends invited her to kick field goals during the annual powder puff game where the girls play flag football and the boys cheer them on.

“When I did it, I was messing around, and I hit a 35-yard field goal,” she said. “I didn’t even realize what I was doing, and then when the coaches saw that, one of them had asked me to go ahead and try out for the team.”

She blew off the initial inquiry to play football because she had just suffered a concussion a few months prior while she was playing soccer for the Bulldogs.

Saltzmann-Barrera said that she started to come around to the idea after the new school year began and the coaches became a little more persistent in their request.

Before she finally decided to commit to it full-time, she agreed to play in one game to test it out.

“I did one easy game against a team that’s not very good just to see how I felt about it,” she said. “I really liked the rush of how it felt kicking the ball and having all of that intensity put on me for just a split second.”

Although she enjoyed her experience, Saltzmann-Barrera was still on the fence about whether to play because she was still uninterested in the sport, and she felt a little out of place.

After that initial game, Saltzmann-Barrera’s former English teacher, Lucy Seward, came up to her and told her that she “was doing amazing things and paving ways for other girls.” She also had several younger girls approach her after the game to tell her how inspirational she was to them.

“I had a lot of young girls, from ages five to 13, come up to me and say, ‘I look up to you,’ or ‘you really helped me to inspire myself to do more

in sports or do more academically,” she said. “Little comments like that made me realize what a big impact it was and that I couldn’t quit because that would be selfish of me.”

Following her realization, Saltzmann-Barrera agreed to play among the boys. It wouldn’t be the first time that she found herself competing in a male-dominated sport, though.

Last year, she started to wrestle and even attended a camp this past summer where there were 200 attendees altogether – 198 of whom were boys.

“It was a Ranger-based wrestling camp, so we were up at 5:30 in the morning,” she said. “We worked out four times a day. I did have to wrestle guys that were about 100 pounds outside of my weight class.”

Her wrestling career was short-lived, though, after she sustained another concussion, albeit minor.

When Saltzmann-Barrera first brought up the football idea to her mother, Kim Saltzmann, it was right after the soccer season. While her mother wasn’t opposed to the idea, she wanted SaltzmannBarrera to focus on getting back to full health and catching up with schoolwork.

After the second injury, “I was definitely like, ‘no, this isn’t going to happen,’” Saltzmann said.

Meanwhile, SaltzmannBarrera had already agreed to play, and before her first game, her mother called the girls’ soccer coach to get an opinion on her daughter playing football.

“He told me that as far as he knew she was only going to be doing the extra points, which meant no contact,” Saltzmann said.

While she has stuck to point after touchdown attempts, she still practices kickoffs and field goals during practice.

Saltzmann-Barrera said that overall, the team and the community have been supportive of her, but she has heard negative comments from opposing players. It’s usually after the game when the teams are shaking hands and the opposing players become aware that she’s a girl since she wears her hair up under her helmet and they see her face for the first time.

Despite the negativity from opposing teams, she goes unfazed and does not let it

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“If it’s taught me anything it’s that you really cannot care about what other people think about you,” she said. “You just need to do what you’re good at and when you’re good at something and you have a craft and you work hard that’s all that matters, and people will recognize that.”

really taught me about being tough, being able to adjust to

situations and handle things that are in your way, and Division I basketball is just that,” he said.

Through all 30 of the grueling, three-hour sweat-filled sessions, Janacek said Wall’s prior guidance taught him to be ready for anything at the next level and aided his ability to quickly adapt to the advanced level of competition— both intra-squad and the rest of the country.

“You don’t know what to expect, and coaches try to get you ready so you can be ready to play—that’s what he recruited you for,” he said.“Offensively I felt I was ready to go, and the biggest adjustments have been on the defensive end. They’ve gotten on me about that, and I think I’ve done pretty well figuring out how to handle my

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As the culmination of those grueling practice sessions looms against one of the nation’s best this Friday, Janacek said he and his teammates remain full of nothing but optimism for the 2016-2017 season, and relish the opportunity to cut their teeth and see where they stand.

“We’re very young, and for the first game to be against the defending national champion, we’re going to get to see where we have to be in the next few years if we want to make a run in the NCAA tournament and do some crazy stuff Patriot League teams normally don’t do,” he said. “It’s gonna be pretty cool—it’s gonna be a tough game, but we get to see where we have to be, so it’s exciting.”

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