Lina Hidalgo

It was nuts.

So, uh, several years ago, a Harris County, uh, County Judge, Lina Hidalgo, who has a history of mental health concerns, did go stay at this facility, The Lindner Center, in Ohio, and she's very transparent about it, and she was kind of praised at the time for being honest, uh, and normalizing dealing with mental health concerns.

And people started talking on the Internet, first seemingly as a joke, like, "Hey, maybe James Talarico is there at the same place that Lina Hidalgo was." It's a dumb joke, but it's fine.

But it seems like some people took that seriously or willingly just rolled with the lies, um, and folks started to believe it and talk about it as if it were real.

And then, uh, one of these influencers actually called up, uh, The Lindner Center and tried to, you know, confirm whether or not James Talarico was there.

[chuckles]

And then someone made a, made a comment or, you know, in response to Caroline's tweet that said, you know, it, it kind-- And this is where I brought in Lina Hidalgo, the Harris County, uh, commissioner or judge-

Mm-hmm

... that she went to the Linder Hope Center back a couple years ago in '23.

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but, you know, that's who I am.

So with the Lina Hidalgo story in the past, you thought, "Okay, one Texas official went to this place in Ohio.

Maybe that's where Talarico is with all this plane record stuff going on," people sort of asking the question.

You know, you can, you can read the piece to kind of see where the f- where the facts, um, lay.

Um, but also something else I'll mention is this mental health facility, um, that people were alleging that Talarico had been seen at was, or that he had been admitted to, was where Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo had indeed been, um, had received several weeks, I think, of inpatient treatment for clinical anxiety and depression.

That was three years ago.

This was the same facility where she had gone, and so a lot of people were kind of pointing to it, um, and, and, um, referencing that stay that, um, Hidalgo had-- that stay that, um, that period of time that Hidalgo had spent at this specific facility.

Um, and also, frankly, if I was struggling, uh, with my mental health, I don't know why I'd visit Ohio of all places.

Yeah.

I think, I think the connection came in supposedly that this was the same location Lina Hidalgo went to, but, you know, I don't know why she selected that loca- well, that is the location she went to, I mean, supposedly that Talarico also went to, but I don't know why she chose that location, um, in Ohio.

But yeah, the idea that this plane took off and it landed, like, well, near where that facility is, it, it all seemed a little flimsy to begin with.

Harris County commissioners voted three to two to form an oversight group led by Sheriff Ed Gonzalez that will establish new guidelines for flock automated license plate readers.

County Judge Lina Hidalgo requested information about which county departments use the data and who has access to it.

Andy Kahan of Crime Stoppers of Houston encouraged the county to keep its contract, but crack down on officers who misuse the technology.

But I want you to remember the names the last few months whose cases were solved thanks to technology by flock cameras.

And his n- the way his name is spelled, you could mis- mistake it for amateur, which is totally fitting.

This guy called a hospital in Ohio, and it just happens to be the same hospital where Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo sought mental health treatment, uh, during her second term, right? So that's, that was a clue to some people about what was going on here.

This guy, Amateur, we'll just call him that, he claimed that he was Talarico's cousin and that he was looking for him because he wanted to...

He can't make this stuff up.

No, and actually, I, I, I, I believe that this motion to remove public officials should happen a lot.

I was wanting to do it when Lina Hidalgo did her rodeo nonsense.

You know, 'cause incompetence is, is a really good word.

It's, it's meant to be broad.

Harris County commissioners are hearing a presentation today on the county's use of flock cameras.

County Judge Lina Hidalgo requested information about which county departments use the data and who has access to it.

Andy Kahan of Crime Stoppers of Houston encouraged the county to keep its contract, but crack down on officers who misuse the technology.

But I want you to remember the names the last few months whose cases were solved thanks to technology by flock cameras.

News 88.7's Sarah Gruno says this comes after Commissioner Leslie Briones announced that she would decommission all Flock cameras in her precinct.

During a commissioner's court meeting in September, County Judge Lina Hidalgo raised questions about whether the county could change its contract with Flock.

Under what circumstances can we terminate the contracts, and what is needed to amend the contracts?

So for a termination, you can terminate for cause or for convenience.