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Harris County (Houston) Approves Nearly $470K for Gay Softball World Series
Texas Scorecard ^ | 8/29/2025 | Michael Wilson

Posted on 09/01/2025 7:35:34 AM PDT by ma_che62

Despite the ongoing budget concerns, commissioners voted 4–1 this week to allocate funding for the 2025 Gay Softball World Series. The measure, sponsored by Garcia, dedicates $468,610 to the tournament, with Ramsey casting the lone “no” vote.

Garcia said the money would come in part from a tourism fund designed to attract events that bring visitors to the county.

However, while part of the funding does come from that tourism fund, the other part comes from Precinct 2’s General Fund—largely supported by property taxes. In effect, at least 50 percent of the $468,610 will come from local property tax revenue that could otherwise be directed toward general county needs.

Ramsey, criticizing the decision, said: “This is the reason we’re in a budget deficit. Often—very often—I am the only vote against this discretionary spending. My record is clear. The math is simple—more stuff, more taxes. More taxes, less for you and your family.”

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1 posted on 09/01/2025 7:35:34 AM PDT by ma_che62
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Bastards absolutely don’t care. It isn’t their money, so they’ll piss away peoples money as much as they want.


2 posted on 09/01/2025 7:37:40 AM PDT by vpintheak (Screw the ChiComms! America first!)
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To: ma_che62

Ramsey is the only one thinking clearly. What a bunch of losers.


3 posted on 09/01/2025 7:38:52 AM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: vpintheak

And any taxpayer bitching will be labelled bigoted


4 posted on 09/01/2025 7:39:19 AM PDT by George from New England (escaped CT back in 2006)
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To: ma_che62
🎼Take me out to the ball game....

Do NOT use the stadium bathrooms.

5 posted on 09/01/2025 7:39:20 AM PDT by gundog (The ends justify the mean tweets. )
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To: ma_che62

BFL


6 posted on 09/01/2025 7:39:54 AM PDT by rlmorel (Factio Communistica Sinensis Delenda Est.)
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To: ma_che62

Gay soft ball?????

I thought gays liked it hard....


7 posted on 09/01/2025 7:40:26 AM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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To: ma_che62

Half or more of this “donation” will be laundered back to political campaigns or direct to the grifters.


8 posted on 09/01/2025 7:41:04 AM PDT by The Free Engineer
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To: ma_che62

Publicly funded?

So, if straight players can’t play in this tournament, I presume gay players aren’t allowed to play in other softball tournaments and leagues with any trace of public funding, including use of publicly owned fields.


9 posted on 09/01/2025 7:43:04 AM PDT by sphinx
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To: ma_che62

“The math is simple—more stuff, more taxes. More taxes,
less for you and your family.”

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Ain’t life grand........
keep dem doggies moving rawhide
round’em up, ride’em in rawhide


10 posted on 09/01/2025 7:45:33 AM PDT by deport
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To: ma_che62

They throw like girls.


11 posted on 09/01/2025 7:45:37 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Society has no reward for following the rules any more)
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12 posted on 09/01/2025 7:46:10 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Kamala defines herself in just 4 words..."Nothing comes to mind.")
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To: ma_che62

As a kid playing age restricted sports I had to produce a birth certificate to prove how old I was.

I’m afraid to ask how one would prove they qualify to play in this tournament.


13 posted on 09/01/2025 7:46:29 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: sphinx

Leftist “civil rights” rules are very simple.

They make the rules—and if you don’t like their rules you are a “hater”.


14 posted on 09/01/2025 7:46:46 AM PDT by cgbg (It was not us. It was them--all along.)
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To: ma_che62

Tom Ramsey, the lone Republican on Commissioners Court, District 3, NW Harris County.

Michael T. McCaul US representative.


15 posted on 09/01/2025 7:47:20 AM PDT by TexasGator (1The 750 hp Florida Gnat)
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To: ma_che62

Speaking of softballs, guess what was on “the list” that is kept by ER workers?


16 posted on 09/01/2025 7:47:30 AM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: ma_che62; texas booster

SICKO ping.


17 posted on 09/01/2025 7:48:06 AM PDT by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: ma_che62

Isn’t that discriminatory? Like if major league baseball was straight only baseball I’m sure there’d be a massive lawsuit about 6.2 nanoseconds


18 posted on 09/01/2025 7:50:56 AM PDT by suasponte137
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To: cgbg

Which is why I hate the left.


19 posted on 09/01/2025 7:52:55 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: George from New England

As usual for the leftist bullies.


20 posted on 09/01/2025 7:53:16 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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