Earlier this week Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the arrest of Rachel Rodriguez for election fraud, illegal voting, unlawfully assisting people voting by mail, and unlawfully possessing an official ballot. Seeing what went down over in San Antonio, Texas on January 13, 2021, makes it hard for me to believe that Mayor Sylvester Turner and Council Member Tarsha Jackson actually believe that turning a blind-eye on Councilwoman Tarsha Jackson situation is going to work out in their favor. I mean, after all, we're not talking about recently sworn-in Councilwoman Tarsha Jackson violating a City of Houston Ordinance -- she's violated a different kind of law. Councilwoman Tarsha Jackson, as it stands right now today has violated Section. 43.130 of the Texas Local Government Code which says, “A resident of an area annexed for limited purposes is not eligible to be a candidate for or to be elected to a municipal office.” And as a matter of fact, whether or not Councilwoman Tarsha Jackson is "ELIGIBLE" to serve as the Houston City Council District B councilperson is no longer even a question -- SHE'S NOT!!! So, not only is she "NOT ELIGIBLE" to even serve as the Houston City Council District B councilperson -- every day that she remains in the position of District B Council Member is another day that she has knowingly violated Section 43.130 of the Texas Local Government Code. But not only her, Mayor Sylvester Turner and all of the sitting Council Members are now fully aware that Tarsha Jackson isn't eligible to serve as the Houston City Council District B councilperson. That being said, by remaining in office, Councilwoman Tarsha Jackson may eventually cause state authorities (i.e. secretary of state Ruth Ruggero Hughs or Attorney General Ken Paxton) to take a closer look -- not only at the criminal act that she's currently involved in; but also how she won the District B runoff back on Saturday, December 12, 2020, against Cynthia Bailey with her unbelievable "ABSENTEE BALLOT" showing alone. So, in essence, what's going down right now in Houston, Texas could open up a "PANDORA'S BOX" of sorts that could eventually ensnare a whole bunch of other folks. After all, Councilwoman Tarsha Jackson could not pull this off by herself. She received, and is continuing to receive a lot of help in this criminal act. So for those who are unfamiliar with what I'm talking about, as it relates to Councilwoman Tarsha Jackson and the highly-questionable District B runoff results from back on Saturday, December 12, 2020 -- please listen up -- IT MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE, that Tarsha Jackson should have been able to receive more "ABSENTEE BALLOT" votes than her opponent, Cynthia Bailey received in her overall vote total. In case you don't remember, Tarsha Jackson received, 3,019 absentee ballot votes, while Cynthia Bailey only received 2,126 total votes. And in case you don't know, the "ABSENTEE BALLOTS" recorded in the Saturday, December 12, 2020, runoff race will provide the Attorney General's Office with a roadmap, or should I say, paper-trail to follow once they set their sights on Councilwoman Tarsha Jackson's little issue regarding her "INELIGIBILITY" to hold the Houston City Council District B based on Section. 43.130 of the Texas Local Government Code which says, “A resident of an area annexed for limited purposes is not eligible to be a candidate for or to be elected to a municipal office.” So, in essence, it's only a matter of time before Councilwoman Tarsha Jackson, and the rest of her co-conspirators in the crime will be brought to justice just like Rachel Rodriguez was arrested over in San Antonio, Texas earlier this week.
AG Paxton: San Antonio Election Fraudster Arrested for Widespread Vote Harvesting and Fraud
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced the arrest of Rachel Rodriguez for election fraud, illegal voting, unlawfully assisting people voting by mail, and unlawfully possessing an official ballot. Each charge constitutes a felony under the Texas Election Code. Rodriguez was exposed in a Project Veritas video last fall while she engaged in vote harvesting leading up to the 2020 election. The Election Fraud Division of the Office of the Attorney General reviewed dozens of hours of unedited, raw footage, which led to this arrest. In an uncharacteristic moment of honesty, Rodriguez acknowledged on video that what she was doing is illegal and that she could go to jail for it. If convicted, Rodriguez could face up to 20 years in prison.
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“Many continue to claim that there’s no such thing as election fraud. We’ve always known that such a claim is false and misleading, and today we have additional hard evidence. This is a victory for election integrity and a strong signal that anyone who attempts to defraud the people of Texas, deprive them of their vote, or undermine the integrity of elections will be brought to justice,” said Attorney General Paxton. “The shocking and blatantly illegal action documented by Project Veritas demonstrates a form of election fraud my office continually investigates and prosecutes. I am fiercely committed to ensuring the voting process is secure and fair throughout the state, and my office is prepared to assist any Texas county in combating this insidious, un-American form of fraud.”
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This investigation is ongoing. Individuals involved in or with knowledge of this organized vote harvesting scheme are encouraged to come forward and cooperate with the Office of the Attorney General.
"Councilwoman Tarsha Jackson's relationship with Mayor Sylvester Turner does not give her the right to violate the law. As it stands right now, Mayor Sylvester Turner has sworn-in a councilperson who is ineligible to hold the seat for which she's currently serving. Based on Section. 43.130 of the Texas Local Government Code which says, “A resident of an area annexed for limited purposes is not eligible to be a candidate for or to be elected to a municipal office” Councilwoman Tarsha Jackson was never eligible to run for the Houston City Council District B in the first place. And with that said, her questionable "ABSENTEE BALLOT" total is going to eventually be looked into as well. Get this, the 3,019, "ABSENTEE BALLOTS" she received with the help of (TOP) Texas Organizing Project is totally out of line with the number of "ABSENTEE BALLOTS" received by past Houston City Council District B candidates."
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2019
A total of 1,809 mail-ballots were returned back on Tuesday, November 5, 2019, in the general election race for Houston City Council District B, with (14) fourteen candidates on the ballot. Tarsha Jackson received 499 mail-in ballots, and Cynthia K. Bailey received 203 mail-in ballots. Authorities must look into the matter of how Tarsha Jackson was able to go from receiving 499 "ABSENTEE BALLOTS" back on Tuesday, November 5, 2019, to receiving 3,019 "ABSENTEE BALLOTS" in her Saturday, December 12, 2020, runoff election showdown against Cynthia Bailey. And they should start with her connection to (TOP) Texas Organizing Project and the field work they did to assist Councilwoman Tarsha Jackson win her runoff race.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2015
A total of 3,037 mail-ballots were returned back on Tuesday, November 3, 2015, in the general election race for Houston City Council District B, with (5) five candidates on the ballot. In case you don't remember, Councilman Jerry Davis received a whopping 2,347 of the 3,037 mail-in ballots. The funny thing about this race was that the second-place finisher, Ben White Jr., only received 332 mail-in ballots.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2013
A total of 1,749 mail-ballots were returned back on Tuesday, November 5, 2013, in the general election race for Houston City Council District B, with (4) four candidates on the ballot. In case you don't remember, Councilman Jerry Davis received a whopping 1,381 of the 1,749 mail-in ballots. It's funny how in this race the second-place finisher, Kathy Blueford-Daniels, only received 251 mail-in ballots.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2011
A total of 1,174 mail-ballots were returned back on Tuesday, November 8, 2011, in the general election race for Houston City Council District B, with (8) eight candidates on the ballot. In case you don't remember, Jerry Davis received 466 mail-in ballots, and Alvin Byrd received 367 mail-in ballots.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2011
The last runoff election to decide a District B City Council race was held way back on Saturday, December 10, 2011, when Jerry Davis received 554 mail-in ballots, and Alvin Byrd received 657 mail-in ballots. However, in the end, Alvin Byrd ended up losing the runoff election by a razor-thin margin of 97 votes. In case you don't remember, Jerry Davis received 3,136 overall votes, and Alvin Byrd received a total of 3,039 overall votes.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009
A total of 942 mail-ballots were returned back on Tuesday, November 3, 2009, in the general election race for Houston City Council District B, with (2) two candidates on the ballot. In case you don't remember, Councilman Jarvis Johnson received 726 of the 942 mail-in ballots. The second-place finisher, Roger F. Bowden, only received 216 mail-in ballots.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2007
A total of 732 mail-ballots were returned back on Tuesday, November 6, 2007, in the general election race for Houston City Council District B, with (2) two candidates on the ballot. In case you don't remember, Councilman Jarvis Johnson received 550 of the 732 mail-in ballots. The second-place finisher, Kenneth Perkins, only received 182 mail-in ballots.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2005
A total of 719 mail-ballots were returned back on Tuesday, November 8, 2005, in the general election race for Houston City Council District B, with (8) eight candidates on the ballot. In case you don't remember, Jarvis Johnson received 287 mail-in ballots, and Felicia Galloway-Hall, the daughter of Carol Mims Galloway received 236 mail-in ballots. Neither of the candidates received a majority of the overall vote, so a runoff was needed to decide the winner. And in case you don't remember, Jarvis Johnson ended up defeating Felicia Galloway-Hall by a pretty substantial margin back on Saturday, December 10, 2005, in the District B runoff election.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2005
Back on Saturday, December 10, 2005, a runoff election was held in District B featuring Jarvis Johnson and Felicia Galloway-Hall. Jarvis Johnson received 529 mail-in ballots and Felicia Galloway-Hall received 344 mail-in ballots. After the in-person votes were counted, Jarvis Johnson received 3,264 overall votes, and Felicia Galloway-Hall received 2,146 in her losing bid.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2003
A total of 1,792 mail-ballots were returned back on Tuesday, November 4, 2003, in the general election race for Houston City Council District B, with (3) three candidates on the ballot. Carol Mims Galloway received a whopping 1,551 mail-in ballots, and the second-place finisher Lenard Polk only received 167 mail-in ballots.
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The new City of Houston Attorney Arturo G. Michel (above far left) was appointed by Mayor Sylvester Turner (second from left) back in December of 2020. In case you don’t know, the City of Houston Attorney is the person who should now be strongly compelled by Houston City Council District B voters and former candidates to look into how an “INELIGIBLE PERSON” based on Sec. 43.130 of the Texas Local Government Code which says, “A resident of an area annexed for limited purposes is not eligible to be a candidate for or to be elected to a municipal office,” was sworn-in to serve as a councilmember when she was in fact ineligible to run for the District B Council seat from the get-go! Residents and former candidates who ran for Houston City Council District B should call (832)393-6491 to reach the City of Houston’s Legal Department. If that does not work, the next best thing to do is for us to call on Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg’s Office (above far right) to do something about this matter. Why? Well, if you remember, a few weeks ago, D.A. Kim Ogg said, “Our democracy depends on keeping our elected officials safe from coercion and our elections free from illegal manipulation,” back on December 11, 2020, when she announced the indictments of “WHISTLEBLOWER” Damien Thaddeus Jones, Natasha Demming, and Richard Bonton. That being said, our fair-minded, non-biased District Attorney also stated that those three indicted individuals crossed the line from dirty politics to criminal activity and that they should pay the price. With that being said, if City Attorney Arturo G. Michel does not address the fact that the City of Houston has sworn-in and seated an “INELIGIBLE” Council Member in the situation regarding Councilwoman Tarsha Jackson – I am hopeful that D.A. Kim Ogg will hold true to her words and make sure that all of the person(s) responsible for this clear and undeniable violation of the Texas Local Government Code is held to account on the matter of Councilwoman Tarsha Jackson and her residency issue. So, Mayor Sylvester Turner and the other Houston City Council Members should not be allowed to simply look the other way – or say that there’s nothing to see here – because that’s a bold-faced lie.
Ignorance of the Law is Not an Acceptable Excuse In the Case of Councilwoman Tarsha Jackson and Her Residency Issue
AUBREY R. TAYLOR REPORTS©
The issue of whether Councilwoman Tarsha Jackson is eligible to serve as the Houston City Council District B Council Member is really an open and closed matter – she’s not eligible!!! And to prove this, I have provided a copy of Councilwoman Tarsha Jackson’s voter registration card below. Do you see the words “HOUSTON LPA” that I highlighted with a red circle in the lower right-hand corner of the screenshot I’ve below? Well, the words “HOUSTON LPA” stands for “Limited-Purpose Annexation” and because Councilwoman Tarsha Jackson’s home address listed on her application (922 Sawgrass Ridge Lane) is located inside of an area designated as a – “Limited-Purpose Annexation” she was never eligible to even run for the Houston City Council District B seat in the first place.
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Councilwoman Tarsha Jackson Was Never Eligible to Even Run for the District B Council Seat in the First Place
AUBREY R. TAYLOR REPORTS©
Let’s get this straight, all any person or person(s) living at the (922 Sawgrass Ridge Lane) is allowed to do under state law is vote for their District B Council Member – they are not allowed to run as a District B Council Member themselves. So, I am going to say this one more time, newly elected Councilwoman Tarsha Jackson, by state law was never eligible to run for the Houston City Council District B seat. Look, Sec. 43.130 of the Texas Local Government Code says, “A resident of an area annexed for limited purposes is not eligible to be a candidate for or to be elected to a municipal office.” So, as it stands right now, the City of Houston, has sworn-in and a seated a councilwoman who is ineligible by law, Sec. 43.130 of the Texas Local Government Code, to serve in the position.
HOW ANNEXATION WORKS
From what I understand, from reading published reports, “Since 1995, a new kind of land designation has been cropping up all along Houston's outskirts: the LPA, or limited-purpose annexation. It's a way for the city to collect sales tax in small, usually commercial, portions of unincorporated areas without formally annexing them or providing them with city services.”
VOTER FRAUD IN DISTRICT B
In case you don’t know, “VOTER FRAUD” can happen in an election when votes are depressed. And in the case of the District B fiasco involving Councilwoman Tarsha Jackson’s residency -- by having an ineligible candidate on the ballot back on Tuesday, November 5, 2019, the votes received by all of the other candidates in the District B race got depressed in my opinion. How? Well, all of the other candidates in the District B race back on Tuesday, November 5, 2019, had their votes depressed because many of the 3,322 votes she (Tarsha Jackson) received could have conceivably been garnered by another candidate who was present on the ballot “LEGALLY” at the time. Thus, by having a “FRAUDULENT CANDIDATE” on the ballot, the results of the Houston City Council District B race were skewed in a sense. In other words, Tarsha Jackson being allowed to “ILLEGALLY” run for the Houston City Council District B race was a form of voter fraud. And like D.A. Kim Ogg has stated, someone needs to pay a price!
VOTER SUPPRESSION OCCURRED
The people living inside the boundaries of Houston City Council District B deserve much better than what they are getting right now. These people have suffered enough. The people who voted for “LEGITIMATE CANDIDATES” in the Houston City Council District B race back on Tuesday, November 5, 2019, had their votes suppressed in my opinion. How were their votes suppressed? Well, by having a “FRAUDULENT CANDIDATE” on the ballot who garnered 3,322 votes or 20.85% of the vote – the people casting their votes for other candidates had the power of their vote minimized. Meaning, if the “INELIGIBLE CANDIDATE” had not been on the ballot, the overall potential vote numbers and percentages of every other candidate present on the ballot could have conceivably held a much greater value – thus producing a totally different outcome in the District B race back on Tuesday, November 5, 2020 – so Tarsha Jackson’s “ILLEGAL PRESENSE” on the ballot screwed up the entire District B race from the get-go in my opinion!
DISTRICT B CANDIDATES GOT ROBBED
I am not going to mince words here -- every candidate not named “TARSHA JACKSON” got robbed back on Tuesday, November 5, 2019, in the Houston City Council District B race. How? Well, by having an “INELIGIBLE CANDIDATE” on the ballot, the potential for “LEGAL CANDIDATES” to win over voters who unwittingly cast their votes for Tarsha Jackson, who was “NOT ELIGIBLE” to run for the Houston City Council District B seat got hampered. So, in essence, Alice Kirkmon, Ben White, Jr., Karen “KKC Kossie-Chernyshev, Robin J. Anderson, Broderick F. Butler, Alvin D. Byrd, Cynthia Bailey, Prince E.W. Bryant II, Karisma D. Gillam, Kenneth Perkins, Renee Jefferson Smith, Huey German-Wilson, and Alyson Quintana should all be pretty pissed off right about now. Why? Well, because they all got robbed of their legitimate shot to serve as the Houston City Council District B Council Member, because of the presence of a “FRAUDULENT CANDIDATE” garnering votes that could have conceivably been cast for one of them. And for all of you who don’t know, the word fraudulent simply means that something is obtained, or done involving deception, especially criminal deception. How did deception occur? Well, I am pretty sure that the voters who cast their vote for Tarsha Jackson back on Tuesday, November 5, 2019, were not aware that they were casting their vote for a candidate who was “NOT ELIGIBLE” to “LEGALLY” hold a municipal office in District B – based on Sec. 43.130 of the Texas Local Government Code.
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Arturo G. Michel the newly appointed City Attorney for Houston, Texas is the person who can fix this mess. So, what can residents and former candidates do about this District B mess? Well, you can start by calling the City Attorney’s Office and ask him to look into this matter. The City of Houston’s Legal Department is located at 900 Bagby Street in Houston, Texas 77002. You can reach the legal department by phone by calling (832)393-6491 today!
City Attorney Arturo G. Michel (above second from left) is pictured with Council Member Robert Gallegos (above far left), Mayor Sylvester Turner (above second from right), and outgoing City of Houston Attorney Ronald Lewis.
Arturo G. Michel Was Appointed by Mayor Sylvester Turner Back in December of 2020
PRESS RELEASE
December 3, 2020 -- Mayor Sylvester Turner has selected a familiar name and a well-respected attorney to join the administration as the City’s chief legal counsel and advisor.
The mayor announced Thursday that Arturo G. Michel is returning to government as City Attorney for the City of Houston. Michel previously served as City Attorney from 2004 – 2010. He is currently a partner at Husch Blackwell LLP.
Before and after his public service, Arturo enjoyed a long and distinguished career in private practice, focusing on public governance, litigation, labor, elections, K-12 and higher education, contracts, and procurement. From 1986 to the present, except for his service as City Attorney, Arturo has represented school districts and other educational entities such as charter schools, private schools, state regional educational service centers, community colleges, and other colleges and universities.
“Arturo has an extensive amount of experience in the public and private sectors. He is a leader in training for public governing bodies in ethics, open government, and contracting and procurement. He is an outstanding lawyer who will be an asset to my administration and will work in the best interest of all Houstonians,” said Mayor Turner.
Michel is a Northwestern University graduate and earned his Juris Doctorate at the University of Michigan. Michel's professional affiliations include membership in the Texas Municipal League, State Bar of Texas School Law Section, and theTexas Council of School Attorneys. He served as president of both the Texas Association of Community College Attorneys (TACCA) and the Hispanic Bar Association of Houston and is a past recipient of the Mexican-American Legal Defense and Educational Fund of Attorney of the Year award.
"I am honored to have the confidence of Mayor Turner.," said Michel. "I am excited to become the City Attorney at this crucial period for our city and our country as a whole. This will be both a challenging and rewarding opportunity to serve the Houston community."
Michel will replace Ronald C. Lewis, who Mayor Turner appointed city attorney shortly after taking office in 2016. Lewis has resigned after accepting a new opportunity. He will remain with the City through the end of December.
THE BRAINS
I’m the President/CEO of Aubrey R. Taylor Communications, the publisher of Houston Business Connections Newspaper©. In case you don’t know, I have 30-years of experience in marketing, branding, investigative reporting, public relations, opposition research, and political consulting. I’ve assisted in branding Republican and Democratic candidates in statewide elections and local municipalities throughout the State of Texas. Over the years, I’ve also assisted in branding and marketing (through my various publications) such corporations and institutions as Shell Oil, The City of Houston, Texas A&M University, Texas Southern University, Prairie View A&M University, Chevron, Waste Management, Nationwide Insurance, Momentum Jaguar/BMW, Channel 11, Channel 13, State Farm Insurance, and Allstate Insurance to name a few.
EXPERIENCED REPORTER
I would have you to know that not everyone who has been accused of a crime or enters a guilty plea in connection with a crime is guilty of the crime they're accused of committing. Neither is everyone who goes to trial to fight charges that are leveled against them and get's convicted are guilty. Look, over the years, some very bad things have happened to people of color in our criminal justice system. So to this end, please understand, that during my career, I’ve gone into the Harris County Jail and Texas prisons on numerous occasions (on secret assignments) working in conjunction with the owner of one of the largest locally owned private security, and investigations firms. The man who was funding my investigations back then (who mysteriously died) also was the godfather of one of my sons, and the backer of one of my publications. That being said, I can straight-faced assure you that I’ve seen some of the injustices that are occurring in the Texas penal system up close and personal. While on the inside, I interviewed (face-to-face) some of the hardest criminals you can imagine for my research. I also discovered first-hand that many of the people who should be locked up are walking around free, and not all of those who are locked behind bars are guilty of the crimes that they, in some cases pleaded guilty to – for whatever reason. So, let me assure you that I know a criminal when I see one. And we have a handful of local elected officials who are straight-criminals and must be stopped!!!
PEOPLE OVER POLITICS
Based on my direct observations over the years, I can attest to the fact that our current criminal justice system is more about “HAVE’S AND HAVE NOT’S” to a greater degree than most people realize. That being said, sure, in some cases, the skin color of the person being accused of a crime plays a role in who gets indicted and eventually convicted of crimes and those who go free. However, at the end of the day, from observing the system from the inside, and out; having money, good legal representation and access to influential people are unfortunately key determining factors when it comes to who will spend the rest of their life walking around with an “X” on their back and who doesn’t. So, to this end, we must endeavor to change our criminal justice system and political landscape by “TAKING POLITICS OUT” of the way our judges are selected in the Lone Star State – that’s very important to me! Have you ever taken a moment to look at all of the people who have been wrongfully convicted of crimes?
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