Life at the Harris County Criminal Justice Center

Today begins Early Voting for the runoff elections across the State of Texas.  Unlike the early voting period for the earlier primary elections, this period of early voting only lasts for ONE WEEK. Please, please, please do NOT procrastinate in getting to any local polling location and casting your vote, because there are two very important elections that need your attention in the Republican Primary. Remember the Rules of voting in the Runoff for a Party Primary: 1.  It is NOT a requirement that you voted in the earlier election in March to be allowed to vote in the Runoff. 2.  The only reason you could NOT vote in the Republican Runoff is IF you voted in the Democratic Primary election in March. So, don't use "well, I didn't vote earlier, so I can't vote now" as an excuse.  You absolutely CAN VOTE and SHOULD. Now, onto the Races: COUNTY COURT AT LAW # 10 - Republican Primary Runoff Former-prosecutor and current Criminal Defense Attorney Tonya Roll

Ok, this one has nothing to do with the CJC, but I have to do some extreme venting.  It may be tangentially related to a life of crime, because I could see someone snapping after being forced to deal with Comcast for a prolonged period of time. As most of my friends know, my family and I moved to Oak Forest last weekend.  We had been looking forward to living in the new house and had been very organized in our planning for the move.  One of the things on the our "to do" list for the move, obviously, was transferring service for cable and utilities, etc,  For the past several years, I've used Comcast/Xfinity as my cable, internet, and phone provider.  Although we experienced some issues with Comcast when we added their home security to the mix last year, for the most part, things had been okay. So, I made the ill-fated decision to bring Comcast on over from the old house to the new house. Huge mistake. Our moving day was Friday, May 2nd. A few weeks in advance, I c