Far-Left Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo Grants Private Security Company $120,000 No-Bid Contract – Security Company Based in Mailbox

Texas – Far-left Harris County judge Lina Hidalgo, who is currently under investigation for awarding a political crony an $11 million ‘vaccine outreach’ contract, raised more red flags when she granted a private security company a no-bid contract.

Hidalgo granted XMI Protection, a brand new company, a $120,000, 3-month no-bid contract and it appears the security detail is based in a mailbox.

“Motion carries 3-2. Thank you guys so much,” Judge Hidalgo said on Tuesday after a majority of the Harris County Commissioners Court approved the contract.

XMI Protection will provide security for Judge Hidalgo for 3 months at a cost of $121,000.

According to an investigation by KHOU 11, the security company is listed as a suite in a Spring-area shopping center, but it’s actually based in a mailbox inside of a shipping store.

KHOU 11 reported:

We’re learning more about XMi Protection a day after a majority of the Harris County Commissioners Court granted the company a no-bid contract.

“I want to make sure that it’s clear that the firm has the experience required,” Hidalgo said. “That, ethically, there are no issues here. … That it’s cost-effective.”

Hidalgo’s office chose XMi after ending a security agreement with the Precinct 1 Constable’s Office earlier this month.

The Precinct 1 Constable’s Office chief of staff unsuccessfully challenged Hidalgo in the March 1 Democratic primary, although no one in Hidalgo’s office has said whether that played a role in the decision.

“Why a public company?” Precinct 3 Commissioner Tom Ramsey said about the new security deal. “Why a no-bid contract? Why the urgency?”

Ramsey voted against the contract along with fellow Republican, Precinct 4 Commissioner Jack Cagle.

XMi is a brand new company that lists its address as a suite in a Spring area shopping center. But it actually appears to be a mailbox inside a shipping store.

“This isn’t about the judge. This isn’t about her security,” Precinct 3 Commissioner Tom Ramsey said on Wednesday afternoon. “This is about why couldn’t we use Constables? Why couldn’t we use Harris County Sheriff’s deputies? We have a lot of options other than a private company with a P.O. Box.”

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British Hollywood actress Zara Phythian who starred in Doctor Strange with Benedict Cumberbatch 'and her husband had sex with 13-year-old girl and filmed most of the abuse in bid to recreate porn scenes'

Zara Phythian and husband Victor Marke are accussed in court of many offences

Marke, 59, and Phythian, 36, deny they repeatedly had sex with a girl, 13

Girl claims couple filmed most of the abuse in bid to recreate porn scenes

A British actress who starred in Doctor Strange with Benedict Cumberbatch and her husband are accussed of having sex with a 13-year-old girl after they groomed her.

The girl, now an adult, says that Zara Phythian and Victor Marke filmed the abuse in a bid to recreate pornographic scenes.

The abuse is claimed to have happened between 2005 and 2008 when the couple were martial arts instructors in Nottinghamshire.

Jurors at Nottingham Crown Court also heard a police interview from the woman, who was aged between 13 and 15 at the time of the alleged abuse, describing the details of the sexual offences before the pair were married.

Marke, 59, and Phythian, 36, - whose legal name is now Zara Marke - deny 14 charges of sexual activity with a child.

The court heard Phythian asked the girl if she wanted to play a game of 'dare' and gave her an alcoholic drink.

She then gave her husband oral sex and asked the child to join in.

The youngster copied what sports coach Phythian had been doing, the jury was told, before experienced martial arts instructor Marke allegedly had sex with both of them.

The child alleged she did not know how to react but, it is alleged, this kind of sexual activity happened repeatedly, and they told her not to say anything.

'I knew it was wrong but I just didn't know how to get out of the situation or say anything,' she told police.

'I remember trying to copy Zara's reaction at the time because I looked up to her and tried to be like her in every way.'

The child also felt like she was being 'coached' by Phythian to get better at the sexual activity, the court was told.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10760191/Zara-Phythian-Doctor-Strange-Benedict-Cumberbatch-husband-sex-girl.html

More than 2500 teachers may be sacked or stood down TODAY as Dan Andrews' Covid booster mandate kicks in across Victorian schools

Thousands of teachers will be stood down today for not getting third Covid jab

Victoria and Northern Territory the only states to mandate booster for teachers

Loss of thousands of teachers due to vaccine mandate causing staff shortages

Thousands of teachers across Victoria could be stood down from today for failing to get a third Covid-19 jab.

Victoria and the Northern Territory are the only states to mandate a booster shot for teachers.

All staff were required to have three doses of a Covid-19 vaccine by April 28, unless they have a medical exemption.

Around 2500 teachers and support staff may lose their jobs due to the rule.

Principals say the permanent loss of thousands of teachers due to vaccination mandates is heightening staff shortages in schools across the state.

More than 1300 state school teachers and 1300 private teachers had not met the vaccination guidelines as of December 2021, a spokesperson for the Red Union told the Herald Sun.

'Although some were vaccinated over the holidays, the fact that there is now a requirement for three shots means more teachers are now not meeting the mandate,' the spokesman said.

The three dose mandate also applies to visitors and volunteers to school grounds, however parents were recently exempt from the requirement.

Remaining teachers have been forced to combine classes in larger spaces to work around staff absences and cancel school excursions.

The Red Union spokesman said there were 'no excuses' for a mandated third jab which he said was crippling the workforce.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10758983/Dan-Andrews-stands-THOUSANDS-teachers-failing-Covid-19-booster-shot.html