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That’s the whole problem. If Beaumont really is a place where the majority prefers to heap honors upon men like Dr Thomas, then it’s not the place for decent families. Don’t get me wrong, but it’s the same thought process I have when people talk about Donald Trump being the greatest president of our lifetime. In fact, that’s probably a good comparison. If once or twice a year the board was moving to name the stadium after Donald Trump, I’m guessing you’d feel a lot less supportive of your board. These clowns will hate the truth, but while I disagreed with practically all of President Obama’s political beliefs, he was a much more honorable President and worthy of having something like a stadium named after him. My opposition to renaming the stadium after Dr Thomas is based on the fact that his legacy is basically that his tenure at the helm was marked by rampant corruption that led to a state takeover. But if you add to the fact that despite being one of the absolute worst administrators in history as evidenced by all of the convictions and takeover, he was also the highest paid administrator in the state at the time. It’s obvious corruption and criminality, yet a certain segment of the community still lauds him as their hero. It’s baffling to reasonable people.

This is what happened when a lawyer asks a yes or no question and the person does not only answer yes or no. I got lucky because I did not anticipate the question but I pretty much destroyed a defense attorney’s case when he ask me a yes or no question and I blurted out a short answer. His defense was that I made an arrest because a person filed a complaint against me. That was notwithstanding the fact that they were about 10 people civilian witnesses but the defense attorney was going to try to sway the jury that it was all because of me. I guess I had magical power over 10 witnesses that did not know me. His question was, aren’t you familiar with my client because she filed a complaint against you? I said, “Yes, that and other things”. He passed the questioning back to the district attorney who asked me, can you name those other things. I had arrested three of her sons for felonies which prompted the complaint in one instance. Of course the defense attorney quickly objected the moment I mentioned an arrest and normally that would be correct. I cannot talk about her or her family’s history as it is not relevant to the crime at hand. EXCEPT!!….. under the rules of evidence, if the defense opens with a line of questioning, it opens the door for the district attorney to follow up. When the defense attorney objected, the district attorney in response said, Your Honor the defense opened with “are you familiar with my client” and the officer said yes that and other things. I believe we are entitled to those other things. The judge looked at me and said, officer you can testify about anything you wish relating to the defendant. The defense attorney literally put his face in his hands and sat there. When I finished the defense attorney asked me one more question, but you have never arrested the defendant for a felony? I gave a one-word answer, no. The witness is excused.

Talk about setting a trap but you ended up walking into it yourself.

Jimbo IS right and Saban did come off as a whiny little b_____. I saw Bryce Anderson’s dad talk about it on Facebook as being the perfect storm with LSU firing Coach O, Riley leaving Ou, and Texas having a dismal first year under Sark. He’s not wrong. But A&M also was better organized and ahead of the curve with the NIL stuff. Don’t hate the player, Nick, hate the game. And the same money that has made you fat and sassy all these years is finally getting spread among the players. You whining about it is a bad look with future recruits.

There is some talk about a jumbo but nothing finalized.

I know some of y'all think I'm a "hater", but there are several accounts on here that suspiciously show up in certain situations and throw Mitchell's name into conversations, and they generally give him too much credit. I'll preface this by saying I think he's done fine over at Lumberton. Their record has improved under him, and I do think he has something to do with that. That said, he also gets a lot of credit for a couple of things that he had nothing to do with. The first key to Lumberton's newfound success is that year after he took over Lumberton they dropped to 4A after previously having to play in one of the best 5A districts in the state with PAM, Nederland, Central, and Ozen. His record his first year in which he coached in that district was no better than the guy that came before him (9-17, 1-11). The second lucky break for him was Brock McClure. He's coached at Lumberton 5 years. The year in 5A he went 1-11 in district. The year in 4A without McClure he had basically a .500 team, and 4-8 in district. The three years in 4A with McClure he made the playoffs 3 times, had one really good season, and won three total playoff games against sub-.500 or .500 teams. How much is mitchell and how much is McClure and the drop to 4A? I'm really curious to see what he does next year. I don't think it's realistic to expect much more than what Lumberton did this year, but if they return to what they should be without a D1 player (.500ish, fighting for fourth most years) then you have to stop crowning Mitchell as rehabilitation mastermind as well, and just say he does a pretty good job out in Lumberton. All of the talk of him being an elite coach and whatnot is premature, especially with only one truly good season under his belt at Lumberton in 5 years (a season where he beat two mediocre teams in the playoffs before getting doubled up by Huffman in the 3rd round).

Just now getting to this topic. I feel like I’ve explained this severs times. The detractors have selective comprehension. But I’ll just make this whole thing simple. There’s this and that talk about wasted money. Where was this same outrage when it was initially changed from the Thomas Center to Memorial Stadium? I mean, that money could have been used to educate our children. But no one is ready to have that conversation. At this point, I can actually see both sides of this argument. One side just wants this whole debate to be over with. The other want the detractors to know that they see through the smoke screen and want to prove a point. Actually, I’m ok with either decision…

This infuriates me. I worked for BISD for 15 years, including when all of this happened. It's absolutely jaw-dropping how many people were stealing from BISD during the time of the bond, and many of them were under the direct supervision of Thomas. There were dozens of examples of fraud, theft, cronyism, etc (Report details misuse of Beaumont ISD bond funds as Thomas avoided scrutiny (beaumontenterprise.com)). Thomas also benefited from a poorly negotiated contract that saw his base salary nearly triple over the course of 10 years, making him the highest paid superintendent in the state, even though he was doing a poor job leading a fairly poor, fairly small district. The problem is that the people of color in charge weren't concerned about students and the community, only about sticking it to the white man that had held them down for so long. Calvin Walker bilked BISD for millions of dollars. The majority African American schoolboard under Butch Thomas actually voted to renew his yearly contract AFTER he'd been charged with stealing millions from the district, and had taken a plea deal where he forfeited millions of dollars that he'd stolen from BISD (BISD Board of Trustees react to Calvin Walker's mistrial | 12newsnow.com). The school board voted NOT TO SEEK TO HAVE THE MONEY HE STOLE REPAID, even though more than $2M he stole was available to them!!! (BISD renews Walker's contract, votes against more restitution information (ctinsider.com)) The district and school board chose to let the feds keep the money Walker had stolen from them rather than admitting that he had stolen from them. Here is a list of thefts and scams that the district knew about Walker committing at the time that they renewed his contract ( Calvin Walker jury selection to start in Beaumont | 12newsnow.com). My personal favorite is the $600,000 he charged BISD to cover the cost of renting bucket trucks to complete work he'd been hired to do. He did this even though he already owned bucket trucks, and did not need to rent any Under Thomas the district spent tens of thousands of dollars on copies of (low quality) books full of misinformation written by communication director Jessie Haynes (Problem with BISD book is source, not contents (beaumontenterprise.com) During Thomas' reign, the BISD Comptroller and Director of Finance were both arrested and convicted for stealing more than $4M (Former Beaumont ISD Employees Sentenced for Stealing over $4 Million | USAO-EDTX | Department of Justice). Patricia Lambert, an assistant superintendent under Thomas was convicted of theft and falsifying test scores. BISD also spent hundreds of thousands of dollars for her son to print items for BISD, even though he did not have a printing business. He simply paid a real printing business to print these items and then charged BISD a marked up price (Former Beaumont ISD Assistant Superintendent Guilty of Federal Charges — FBI). As everyone knows, his leadership was so poor that the district was eventually taken over by the state (TEA announces takeover of BISD, New superintendent to be appointed | 12newsnow.com). Thomas took off before anything could stick to him. He still to this day claims that he didn't know anything about the crimes being committed under him. In my opinion if he had no idea all of this was going on, it reflects worse on him than if he was actually involved in the corruption. After all of this, thousands of BISD employees had to go through the stress of seeing if their position ended up on the RIF list, as hundreds of employees were let go in an effort to save money after BISD's finances had been run into the ground. That was one of the most terrifying times of my life, as there was considerable talk about my entire school being shut down in an effort to reduce costs for the district. I literally could go on and on, and on and on and on and on with examples of theft and mismanagement under Thomas. The naming of a stadium after him was entirely racially motivated. the sad part was that it wasn't named after him because he was African American, but instead because naming it after him made white people mad. And now here we go again. There are a dozen plus people of color who could rightfully be honored with BISD's stadium being named after them. There is also the option of finding a sponsor who'll pay for the name. Instead the board is once again putting "sticking it to the man" ahead of responsible spending and putting it's students, staff, and community first.

Lol keyboard warrior! 🤣 I doubt I'd get bullied by anyone, if that makes you feel better and give you something to talk about at the local diner with the GQP club then go boasts bout it... jokes on you tonight, after you read this comment respond like a good 🐑 you are! I'll wait, it ought to be a dandy and well thought out

Again, show me whining... I'll wait What was I called out on? All questions were answered.. that liberal talk is old news find some new material... bet your some old dude updating fox every second to find the new boogeyman... don't disappoint sheep

What are you trying to say? Just state it! What bias am I showing? Talk about classic. Rants of an angry man leading to nothing. Let's string together a few stories of evil then call the reader names and attempt to degrade him for perceiving to not care about random acts. Now that is classic. Your parents are ashamed! I know mine would be if I tried this crap. It's pretty obvious you want to say something but don't have the intelligence or guts to say it. Yes, "sad". Very say, but oh so typical.

there's a whole thread to talk about this. hijacking topics is against forum rules. When it's at least semi-related, no big deal, and we allow a lot of leeway in the political forum for obvious reasons, but this is way out of line. No need for a response.

Not to turn this into a political thread but talk about posting truth and facts. Aren’t you the same guy that was pushing the effectiveness of the vaccine? Over the past year or so I think we’ve learned they’re obviously not that effective an in fact harmful in many cases. Where did you get the truth and facts to post such a bogus narrative?

I understand... kinda nice that WOS could make an appearance in a playoff thread. Especially since our friends over the bridge made an early exit. Just jokes. We can't talk to much smack after this past disappointing season. Lol OF still in it to rep the OC. Go Bobcats!

Talk about a guy who made a fool of himself on the daily. That is a blast from the past!!!!

PLEASE!! Stop with the umpire talk, it’s a bad look. We got shut out twice, tip your hat to Huffman for coming to BC and getting the job done. It’s a proven fact if you can’t score you can’t win and that’s what happened. Congrats to Huffman, BC will regroup and be back at it next season. Rake1

Hagar, with the pattern of quotas that this administration follows, there's a strong possibility that meets a certain quota. Not sure what nationality he is. Maybe they needed one he meets. Maybe also a bald headed quota! One never knows!! BTW -- did you see that the new press secretary meets a couple of quotas? The first black. Plus she's also a sodomite. "Married" to someone that works at CNN. Imagine that! So, they get a two-fer on this one! It's amazing they hardly, if ever, talk about qualifications. This is how it gets so bad within a year and a half of them in control. Come on November!

We exist just for you Jussie. Golly Jeez Shucks Jussie why you want to talk to us like that. Lol

The communist Biden Regime continues. Talk about transfer of wealth. Good ole Climate Crisis. We’re from the US government….we’re here to help.

What’s yalls predictions here? I figured there may be some more talk about this matchup.

But you have to understand the viewpoints of the others. What if the government tried to tell you how many kids you were legally allowed to have, kinda like they do in China? My guess is that you believe that you, not the government (and your neighbors) should make that decision. If you could momentarily remove the idea that "abortion is murder" from your thought process, it simply becomes a matter of the government (and your neighbors) intruding into your life. That's the difference between "us" and "them." They (for the most part) aren't amoral, sinful people... they just disagree with us on a core issue. And if you could be so kind as to point me to a passage in the bible that specifically forbade abortion, it would make your point much more easy to defend. And before you said "thou shalt not kill," remember that you all agreed that particular commandment doesn't apply to the murder of those who have been convicted by a District Court Judge of Capital Murder. Is it such a stretch to believe that it also doesn't apply to the unborn, not yet capable of sustaining life? Let's don't even talk about the abortion pills. I'd love to hear all of y'all's thoughts on Plan B if you even know what it is.

I am hoping for a positive ruling on “shall not be infringed”. Talk about head exploding….

So what’s up? I haven’t spouted any gems of wisdom lately. Tonight I’ll talk about religion, which for me is Christianity. I became an “official” Christian (baptized) at 30. My wife of 8 years at the time, had joined/baptized into the Catholic Church some 5 years earlier. She was raised in Church of Christ, but was not enamored with it, nor was I as I visited it with her. No reflection on it, just not for us. I believe in Catholicism, but not as the “one and only”. As a Priest once said in his Homily, “the important thing is to be a good Christian. If there’s a stumbling Block for you in Catholicism, try one of the Protestant denominations” (a great Homily that I wish other Priest & Protestant Preachers would embrace). Anyway, back to religion. It’s been a great support for me as I’ve traveled through life. What do atheist fall back on when confronted with life’s great obstacles? There’s nothing that I’m aware of, while I can fall back on my Lord and Savior. He (they’ve) been, and still are, a comfort to me. When put in perspective, God’s sacrifice of his Son is hard to believe. Again, as one Priest said, we’re little more than pissants to God, yet he put his son through suffering for our salvation. Why? Because as unworthy as we are, he loves us. I’m thankful for his love. For Jesus’ sacrifice. When I say the Lord’s Prayer, I impose my forgiveness of others. When we pray, we shouldn’t just say the words but mean what we’re praying. I hope I haven’t offended anyone with my post here. Not my intention. I only wanted to share my thoughts and why I’m happy to be a Christian. I hope some of you share my love, and get the comfort I get from it. God Bless all of you. I consider you friends in Christ.

Two things: First, I heard a Republican Congressman say that if/when they take control of the House, they will not fund the Department Of Homeland Security until this section is eliminated. They'll talk to the Senate about stripping this language. Second, this is a clear violation of the first amendment. There should be a lawsuit shortly, if not already. BTW -- where is the ACLU?!

I’ve a very good friend who was a Democrat. We met about 10 years ago. We had discussions. Wow, you mean arguments? No, real discussions. We rarely agreed about politics but we could talk about our political likes and dislikes and respected each other’s opinions. He was liberal in most of his views, but not this Left Wing Loon Liberal type who’ve Shanghai the Democratic Party. He’s now Republican (literally more of an Independent) but not the staunch conservative I am. Not because he likes the Republican Party/Platform but because the Dems left him no choice. What I wonder, are there more like that who post on this Forum? If so, and you’re willing to admit it, please tell us your story. I’ve got a feeling a large number of people are caught in the same conundrum as my friend was.