CENSURE
Dillon Richardson had his day. His two city council members that HE SAYS he represents got whacked.
Council members Hillard and Williams got Censured. They have only been on the council of Beaumont, Texas, for less than six months. And they jumped out of their roles as city council members and tried to run the city. The black community said hell no. White is not gonna go.
The entire thing was developed by Dillon Richardson, the self-promoted political operative whom both Hillard and Williams listen to. A 24-year-old kid who has ZERO idea what politics is about.
It was fun to watch Councilmember Crenshaw use the Santa Claus theory to slow everyone down and try to have a cooling-off period. That threw the meeting into chaos. And it pissed off just about everyone in the room one way or another.
In the end, both got whacked, and everyone moves on. It was a huge loss to the Fire Union, and it was a huge loss to both men (we would flashback to both men using the censure against Mike Getz).
And now the mess we call Beaumont moves on. Another GREAT DAY IN BEAUMONTS’ HISTORY!
The Dillion Richardson Show
Many people in the political world are shaking their heads, yet again today, regarding the two blind mice (Williams and Hillard) who face censure today in the Beaumont City Council meeting.
Now let’s flashback for a moment. Please close your eyes and remember Mike Getz and how he got censured for raising his voice, behind closed doors, to an assistant city manager regarding whatever the problem was that week. Well, the council censured him in an open meeting for “raising his voice.” There was no violation of the rules or charter.
Welcome back.
Now, Williams and Hillard have a political strategist named Dillion Richardson. He is a 24-year-old WANNABE, and these two blind mice are listening to him. Richardson shows up at meetings, and he shows up saying he represents Williams, Hillard, and Crenshaw. We do not believe for a minute that he represents Crenshaw, but it is interesting to watch how he interacts with Crenshaw. And get this, Richardson was KICKED OUT of the city of Beaumont employees’ party this year, as he IS NOT A CITY EMPLOYEE.
And Richardson is leaning into meetings and hobnobbing with the people who are in charge, and they are actually talking to him. Do you remember this secret meeting in mid-county when Richardson is alleged to have been funneling money to Robin Mouton from Thomas Flanagan:
We always wondered who paid that bill?
Anyway, two grand juries are now looking at this bunch. Payola is a hard pill to swallow. Right?
So now, for some reason, the two blind mice find themselves in a pickle. A real pickle of being censured for doing things outside of the city charter. And get this – both mice are telling anyone who will listen that Dillon Richardson is responsible for “advising them” top make that stupid political move. And it is really stupid. In fact, we are told this morning that they have the votes for the censure today, and it will happen.
True? Who knows. And frankly, who cares? Port Arthur, Oops, sorry, Beaumont has now dragged itself almost to the bottom. The school district has failed, and nothing from any of the leadership on the Council or the Commissioners’ court. NOTHING AND NOT A WORD!
Of the five active school districts, 50% of the school districts are failing. Why? Leadership and groups like the teachers’ associations are running the show. And a complete failure of the black community to put up good candidates that DO NOT HAVE CONTROL ISSUES. And council members listen to a loser like Richardson, who has never gotten a degree in PS, or anything other, and will not make any efforts to better himself. Shall we go back to the Kelly High School situation about 8 years ago?
Until these council members drop him from their friends list and stop listening to him, this guy is helping Beaumont die. Many in the political community have tried to push him into education, but he refuses, thinking he is some kind of Charlie Kirk without the hot wife.
Today will be an interesting day. Anything can happen because many of the people in the room today forget Mike Getz and what they did to him. Well, they will either be like they were to Getz, or they will pull their own Bullshit. We will see. Watch the black community and watch how they act.
Oh, and we want to take our hats off to the councilperson LaDonna Sherwood. She stuck to her guns, and it put the council on notice. If you treat one person (whether black, white, Mexican, asian or whatever) one way, you are going to treat everyone the same way.
Hillard and Williams should just accept their punishment. Admit they are freshman to a high-stakes poker game of race in Beaumont, Texas, and move on. The city is crashing and cannot be rebuilt. But no, these guys act like 1st graders playing a D1 college football game of politics.
For us? It is too much fun to watch.
Media Powerhouse In Beaumont!
We met this lady, and we mean lady, a long while back. She was married to a man who was a good friend of the Review and actually was a source from time to time. He called us and told us he was dating this lady he met in Beaumont and that she might just be “the one.”
And she was.
Her name is Vanessa Broussard. You might know her name from local media such as Fox 4 and KBMT 12 in Beaumont. She, along with Brian Glenn, came into or through the Southeast Texas area and have now gone national.
But that is not the story.
Broussard lost her husband, Tom, to brain cancer. It was tough, it tore her apart, and there are many other things, but she one day woke up out of bed and got back into the game. However, not locally. She decided to go national, which many people in the media never get that chance. She had a baby and decided she was going to figure out a way to raise her child, as a single mother, and be in the national spotlight.
Well, friends, she did it. And she did it in style and grace, which, if some of you have not met her, shows what she is made of. Style and grace.
This past week, we got an invite to come to her hidden studios in the middle of the St. Elizabeth’s campus on 11th street. And man, was it a treat.
Walking into the building, you would think you were going to a Doctor’s appointment. On the fourth floor of the Wellness Center, you walk into the lobby and grab the elevator to the 5th floor. You then go down into a hall, and go to the suite # they gave us, which is all unmarked. Thinking that there were going to be a couple of cameras and lights, we were shocked to see not one, but three stages and three studios with modern cameras and new wave technology for an online radio station, a full set, a control area with a FULL AND MODERN OPERATIONS AREA, and it is owned and operated by none other than Dana Meloncon! A long-time friend of the Review and a long-time weatherman who won his lawsuit against KFDM.
Now we don’t get impressed easily, but we were that day. Meloncon has it going on, and we are not kidding.
So, out of a door comes the ever-wonderful and gracious Vanessa Broussard! And folks, she looks great on the air, but off the air, she looks just as great! She is busy, but she gives us around 2 minutes to visit, and we take a tour of the studio. Here is her set, and here are shots of the studio:
Vanessa hosts a show on Lindell TV, every Monday through Friday at 3 p.m., called “Vanessa Broussard’s Spin Room,” where she features guests from all over the United States and beyond. Her show covers the Whitehouse, Congress, Trump Events, and everything in between. And she has sat on the side of history, many of those in the media only dream of doing. And she broadcasts from the Studio in Southeast, Texas, so that she can be with her son and be a mommy.
Yes, she does travel. Like…to the Whitehouse and beyond. She was at Butler Penn about 100 yards away when President Trump was shot in the head. “It changed my life, and I am still a little shell-shocked from it,” she told us. However, she is a very close friend of Brian Glenn, whom she sees when the president travels, as Glenn is a part of the Whitehouse “gaggle.” She tells us that he has helped her out and gives her the inside on what is going on at the Whitehouse! And of course, Palm Beach.
Here are a few shots of her at the big house:
Next week, she will be broadcasting live from Turning Point in Arizona, as she is now a News anchor of Lindell TV, which is the platform for her show. It will be broadcast live on Lindall TV online. Here is the site: https://lindelltv.com/
And get this, you high school classes that are assigned to read the Review in your government classes, she is on the ROKU broadcast platform. We urge all of you to watch!
Now for our take.
This lady has been through it. And there is a backstory, but we choose not to talk about it, as it is the past. But we will say that she, in her profession of Hard News, has made it. She witnessed an attempted assassination, she has a who’s who in DC on her shows, and she has interviewed big names from all over the world. Right here from Southeast Texas. All the while keeping what is important to her, being God, Family, and Everything other in her mind, while as a single mom, she is raising a wonderful young man.
We have a bunch of stories on this website pointing out the numbnuts that pretend they are something. This lady is the real deal, and do not be surprised when she hits one of the big five. But why? She has the entire media world in her hands, she is making good money, and most of all, she reports on stories that only others could dream of reporting.
Friends, she is homegrown, she is doing it on her own, and she is on the national stage. She will go down in Southeast Texas history as someone “that made it.” As she said, “I have a bucket list, and I am checking it off one at a time. I am not done.”
Now that says something, Southeast, Texas. Remember those words.
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