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JUNE 2022. Blues Vol 38 No. 6.2

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JUNE 2022. Blues Vol 38 No. 6.2 FEATURES 26 We Will Never Forget the 21 Lives Lost in Uvalde 30 INSERT: Texas School District Chief’s Conference 46 INSERT: Visit Galveston Island this Summer 52 COVER STORY Remembering Deputy Adam Howard 58 COVER STORY - 100 Club of Houston Awards Banquet DEPARTMENTS 6 Publisher’s Thoughts 8 Editor’s Thoughts 10 Guest Commentary 12 Letters 14 News Around the US 78 Remembering Our Fallen Heroes 82 War Stories 84 Aftermath 86 Open Road 90 Healing Our Heroes 92 Daryl’s Deliberations 94 HPOU - From the President, Douglas Griffith 96 Light Bulb Award - May Dora’s Wish Come True 98 Running 4 Heroes 100 Blue Mental Health with Dr. Tina Jaeckle 102 Ads Back in the Day 106 Parting Shots 108 Now Hiring - L.E.O. Positions Open in Texas 142 Back Page

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AROUND THE COUNTRY MEALER WINS RUNOFF Alexandra Del Moral Mealer to Face Lina Hidalgo in November Race for Harris County Judge. HOUSTON - Former Army Captain Alexandra del Moral Mealer has decisively defeated Vidal Martinez by capturing more than 75 percent of the vote in a Republican primary runoff election for Harris County judge. “I am extremely proud to have earned the Republican nomination for Harris County Judge,” Mealer said in a statement. “I was nominated with a broad, diverse coalition of support, and we will continue to build on this incredible momentum.” Unofficial totals posted by Harris County indicate Mealer captured 85,498 votes: more than three times Martinez’s 27,810. A graduate of West Point, Mealer served with an Army bomb squad in Afghanistan and later earned business and law degrees from Harvard University. She worked in energy finance after settling in Houston with her husband and is the mother of two young children, but left the private sector to run for county judge. In what became an increasingly heated runoff campaign, Martinez criticized Mealer for having only lived in the area for six years while touting his long history of serving on multiple boards in Harris County. Martinez drew heavy backlash from the community after he attempted to discredit Mealer with a photograph Fidel Castro signed for her grandfather Armando del Moral in 1952. The incident prompted a response from popular local radio icon Michael Berry, who lambasted Martinez on air and drew attention to his campaign donations to Rep Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX-18), former Rep. Rick Noriega (D-Houston), and even incumbent Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, as well as Democratic political action committee Act Blue Texas. Although she trailed in fundraising before the nine-way GOP Primary in March, Mealer outraised Martinez over the past two and a half months, reporting 9,653 in total political contributions last week. She frequently impressed supporters with extensive knowledge and understanding of county finances. Mealer will now face incumbent Judge Lina Hidalgo, who has received praise as a rising Democratic Party star and reported .5 million in total political contributions as of February 2022. Prior to her surprise victory in 2018 with less than 50 percent of the vote, Hidalgo worked as a medical interpreter at the Texas Medical Center in Houston and volunteered for the Texas Civil Rights Project. A graduate of Stanford University, Hidalgo also worked for international media group Internews. Amid public outcry over rising crime, Hidalgo has pushed funding for alternative programs such as the million initiative to fight crime by adding sidewalks, streetlights, and trees to blighted neighborhoods. 24 The BLUES POLICE MAGAZINE The BLUES POLICE MAGAZINE 25

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