Legalize Dogg
Early Voting in Person starts in four days.
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It is obvious that the Houston Housing Authority is a mess. KPRC Channel 2 investigative/consumer reporter Amy Davis did a follow-up story on shady contracting deals. The Chron today has a report on an audit that was completed:
Here is from the Chron story:
A new audit of the Houston Housing Authority revealed numerous problems with the agency’s bookkeeping and its administration of the nation’s largest affordable housing program, which uses vouchers to cover rent beyond what a family can afford.
A third-party auditor found “material weakness” and “material noncompliance” in 2023 for every major program that it reviewed. Taken together with previous audits, the findings show that problems that began plaguing the agency in 2020 during the pandemic continue unabated, impacting the programs that serve Houston’s most vulnerable.
What a mess.
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Snoop Dogg was on “Today” this morning, and he joined Al Roker at the very creative weather wall. Look closely at the featured photo for temps in Blunt, Roach, Stoner, Tokeland and other High Point parts of the USA. Legalize weed today, err pardon the pun. Nice job.
Who would you rather share a joint with – Al, Hoda, Savannah, Craig, or Dylan?
Just kidding.
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I ordered 2024 campaign gear and a yard sign back in August. I got the yard sign three weeks ago. I got the rest of my gear yesterday. I now have a Harris -Walz, Yes She Can, and When We Fight We Win t-shirts.
I also got my Beatles gear yesterday.
A nice T-Shirt haul day.
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I was watching the KPRC Channel 2 News early this morning. Meteorologist Justin Stapleton mentioned that at 6:18 am this morning you could go outside to check out the International Space Station zipping across the sky. I went outside and sure enough it looked like a slow-moving shooting star. Cool.
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I just saw this in the Chron:
It’s been nearly a year since Dusty Baker stepped down as Houston Astros manager, but he’s still plugged in enough to have opinions about what his former team should do in free agency. Not surprisingly, his thoughts are in line with what most fans desire: Hold on to Alex Bregman.
The Astros third baseman, who has been a key part of the team’s current streak of eight straight trips to the postseason, will enter free agency for the first time after the World Series when his $100 million contract extension from 2019 expires.
“I hope they sign Bregman, because he’s one of the pillars on that team,” Baker said on Wednesday’s episode of The Show: A NY Post baseball podcast with Joel Sherman & Jon Heyman. “He was one of the guys that I could depend on to send a message and I don’t have to tell him what message to send. This is what I love about Bregman.”
And this:
“I do believe in Jim Crane because he’s not opposed to spending some money to stay on top,” Baker said. “He expects to stay on top. I don’t play golf, but if you talk to people that do play golf with him, he expects to win and he’s spoiled by winning and winning spoils you. I don’t see him sparing any expense to try to remain on top and get a good team.”
Interesting. Very interesting.
