Texans Drama

Fresh from the let them eat cake department.  H-Town is celebrating the return of the Texans to the NFL playoffs while the team owner’s family are at the courthouse. See this from the Chron:

One of the sons of Houston Texans owner Janice McNair has asked a Harris County probate court to declare her incapacitated and appoint her a guardian, according to Harris County probate court records.

Robert Cary McNair Jr., a son of Janice McNair and the late Bob McNair, on Nov. 27 submitted an application of guardianship of an adult person and estate, according to court records.

Janice McNair, 87, is opposing the application, as is Cal McNair, her son who serves as the chairman and CEO of the Houston Texans.

Here is the entire read: Texans could see ‘serious impact’ from McNair family ownership dispute (houstonchronicle.com).

I wonder if they all got together for Thanksgiving Day dinner.

I wonder if they got together to exchange gifts on Christmas Day.

I wonder if they will all sit together in the owner’s suite this Saturday afternoon at NRG.

I hope this doesn’t carry over and give us bad karma going into Saturday’s game.

Why didn’t they wait until after the season to air their laundry? 

Let them eat cake.

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I think the following is a non-story. Here is from Channel 13 news:

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — We are getting a closer look at a City of Houston-produced documentary made in the final days of former Mayor Sylvester Turner’s administration.

The 30-minute video was archived after ABC13 asked questions about its production and its cost of $2,450.

The documentary chronicles the former mayor’s path from a child growing up in Acres Homes to high school valedictorian and champion debater to the state legislature and as the city’s 62nd mayor.

The city told ABC13 the mayor did not request the documentary but did want a video that resembled previous year-end videos, which HTV – the city’s in-house production team – produced in all but one of the mayor’s eight years in office.

But it comes in the wake of another effort to use public money to catalog the mayor’s legacy – a book whose publication was ultimately pulled from the agenda at which its costs would have been approved.

That was ultimately paid for with private funds – something Rice University political scientist Mark Jones says may have been the more prudent action here, as well.

“In hindsight, this would have probably been a better project for the mayor to engage in after he left office with a private production company funded by his own resources,” Jones said. “He certainly has the resources to fund this type of project, and then there would be a very clear line between private and public.”

Here is the entire story: Sylvester Turner documentary: Former Mayor’s video produced by City of Houston’s production team archived from website – ABC13 Houston.

So, what. 

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Commentary likes former KPRC-TV Channel 2 news anchor Dominique Sachse. I think I have met her once. On page A-2 of the Chron hard copy, there is a story and photo of her. The story is about her leaving H-Town for Dallas for a new gig. She doesn’t say what the new gig is. She will announce that later. Why run the story then? Oh, well. To be continued, I guess.

That is all I have.