Klein Says Goodbye To The Jefferson County GOP!
To my fellow Republicans:
It is with a heavy heart that I say these words today. And frankly, I am still dismayed at how this election was held at the local, state, and national levels. In fact, the arrogance that the GOP is showing right now is nothing more than Democrat Lite.
My history with the GOP goes as far back to 1983, when I first made my home in the Southeast, Texas area. When I moved here, the county (Jefferson) was solid Democrat. In fact, there was little political activity. And I mean little. If you got voted into office, you were in for life. Or you moved up to a higher office. The turnover was very low.
Then the Liberal Democrats made their move against guns. Some guy named Steve Stockman, a republican, ran against Jack Brooks. Everyone thought he was crazy, and it was 1994, and I had been back in Southeast Texas for around 2 years. I had taken time to work on two national races. To which we lost. And I got a taste of what Democrats would do to win elections. So, in a meeting, I simply said to the Stockman handlers these words: “If you want to win, you have to turn the tables on the Democrats and do the same thing they do to the GOP. Fight dirty.
Steve Stockman won in a stunning mid-term election and beat the 21-term historic run which, no matter what anyone tells you, was the first log in the political log jam in Southeast Texas. Then, one by one, using the same technique we came up with in that meeting, sure enough, a race here and there was run until 2012, when the tide turned, and the GOP became the go-to team in politics.
Then here come the Democrats switching parties. From elected officials in office to those who wanted a government job. Most of the officials should have been republicans from day one, but they rode the tide as their parents did for years.
Then in 2012, the Jefferson County Crash (as we call it) started. The primaries were a mess, which opened the door to more and more GOP candidates running and winning. The crossover vote went from 12% to 50% in four years, and some Democratic candidates got scared. So, the party switching went into overdrive. In 2016, a guy named Trump came into office, and the “red wave” blew through Southeast Texas. Republicans got used to winning, and everything changed.
There was one problem. The GOP got arrogant. Really badly. It was horrible. Some that ran operations like the Young Republicans dropped from 50 members to 5 and then closed. The Republican Women’s Club jumped in numbers to the biggest in Texas. But they got lazy. Thinking that showing up to a monthly lunch meeting was normal and they didn’t have to do anything else. Dade Phelan was elected to the Speaker’s office, and Southeast Texas was poised to reap the benefits. For all practical purposes, Southeast Texas was a powerhouse of red!
Then, as it happens in political life, the tide changed due to horrible candidates being run for office. Arrogant, angry, and unthoughtful Republicans forgot how they got elected. It was by the people. Not other Republicans. They spent money in the County like it was candy, blurring the lines between the conservative mantra and tax-and-spend. If you follow this website, even we Republicans were waving the flag of warning to people like Jeff Branick, the county Judge, and to mayors around Southeast Texas. People in the GOP started getting mad at us, even saying that this website and its take on politics was anti-Republican. You know, stop spending other people’s money. So, we quit hanging around with them. In fact, since 2019, we stopped giving money to selected GOPERS and stopped giving any sort of support to those who wanted more and more money for their pet projects.
Then, of course, the corruption and some in the GOP got caught up in the middle of it and became liars. They were nothing but black sheep democrats.
What sealed the deal for everyone was David Covey, who ran against Speaker Phelan and made democrats look good in their dirty tricks. Even Speaker Phelan’s wife was harassed at her own home, and the DPS had to become involved. Phelan was harassed so hard that he did not run for Speaker again and dropped out of politics. Covey and his band of old Tea Party radicals who joined the GOP really did more damage than they know. People did not trust the GOP any longer as it became dog-eat-dog in that race. It was sick then, and Covey even today is enjoying the spoils of his war chest. In fact, Covey backed Paxton, who was a worse candidate and looked like he really didn’t want the job. Many of us political operatives shook our heads, but had hope that it would stop and support would be given to the GOP. But no, the GOP (arrogant) sat it out.
And now here we are again. Back to 1994 without a win.
Many of us political operatives, both known (like us) and unknown, are getting ready for a huge financial and operational change in East Texas. You too will be affected. There are no true fiscal Republicans who come from our area and/or who have been elected to office. In fact, the danger of a collapse of some smaller cities and mid-sized cities is now on the table.
Frankly, I do not see an answer to what is happening in Jefferson County Politics. In fact, I do not see light at the end of the tunnel. If it is not working, then stop doing it is my motto in life. And if anyone around you is not willing to help, then abandon the cause. I am abandoning the Republican cause.
Why? We have an inept leader: the Jefferson County Republican Leader. That is the main reason. Yes, it is an elected position, but he was supported by people who have no idea what they are doing. And I am done with the political novices that have gone from a 65% base to a zero base. All in one day and one election. It is unheard of. Nobody was thinking of Beaumont. The school district will now lose any chance they may have had, as the team from the state will be gone, and either new elections will happen, or the same old group of dumbasses will run the district. Thus, failing grades lead to high unemployment and high crime. More of what Beaumont is used to.
As I leave the GOP, I want all of my friends to know that I am a conservative first. I will vote that way, but I will cross the line to the democrats if there is a conservative democrat to vote for. Yes, they are far and in between; however, they are out there somewhere. But I will not be in a party that is not big tent, cuts each other’s throats as I have seen over the past four years, or stands behind people that have their own self-interest at heart. Then when the loose they just don’t care. I want everyone to be happy, but everyone should stand behind the party. It will take ten years to fix what went on, and friends, there is NOBODY to fix what they broke in Jefferson County because of petty two-year-old children’s fights.
Will I vote? Yes. Will I vote for some in the GOP? Yes. Will I vote for some democrats? Oh yes. But will I sit out of races and tell some of these candidates and advertise it – hell yes.
I wish the GOP lots of luck. I wish the Democrats luck. No more money for either party now. You know, the guys that say that they will never take money from me, yet cash the checks.
The greatest thing now is I am sitting back, watching them eat each other for lunch in the republican party, playing stupid “I don’t like you” two-year-old games, and getting back to enjoying the blood sport called politics. No skin in the game.
I will let you all know how it went in two years. Bye-bye, Jefferson County GOP! Knock each other out!!!!
Shucking and Jiving WIth Diligence Offshore AGAIN????
Now that the elections are over, we can get back to the usual corruption in Jefferson County, Texas. And, of course, we must start on Pleasure Island!
Why do we say Pleasure Island? Well, as usual, it is OPM in Jefferson County!
Not long ago, on the island, the city of Port Arthur, with the help of the EDC, put these wonderful signs up! Have you seen this huge sign on the snake-ridden and rotten island that is falling into the ocean? Here – look:
How nice! To the tune of just over $500,000 to build it! And we are not kidding.
Now, to listen to the Mayor and Council, well, you have just over $500,000 in each sign that “will last a lifetime.” We laugh and say: “Maybe a 91-year-old’s lifetime?”
Then, more corruption! We have posted this photo before. This is the big-time million-dollar project called “Diligence Offshore.” This project broke ground (giggle, maybe broke wind) on the Island where they promised a bunch of Jobs, and no jobs have been created other than a reported amount in a guy named Harry Crawford, III. We wrote about it and got a legal letter from a nice group of Lawyers threatening to sue us. We know one of the lawyers, Mr. Joseph O. Slovacke, who we believe is a great attorney.
So, we responded to his letter, pointing out the following:
- Date One, July 2026, and no construction had begun
- Date Two, March 2025, and no construction had begun.
- Date Three, December 2024, and again, no construction had begun.
We went on to tell him that
- The TECQ had not issued any permits for construction whatsoever
- The US Coast Guard had not issued any permits for construction in wet lands
- The EPA had not issued any permits for construction (even asking US who these people were)
- Federal Fish and Wildlife as well had not heard of the project
- NOAA was equally confused and stated: “Who?”
- And we visited with the Pleasure Island staff, and they told us that no construction would begin anytime soon.
- Then we found out that the RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY was illegal and the Skid Steer Operator had dug on protected land without a permit.
- And of course we contacted two offices of congressional elected officials who laughed, saying they thought it was another scam in Port Arthur.
We could go on, but why? Diligence Offshores “Billion Dollar Project,” which the media reported on and went GAGA over, was looking more and more like a scam. Leaving the media with egg on their face.
FILE NOTE: Giggle, maybe KFDM can do a waste project on it as we did. Too fun!
So, again, the owner of Diligence calls this site and Mr. Klein racist. And that is when you know the project is a hoax. They got caught again, just like the great amusement park, restaurants, shops around the island, and water park (that was a good one) that never got built.
This is now (count it) 14 scam projects where money reportedly exchanged hands. And we are not kidding. Over the past 15 years, the scams where people had their fingers in the pie have scammed the public and tried to get tax money from you, the taxpayer, for their own strange project. If you have noticed, Diligence Offshore has drifted into the ocean with NO RETURN coming. We hope this law firm got their money up front.
As a member of the IBEW told us today: “We won’t get fooled again!” Remember that. Everyone has a shuck and jive going on in Port Arthur.
Just watch city council.
We Missed This Story – More Corruption?
We are going to be upfront (as we always are) about this story. And we will say that if it is true, then “it” is the story. Well, there is more to the story, and another reason Jefferson County is where it is today.
We got a tip about 24 hours ago about a nice lady from Port Arthur who is married to a Jefferson County Pct. 2 Constable named Seltzr. We don’t know this guy, so we called our Port Arthur Police sources.
The story and accusations go like this: Seltzr and his wife got into a tiff. And Seltz put his hands on her and choked her. That’s a no-no, and she called the police. No reports were made (screw up #1). Seltzer did not know that all of it had been captured on video. Ms. Seltzr asked, after finding out that the incident was not being memorialized by the police, that the DA’s office investigate. The DA’s office investigated and refused to file charges against Seltzr. So, Ms. Seltzr went to the Texas Rangers to file a complaint, and sure enough, they already heard about it and said, “If the Jefferson County DA did not take the charges, then there was nothing they could do.”
Friends of Ms. Seltzr got furious, as there were bruises around her neck and arms from the abuse. So, they called TCOL and filed a complaint with them. TCOL saw the evidence and passed it to the proper people, and now there is an investigation by the Texas Rangers.
It gets better, kids…
Now the videotape of the incident was given to a blogger in Port Arthur who posted it for about twenty minutes, and he got threatening phone calls and suggestions that he would be arrested, according to sources close to the blogger. He got scared and took it down. We here at the Review missed it and did not download it. But never fear, late last night we were promised the video tape, and we fully expect our source, who seems pretty on it, to be dropping it very soon in our laps.
Everyone is running scared now, and we have learned that a couple of law firms have new clients. Why? Well, civil lawsuits are being considered against Jefferson County, and the only thing holding them back is TCOL, as they asked to let the Rangers finish their investigation. And then they want to expand their investigation through the Public Integrity Unit in Austin regarding the Port Arthur Police Department AND Jefferson County, Texas.
Oh no…outsiders from Jefferson County?
Our take is pretty simple. When the allegations came up, why was Seltzr not suspended with pay? This morning, we learned that his boss, Chris Bates, has done NOTHING to investigate or work with the Rangers. And he has allowed Seltzr to continue to work. According to the JC website, here is the listing for the office:
Oops, sorry, we cropped in Bate’s two daughters. We wonder if this is all true, and why Bates would allow a man who beats and chokes a woman to be on his “team.” You know, girl power?
In the end, this is a story that is going to blow up, we think. We have seen portions of the video, and it makes us sick to our stomachs. But this is JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS, the #3 homicide rate in Texas, and corruption that never seems to end!
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