Daily Archives: May 31, 2013

Friday random ten: The city never sleeps, part 8

I don’t know about elsewhere, but all eyes remain on Austin around here as the legislative season goes into overtime. There are no Austin songs on this list, but there is a song about a suburb just north of Austin. … Continue reading

Posted in Music | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Friday random ten: The city never sleeps, part 8

The special session won’t be so short

The original idea behind the special session on redistricting was that it would be a quickie – gavel in, vote to adopt the interim maps as permanent, maybe vote on a few wingnut wish list items, and gavel out again. … Continue reading

Posted in That's our Lege | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

A bumpy ride for an equality resolution in Dallas

The saga begins when Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings unenthusiastically agreed to putting a resolution in support of marriage equality on the Dallas City Council agenda. After weeks of sidestepping the question, Mayor Mike Rawlings says he will vote next month … Continue reading

Posted in Show Business for Ugly People | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on A bumpy ride for an equality resolution in Dallas

Justice Department engaged in North Forest closure

A possible ray of hope for supporters of North Forest ISD, which is still hoping to survive past July 1 when the TEA’s order for it to be subsumed into HISD takes effect. The chief of the Justice Department’s voting … Continue reading

Posted in School days | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Houston keeps on growing

Sounds good to me. Among large American cities, only New York added more people than Houston in the year ending July 1, 2012, according to new census figures released Thursday. In addition, the Census Bureau reported, eight of the 15 … Continue reading

Posted in Elsewhere in Houston | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on Houston keeps on growing