Crossroads Lubbock

03/01/2026

🚨 Do you ever feel like our local media avoids the tough questions? 🎙️

Like they don’t really dig in when something doesn’t sit right? Like stories move on before anyone turns over the rocks and asks what actually happened?

Sometimes it feels like things just… pass. And we’re left thinking, “Did anyone else see that?” But then the moment fades and we move on.

We believe that’s a problem.

Lubbock deserves real investigative reporting 🔎 — the kind that asks uncomfortable questions, follows up, and holds people accountable. Not surface-level coverage. Not just going with the flow.

We’re considering launching a weekday internet talk radio show 📻 — possibly during the lunch hour — focused on informing the public, interviewing leaders, and asking the hard questions that don’t usually get asked.

At the same time, we believe election season should include true debates 🗳️ — not just forums, but real exchanges where candidates must clearly defend their positions and define their principles.

In a city where nearly everyone identifies as Republican (claims to be an🐘), clarity matters. Without scrutiny and real debate, standards drift and principles blur.

We believe investigative media, genuine debate, and clearly defined standards working together can create real forward motion for Lubbock.

Would you give Lampoon Radio a listen?

02/26/2026

🚨 Serious Question for Lubbock: 🚨

Should individuals serving on active boards for projects like our “Expo Center disaster” be donating to political campaigns that directly influence that project trajectory?

And beyond that — should board members be allowed to personally benefit financially from the direction of a taxpayer-funded project they help oversee?

-L.L.

02/26/2026

🚨My thoughts on Tom Sell 🚨

Tom Sell is the only candidate in District 19 whose entire professional life has been built inside Washington’s purple power structure. For 30 years, he has operated as a lobbyist — not outside the system, not fighting it, but working within it, navigating it, influencing it.

That matters.

We are living through the consequences of decades of establishment governance. Border instability. Economic strain. Global uncertainty. A steady erosion of public trust. These conditions didn’t emerge in a vacuum. They developed during the very era in which career insiders were “getting things done.”

Sell’s supporters frame his background as an advantage. He knows the system. He understands how to move policy. He can reach across the aisle. He can deliver results.

But what results?

If the last 30 years of insider influence have led us here, where is the measurable improvement? Is Texas stronger today because of the kind of back-channel influence and deal-making that defines Washington lobbying? Is the country more secure? More prosperous? More stable?

It doesn’t feel that way.

This isn’t personal. Sell has capable, sincere young people backing him. Many voters respect him. But sincerity isn’t the issue. Accountability is.

At a moment when voters are clearly questioning the establishment, why would we send a lifelong product of that establishment back into power? Why return to business as usual when the results of business as usual are all around us?

This is my opinion. I may be wrong. If there is clear evidence that his decades inside Washington have measurably strengthened Texas or the country, I welcome it. I’m open to being proven wrong.

Has there been some mass cleansing in Washington I am unaware of?

Some new reason to trust the old guard?

-L.L.

02/24/2026

🚨🚨 BREAKING: BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE WEST TEXAS 🚨🚨
⚖️🚔🔴 Corley v. Parrish — And the Enforcement That Came First 🔴🚔⚖️

THE SUPREME COURT STEPS IN:

A few days ago, I posted an image asking whether what happened here justifies flying the American flag upside down — a recognized signal of distress. 🇺🇸⬇️

That post wasn’t random. It was intentional. I knew it would bend some folks out of shape- it made me sick to see it.

I boosted it and it is currently boosted into Austin and D.C. 🎯 — targeting lawyers specifically ⚖️ — because this situation deserved serious legal eyes on it. And here’s what’s hard to ignore now: it appears that boost worked. Because while this story has gone quiet locally, the Texas Supreme Court has now stepped in and paused the lower proceedings in Corley v. Parrish. ⚖️🛑

Maybe that’s coincidence. Maybe not. Either way, it sure looks like someone up the chain decided this needed a closer look.

Here are the facts that still aren’t being treated like the big deal they are:

County Judge Curtis Parrish declared that Commissioner Jason Corley had automatically vacated his seat under the Texas Constitution’s resign-to-run provision.

There was no prior judicial ruling confirming that interpretation. ⚖️

This did not happen in a vacuum. Corley has stood up to Judge Parrish for much of his tenure. This has been a controversial seat. There has been friction. That context matters.

Then deputies under Sheriff Kelly Rowe es**rted an elected official out of office. 🚔

Witnesses — including elected officials — state he was walked out with deputies on either side.

And immediately — immediately — Parrish installed his own pick, Mark Meurer, into that seat.

That does not happen without coordination.
Two elected officials and an appointee moving in sequence.

A declaration. Enforcement. Replacement.

The lawsuit came after the removal. ⏳
That order matters.

Commissioner Michael Dalby was reportedly asked to sit in the room while this was happening — and he refused. That alone tells you the gravity of the moment.

This was not routine. It was organized.
The following day, Judge Parrish reportedly received a deputy es**rt. 🚔

So here’s the question that still isn’t getting asked loudly enough:

⚖️ Should an elected official be physically removed from office based solely on one official’s constitutional interpretation before judicial confirmation in a contested matter?

We have a sheriff who acted as though that answer was yes. 🚔

Most of the public discussion has focused narrowly on whether Parrish interpreted resign-to-run correctly.

But there are two issues here:

⚖️ Interpretation
🚨 Process / Enforcement

Now the Texas Supreme Court has pressed pause. ⚖️🛑
The highest civil court in the state does not intervene casually.

So the question becomes:
Will this review stay narrowly focused on statutory interpretation — or will it also confront the bigger issue: enforcement first, court later?

Because when enforcement comes first 🚔 and judicial confirmation comes later ⚖️, that’s not routine.

That’s precedent.

🚨 Lubbock shouldn’t look away.
⚖️ Texas appears to be looking directly at it.

-L.L.

02/24/2026

02/18/2026

🚨🚨 BREAKING: WAS RACKLER RIGHT? ⚖️📢

📌 The Lubbock County Independent Audit confirms it:

✅ The No-New-Revenue tax rate did NOT require spending ANY reserve funds.
❌ The county was NOT bankrupted — despite claims that it would be.

In fact, the audit shows:

⬇️ County debt DECREASED by $25.8 MILLION
⬆️ County assets increased by $33.9 MILLION
⬆️ Year-over-year revenue increased by $16 MILLION

⚖️ These are not opinions. These are audited facts.

🔥 The truth is straightforward:
You do NOT have to raise the tax rate to balance a responsible budget — and this year’s financials prove it.

🗞️ And you heard it here first — first on the Lubbock Lampoon.

02/18/2026

🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨 CJ Peterson 🚨

🔴⚠️ Lubbock County Commissioner Precinct 4 Candidate C.J. Peterson Apparently Named in Court Filing ⚠️🔴

📌 Public court filing (for voter awareness).

🗓️ On February 13, 2026, Fora Financial Asset Securitization 2024 LLC filed a lawsuit in New York Supreme Court (New York County) against:

👤 Carelton Jenson “C.J.” Peterson (also listed as Carelton Peterson)

🏢 LBK Defense Limited Liability Company (d/b/a LBK Defense, LLC)

📄 Case Type: Commercial – Contract

⚖️ Claims listed include:
🧾 Contract & Quasi-Contract Claims
💰 Conversion Claim

💵 The filing states the lawsuit seeks $111,930 in allegedly unremitted funds and other expenses under a future receivables agreement.

🗳️ C.J. Peterson is currently a candidate in the Republican primary for Lubbock County Commissioner, Precinct 4.

🔗 Link to filing:

⬇️⬇️⬇️

https://www.law.com/radar/card/newyork-newyorkcountysc-2887632-fora-financial-asset-securitization-2024-llc-v-lbk-defense-limited-liability-company

02/17/2026

02/16/2026

Packed House at Jake’s as The Lampoon Hosts Conservative Debate — Is This the Beginning of the End for Legacy Media in Lubbock?

A crowd filled the room at Jake’s this week as the conservative page The Lampoon hosted a live debate event that drew strong attendance and real-time engagement. Chairs were packed. Phones were out recording. People weren’t just scrolling — they showed up.

The debate format was simple: candidates seated on stage, moderator standing to the side, audience listening closely. But the bigger story may not be what was said on stage. It may be what the turnout represents.

For years, traditional media outlets in Lubbock have dominated political coverage. Television stations. Newspaper reporters. Controlled formats. Carefully timed segments. But something has shifted.

Pages like The Lampoon are proving that digital-first platforms are no longer just commentary spaces. They are organizing real-world events. They are convening audiences. They are shaping political conversations without the infrastructure of legacy newsrooms.

And The Lampoon is not alone.

Lubbock Mugshots built massive traction by tapping into public interest around arrests and police activity. Lubbock Scanner Squad capitalized on real-time updates and raw information streams. Can't forget South Plains Live and Lubbock Lights for the great local journalism they do. Meanwhile, The806er has leaned into culture, politics, community voices, and viral storytelling — blending grassroots reporting with social-first distribution.

None of these pages operate like traditional outlets. They move faster. They post in real time. They understand algorithm culture. They know how to spark engagement, not just deliver information.

The result? Audiences that once waited for the 6 p.m. broadcast now refresh Facebook feeds.

When a page can fill a room at Jake’s for a political debate — without television promotion, without print ads, without corporate backing — that signals something important. Influence is decentralizing.

Legacy media still carries credibility, infrastructure, and institutional knowledge. But attention has fragmented. Trust has fragmented. And distribution has shifted into the hands of creators and community-driven platforms.

The real question is not whether legacy media disappears overnight. It won’t. The deeper question is whether it adapts fast enough to survive in a landscape where a page admin with a phone can out-reach a newsroom.

What happened at Jake’s was more than a debate. It was proof that digital platforms in Lubbock are no longer secondary voices. They are becoming primary arenas for civic conversation.

And in 2026, that shift might be the biggest political story of all.

02/15/2026