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Houston judge has disturbing meltdown when she doesn’t get her way, calls for removal grow

August 8, 2025 | | Print Article

A mentally ill Houston judge experienced a meltdown after her proposal to hike property taxes to pay for “early childcare programs” failed to pass.

The proposal by Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo called for there to be a November ballot measure vote on her desired property tax increase.

“Hidalgo had proposed the tax increase to continue funding child care programs that began with federal pandemic relief money, which is set to expire next year,” according to local station KPRC.

But instead of making her case the normal, mature way, Hidalgo reportedly decided to use little children to make a spectacle.

Watch:

“Hidalgo goaded dozens of children, who attended the meeting to support the continued funding of a slate of early childcare programs, to call on commissioners to vote in favor of the proposed tax increase,” according to the Houston Chronicle.

“Multiple calls for decorum were ignored by Hidalgo, who repeatedly interrupted commissioners during discussion on the matter,” the Chronicle’s reporting continued.

According to local station KTRK, Hidalgo at one point also “called a recess, slammed her laptop, left the room, and went to meet with families from the program who attended the meeting.”

Her colleagues weren’t impressed with her tactics:

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In fact, a majority of her colleagues ultimately voted to censure her.

“Commissioners Lesley Briones, Tom Ramsey and Adrian Garcia voted in favor of admonishing Hidalgo,” the Chronicle notes. “Commissioner Rodney Ellis cast the lone dissenting vote.”

They also apologized to the public for her behavior:

Besides being unhinged, Hidalgo is also mentally ill.

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“In 2023, Hidalgo took a leave of absence after announcing she was being treated for clinical depression,” KPRC notes. “Since then, she has received weekly therapy.”

Her mental illness became an issue in May when the commissioners’ court meetings were rescheduled from Tuesday to Thursday, the same day as the judge’s group therapy.

The judge, for her part, tried to convince her colleagues to reschedule the court meetings again.

“As you guys know, I have to take a break between 3 and 4 o’clock — I have my group therapy,” she said. “We knew this when we rescheduled to have the commissioners’ court on Thursday. So that was my asterisk when we decided to move courts on Thursdays.”

She then asked the commissioners to hold their planned Thursday vote until after the completion of her group therapy, but this bothered fellow commissioner Adrian Garcia.

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“I walk into these meetings with my day planned, and today, I already have commitments,” he said. “If we lose an hour without anything productive, it really disrupts my schedule. So, I would also like some consideration for my schedule.”

He also called for having the vote regardless of whether Hidalgo had returned from therapy. She didn’t like this, so she responded by accusing Garcia of picking on her:

“I would just like to underscore that you’re joining the ranks of those who have tried to pick on me for mental health treatment,” she said.

“No, no, please, please, we’re not going to go there,” Garcia responded. “I got put on the planning commission, that’s on Thursdays. We moved the court to Thursdays—I can’t make all the planning commission meetings, that’s why I have my proxy there and we’re able to continue the business.”

“I can’t send a proxy to my mental health treatment,” Hidalgo replied. “Yes, Commissioner, let’s just move on, OK? If you want to have the vote without me, have the vote without me. I’ll remind the community that you are interfering with something that I mentioned before. People can see your behavior, and frankly, I think it’s embarrassing, but that’s OK. Alright, let’s move on.”

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