Technically, summer starts next week, but weather-wise it’s been here for awhile. 1. All Summer Long – The Beach Boys 2. Cruel Summer – Bananarama 3. Never Dreamed You’d Leave In Summer – Stevie Wonder 4. Our Last Summer – from “Mamma Mia” 5. Summer – War 6. Summer In The City – Black Casino [...]
Posts on ‘June 15th, 2012’
Budget amendment time
Now that Mayor Parker has formally submitted her proposed budget for fiscal year 2013, it’s time for Council members to submit their amendments for consideration. I’m going to start at the bottom of the story with the two proposals that intrigues me the most. Two members called for a November election to amend the city’s [...]
Here comes Trader Joe’s
They’re opening the first Houston-area store in the Woodlands, which doesn’t count as far as I’m concerned. But it’s all right, the one I am interested in will follow behind shortly. The 13,500-square-foot store at 10868 Kuykendahl has a fraction of the items found in a big supermarket but does offer a trove of gourmet [...]
The TFN on the SBOE
Hair Balls attended a session at the TDP convention held by the Texas Freedom Network about electing a less-embarrassing State Board of Education. More than 600 people packed a ballroom at the George R Brown Convention Center on Saturday morning for TFN’s session, “Ignorance Is Not a Texas Value: Electing a Smarter State Board of [...]
Metro meeting about the General Mobility Program
Put it on your calendar. You’re invited to attend a special board meeting to tell METRO what you think about the agency’s General Mobility Program (GMP) and the upcoming referendum. The board meeting is scheduled for Monday, June 18, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in METRO’s board room at 1900 Main St. If you [...]