Council Should Vote For Payday Lending Regs
It’s just the right thing to do. But if there are members of City Council who want to talk about “free markets” or claim they haven’t heard anything from the community, Lisa Falkenberg at the Chron has...
View ArticleTweet of the Day: Payday Lending Ordinance Passes
I’ll give the big prize to Mike Morris of the Chron. Payday lending ordinance passes easily, 15-2 #houcouncil — Mike Morris (@mmorris011) December 18, 2013 PDiddie has more.Filed under: 2013...
View ArticleBoycotting Buc-ees
Won’t gas up there anymore since they support a fear mongering immigrant basher. “@KoltenParker: Buc-ee’s endorses Dan Patrick for Lt. Gov. — Joaquin Castro (@Castro4Congress) March 10, 2014 I guess...
View Article3rd Centavo ~ Tameez: Give Up The Green
My friend, Mustafa Tameez, among the best political strategists out there and whose opinion I trust, had a pretty thought-provoking piece in the Texas Tribune’s Tribtalk. It’s about giving up grass....
View ArticleRally to Raise Houston – Friday May 27
Ten years ago, Houston Janitors won a courageous battle for better wages and working conditions. Ten years later, the Janitors are fighting to to get ahead and to achieve a new contract with major...
View Article12/8/2016: Panel Discussions on US-Mexico Business Environment
PLEASE RSVP BY CLICKING HEREFiled under: 2016, Cultura, DC Promo, Local Business, Sensible Immigration Reform, Uncategorized
View ArticleA Weekend of Voting and Cultura
Click to view slideshow. It was a pretty active weekend of voting and culture this past weekend. Early Voting Sabado was huge and I got to experience a part of it by spending some time at Moody Park...
View ArticleDo Your Part and Report Violations of Greg Abbott’s Order
UPDATE 3:15pm – 5/4/2020 — ABC13 reports that during Day 1 of this reporting portal, over 450 businesses have been reported by your fellow Harris Countians for violating Greg Abbott’s order. If you see...
View ArticleAbbott’s Trumpian Response to “Neanderthal Thinking”
Greg Abbott doesn’t enjoy being challenged by President Joe Biden nor the media as was evidenced in his freak-out on a KPRC interview yesterday. The freak-out continued on Twitter (see image). With...
View ArticleThoughts on Viernes 04152022
Still With Judge Lina Speaking of political performance art, the local DA seems to be going too far in the use of her office to wage a political vendetta against Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo....
View ArticleI Know We Are Happy, But…
Kuff tells us about the indictment of the local right-wing purveyor of hormone and “Low-T” shots whose involvement in the vehicular assault and illegal detention in the name of voter fraud by a former...
View ArticleHouston Back at Medium Risk for COVID-19
The Houston Health Department quietly announced that Houston is back at “Medium” risk for COVID-19, while this week the positivity rate reached 21.1%. Harris County still has us at “Yellow,” which...
View ArticleAnother Sad COVID-19 Report
It didn’t take long for Houston Health to change the local COVID-19 risk level from “MEDIUM” to “HIGH.” What was it? A week? The COVID-19 positivity levels are now at 23.9% and the viral load in the...
View ArticleJoaquin Castro Leads CoDel to Border
SA Congressman Joaquin Castro led a Congressional delegation to the Texas border yesterday to witness the inhumane policies of Greg Abbott in action. Here’s a vid of the press conference, which...
View ArticleThoughts on the Freeze of 2024
We are in the midst of a freeze, so, I guess that means I should end my one-month break from blogging. The reality is that I needed the break so that I could collect myself for what is to come in the...
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