Archive for April 11th, 2022

How about those Lakers?

Monday, April 11th, 2022

Answer: they missed the playoffs.

And Frank Vogel is out as coach.

I saw reports this morning: apparently, everybody but Vogel knew yesterday he was going to be fired.

In three seasons with the team, Vogel went 127-98. In 11 seasons of professional coaching, he’s 431-289.

The Lakers were officially eliminated from postseason contention Tuesday, when they lost in Phoenix and the San Antonio Spurs won in Denver.
The Lakers would lose eight games in a row before winning against Oklahoma City in the home finale at [I’m not going to give them free advertising – DB] Arena.

You’re going down in flames, you tax-fattened hyena! (#86 in a series)

Monday, April 11th, 2022

In haste, for two reasons. One is that I have other things to blog.

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo’s chief of staff and two former staff members are facing felony criminal indictments in connection to a controversial contract awarded last year.

The three people charged are Chief of Staff Alex Triantaphyllis, Wallis Nader, and Aaron Dunn. The charges are related to a “COVID-19 communication contract” which…

…went to a one-person company, Elevate Strategies, run by a political strategist with a limited track record that did not receive the highest scores in the bidding process.

My second reason for blogging in haste is: Lawrence is on this story like flies on a severed cow’s head in a Damien Hirst installation. You should really go over to his site for coverage on this, especially since he’s linking to more local sources.