3rd Hour
I won’t spend a whole lot of time on the following from the Chron today:
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo revealed Monday that she and her husband, David James, have separated, calling the decision “painful” but ultimately the right step for both of them.
Here is the entire Chron read: Lina Hidalgo announces separation from husband David James.
Sad and good luck
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This may be a bit early, but see this from the Chron:
Houston’s new ordinance prohibiting the nighttime rental and use of electric scooters, electric skateboards and similarly powered devices has already reduced late-night riding downtown, officials told the City Council’s Quality of Life Committee on Monday.
The ban on the use of micromobility devices between 8 p.m. and 4 a.m. was adopted on Nov. 19 after Mayor John Whitmire described late-night scooter activity as one of Houston’s top security threats, citing chaotic riding, large crowds and frequent injuries downtown.
“We literally saw almost overnight a decrease in activity,” said Maria Irshad, deputy director of the city’s Administration & Regulatory Affairs Department. “We think the ordinance has made some good progress on efforts to clear the public right of way.”
City officials said they pursued the curfew in part because of rising safety and cost data: 536 EMS calls for scooter incidents downtown since January 2021, 78% of them between 8 p.m. and 4 a.m., and a projected $1 million in combined EMS and HPD scooter-response costs this year.
Since the curfew took effect, Houston Fire Department medics have responded to five scooter-related calls citywide, all outside the curfew window and only one in downtown, Irshad said. During the same period last year, EMS responded to 11 such incidents, 10 of them downtown.
Here is the entire read: Houston scooter curfew shows safety gains, business owners push back.
Get back to me in six months.
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Cong. Darrell Issa, a MAGA guy from the San Diego, California area, is losing his congressional district due to the Gov. Gavin Newsom Prop 50 on redistricting. Cong. Issa is now eyeing a congressional district in North Texas to run for if the 2025 racist gerrymandered map is allowed by the Supreme Court, I wonder what MAGA Texas leaders think about a MAGA California guy coming to Texas to run for a newly drawn seat. Stay tuned.
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“The 3rd Hour of Today” co-hosts are the featured photo. A “Family Guy” episode a few years ago refereed to them as the nonsense people.