BISD No – Now Get Out
The rumor – a lawsuit will be filed on behalf of the Beaumont Independent School District. The truth? BISD will be turned over to the state within 30 days, and the administration will be fired. All of them we are told.
How bad is it? We don’t know, but we are told it is bad. Money issues and administrative favoritism are just two of the major management issues they are examining. Additionally, there are concerns about the teachers and their slow-quit movement, which involves not following state guidelines or, in some cases, not teaching at all.
We are also told, like we have been trying to tell everyone that will listen to us, the state is now saying this is the second chance for the district, and the next move will be to disband the district altogether and have it absorbed into local districts.
And they will do it.
What does that mean? Beaumont ISD would no longer exist as it is dysfunctional and cannot operate under the current make up of the community.
“No, we believe that this is our last chance to have a school district operated by the people that live within its boundaries. We believe that we can do it with the right people. The question is, where are the right people?” said one board member to the Review.
So here we go. The second time, the BISD has failed. This time, they are going to mean business, and this could become the final chance for the School District that could not even stay alive for five years.
Ginny Got Fired
Shots fired! And Ginny got politically hit as KBMT-TV (Channel 12 for those of you in South Newton County) was terminated from her job as news director. And we are kind of shocked, as she has been in the position for around 5 years.
Now, many in the news sector tell us today that she was a flaming liberal and made management decisions based upon skin color and liberal stances before talent and knowledge on how to tell a story in 2.4 minutes.
And it showed. Many of the real talents took a walk, and left a bunch of young kids who read off their phones while trying to tell what the hell is going on. And their morning sector has gone to hell in a handbasket.
Now we do not believe all of it. Why?
Well, we have met her. She is very personable, but like many say, she has goals. And those goals were to try and keep up with the GEN Z and X gang by telling stories that were not really hard news, yet soft news.
They lost viewers, but so has the entire market. It is time for many to remember that people watch the news for NEWS. Not for fluffy puppies!
So with that, the News Director’s Position is open, and everyone at KBMT better start getting their resume together. Life will now move on at KBMT.
Goodbye Roger
Just every once in and while, we would get a call from a deep, strange voice saying, “Klein, you were out of line on that one.” And it would be Roger Cowles, the former editor of the Port Arthur News. Who many did not like, but we kind of did.
What did we like about him, other than that he agreed with us about 80% of the time? He was a historian. He watched Port Arthur like a hawk, and as it was dying, he not only documented it, but he was very emotional about it. As we broke bread numerous times with him, he would always say it was not the message that he was upset about; it was the delivery. And he helped us edit sometimes. Especially in the fights with the Fire Department Union, and of course, the city hall fiascos that just keep coming, even today.
Roger wasn’t a “DORK” as my kids would say. He was very straightforward and serious. And he knew the facts of what was needed, and not needed for Port Arthur to survive.
Our last visit with him was about 4 years ago or more. He said he just wanted to call to congratulate us on making it as long as we had. He said that he researched it, and we were the longest open blog in East Texas! And then he said we were the future of Media.
He was right.
So goodbye to our friend Roger Cowles, who died at the age of 70. Adios Amego!
West Does Good!
What was the rebel yell today?
It seems Mayor Roy West woke up! And darn it, we are proud of him, and we are not kidding, friends.
City of Beaumont Roy West made the announcement this afternoon that he was forming a faith-based council on Violence inside the city of Beaumont. He will be asking pastors from all over Beaumont to join together and pass the word that enough is enough. The council will be made up of a little slice of leadership in the Christian, Jewish, and non-dom churches all around Beaumont.
Now, finally, we have some movement to bring children and their families back into the church, the Ten Commandments, and maybe even respecting a cop or two? But most of all to show the children of the community that there is another way to be cool!
Ya, we know, some of you are saying it cannot happen. But we disagree. We think it can happen. Yes, parents still let their kids do whatever they want. Mommies and Daddies are still screwing around, having babies out of wedlock, and the Gen Z and X’ers are getting knocked up at a higher rate now outside of marriage. But bringing them back to church seems to be working around the United States. And again, we like it.
Now, is this going to solve it? No. But it will put a dent in it. However, here is our wish list that we think the rates of murder, shootings, stabbings, and violence would be cut in half in just months. Ready?
- More Cops On The Street – it works.
- More pressure on the district attorneys in our area – MORE TIME IN JAIL.
- Pastors riding with the cops – let them see what these children face.
- Mandatory time with the pastors in the community leading.
- BISD and all ISDs are putting up the Ten Commandments and learning what they mean. Sin is Sin.
- Full support of the Mayor in this project.
Now let’s see what the mayor does. This might just be a good start – or a failed government objective program!
We will see…
The Race To Watch Come Spring!
Welcome back, everyone! It is time to shine and get back to work. And that means our teams, too. And friends, we are going to lay it out for you as Early Voting starts February 17! Not far away.
So we will start the week with the races to watch. And there are a few that we will mention today.
First, there is the Pct. 4 slugfest that has already started as the wounded Judge Chesson is bleeding out his political blood, but as arrogance goes, he is ready to rock. He is being challenged by Mo Molfino!
Now here are the issues:
- Chesson is under investigation by the Judicial Commission. He had a young girl make a sexual assault cry out, and instead of calling out Sheriff Stephens to have her team come help her? Well, he berated her in his office and allegedly told her she was lying and to stop it, or he would have charges filed against her. Ya, we know, he is a judge, but he doesn’t get that. He still carries a badge and gun around as he directs traffic around the schools. Anyway, the girl made another outcry, and the JCSO took the case, and true enough, her grandfather was playing fiddle faddle with her since she was in single digits in age. And then the Jefferson County District Attorney’s office refused to call in the White Hats (Texas Rangers) as they thought it would hurt their case. Grandpa admitted to investigators, and the deal-making was on. He is still sitting on the bench.
- He is not at his court. He owns another company that specializes in flooring. Too bad for him, as his JP duties somewhat hindered that business. So he screws the taxpayers and marches out of his office, leaving his staff to deal with things.
- This one is what has our interests. As we told all of you a year ago, Chesson’s wifey took to Facebook. She told the story of the Judge messing around with a lady who came to get advice from him in a case. Ya, a double nono. They separated, and during the hearings, it was discovered that the judge was WAY behind in his child support payments. Ugh, we all said. Seemingly, the State of Texas got a little whipped up, but the local district attorney’s office let it slide in Jefferson County. And in the name of God, why do we have no idea? But this is Jefferson County, Texas. Judges over pedos is our guess.
- There are no cases in his court for Truants. Those are kids who skip school and get cited. Well, it seems that these cases have been at least ignored. In fact, Pct. 4 has the lowest rate of cases tried and worked in all of the JP courts. Meaning? Business is not getting done.
So, here is what we are saying. This is going to be a mess. And Chesson is going to have to answer to all of it. In one way or another.
This is the first race we are examining; others to come, but it will be the wildest race that we POLS, will watch. And we will bring you a prediction as we get closer to March. We have to see what the Mafia is going to do out west. But we are smelling a change in the air.
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