BOM Seating
Commentary doesn’t have a problem with this. This is from the Chron:
It was mostly calm and quiet in the auditorium as new Houston ISD board members listened to a presentation about the budget, reviewed an agenda for their next meeting and peppered new Superintendent Mike Miles with questions about his vision for the state’s largest school district.
Occasional shouting could be heard from outside the room, meanwhile, as the majority of parents, teachers and community members who attended the public meeting were sequestered in a separate room to watch the proceedings via a screen. Several people were barred from stepping into the auditorium by HISD police officers.
One man who was registered to speak during public comment was detained in handcuffs and taken to the Harris County Joint Processing Center, according to witnesses. Others, assigned upon entry to the overflow room, crowded around the auditorium doors shouting, “Let us in! Let us in! Let us in!”
Inside the auditorium, roughly 35 chairs were set up for spectators and a dozen seats were reserved for the press, while several large tables dominated the room for the board members, who opted to sit facing each other during the workshop instead taking their places at the dais per usual.
“The dais is a little bit restrictive, and being able to sit together as a group on the floor with the superintendent speaking directly to us and answering our questions really was the most effective manner,” said board president Audrey Momanaee. “We really did have a very productive session today.”
Meanwhile, more than two dozen people spoke out during public comment in opposition to the takeover and the new governance body. Miles was not in the auditorium during public comment, but said later that he watched it from afar because “the focus is on the board.”
Many of the elected trustees who have been stripped of their power attended the meeting, including Kathy Blueford-Daniels, who said she was extremely disappointed by the limited public access to the auditorium.
“You will not be able to bridge any relationships with people in the community by these actions,” she said. “I cannot accept the way this is being done.”
Here is the entire read: HISD board discusses budget, magnet programs in second meeting (houstonchronicle.com).
I watched the Board of Managers (BOM) meeting last week and I thought the BOM was a bit restrained as audience members shouted at them and constantly interrupted the proceedings.
It looks like the seating reconfiguration is going to cut down on the shenanigans from last week. The protesters’ behavior last week brought this on. There is a way to protest and there is a way to protest.
The BOM isn’t hiding the meeting. They are just making sure there is decorum. I don’t have a problem with this.
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The Urban Reform fella has an Op-Ed in the Chron today on Judge Lina Hidalgo dropping the F-Bomb last week at the Commissioners Court meeting. That is today’s featured photo.
Here is the Op-Ed: Why Lina Hidalgo’s F-bomb matters (Opinion) (houstonchronicle.com).
Here is from the Chron on the Urban Reform fella:
Charles Blain is president of the Houston-based think tank Urban Reform Institute.
Has anyone ever seen any of his thoughts, other than this thought on F-Bombs? Oh, well.
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This is Juneteenth Weekend, and the Chron’s Preview section today has all the Juneteenth events in H-Town:
Juneteenth Freedom Run/Walk, Juneteenth at Miller: A Celebration of Freedom, A Juneteenth Celebration, Acres Homes Juneteenth Parade, Juneteenth Market, Juneteenth Music Festival, and Juneteenth at Avenida Houston.
There is the Baytown Juneteenth Weekend Celebration
In Galveston, the birthplace of Juneteenth, we have the:
Juneteenth Emancipation Celebration, Juneteenth Parade & Picnic, Juneteenth Festival, Juneteenth Civic Season Event: ‘A Slice of History’, Juneteenth Comedy Fest, The Galveston Symphony Celebrates Juneteenth, 44th Annual Al Edwards Juneteenth Celebration, Juneteenth Family Fun Day & Emancipation March, and Juneteenth Sneakerball.
In Pearland there is the Juneteenth Celebration and Juneteenth Freedom Day.
Got it?
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We lost last night in 10 innings. Drats!
The Reds are in town for a weekend series. The last time they played here was in 2016.
