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Congratulations! See this from the Chron:
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo took to social media Monday evening to announce her engagement to David James, a 35-year-old personal injury and civil rights attorney.
In Hidalgo’s post on X, formerly known as Twitter, the 32-year-old said she’s “thrilled to share some personal news” and that she’s “overjoyed” to get married to James after the two met each other 9 years ago.
“Through all these years and all kinds of challenges, he’s been at the center of my world,” Hidalgo said in the post.
I hope they have a nice wedding.
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E. Jean Carroll said this last night to Rachel Maddow about Donald Trump:
“I looked out and he was nothing. He was a phantom. It was the people around him who were giving him power, he himself was nothing.”
Nothing. Nada. I love it. She kicked his arse.
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One would think that an H-Town City Council member with a term under their belt would be a lot smarter than the following from the Chron:
Mayor John Whitmire stepped in Monday evening to block an unauthorized housing committee meeting called by District F Council Member Tiffany Thomas, who had scheduled a Tuesday discussion on a highly competitive affordable housing program.
Council committees play a critical role in shaping city policy across key areas, including transportation, economic development, housing and ethics. These committees are subject to reorganization by incoming mayors, who often choose to modify their structure and leadership.
Whitmire has not yet unveiled his committee assignments, according to the mayor’s office. But Thomas, who served as chair of the Housing and Community Affairs Committee under former Mayor Sylvester Turner, attempted to organize a committee meeting Tuesday morning to review this year’s 9% tax credit program applications. The program allows developers to charge lower rent by offsetting a portion of their federal tax liability.
Thomas posted the meeting agenda online last week and asked six other council members, including three first-term members, to attend the meeting. One of the newcomers, At-large Council Member Julian Ramirez, confirmed that he was never appointed by the mayor and said he was invited by Thomas based on his predecessor’s role on the committee.
Whitmire emailed council members Monday evening and clarified that the meeting would not occur.
“He does respect Council Member Thomas and her housing expertise, but this is not the way to do it,” said Mary Benton, a spokeswoman from the mayor’s office.
For over a week, the housing committee was the only one with names of its chair and members listed on the city website. Benton said Whitmire never approved anyone to post these names on the webpage. The information has since been removed.
Here is the entire read: Whitmire blocks Thomas from holding unauthorized committee meeting (houstonchronicle.com).
How about giving the new Mayor’s office a heads up before posting the meeting. The new Mayor would probably want a new mix of committees or do his own appointing of members. Bush league in my book. She ought to know better, and this was dumb for sure.
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Sean Teare started running ads this morning in his race for Harris County District Attorney in the Democratic Party Primary Election. See the featured photo and the ad was on KPRC Channel 2 news earlier today.
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55 years ago today, the Beatles held their roof top concert. I have roof top concert Beatles gear.
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Former Astros manager Jimy Williams left us a few days ago. He was 80. See this from the Chron:
The Astros were the third and final team Williams managed. Hired to replace Larry Dierker before the 2002 season, Williams led the Astros to records of 84-78 and 87-75 in his first two seasons, finishing second in the National League Central both years.
But with the Astros at 44-44 at the 2004 All-Star break after hosting the Midsummer Classic at Minute Maid Park, the team fired Williams and replaced him with Phil Garner. That came a day after Williams was booed by the home crowd during All-Star Game introductions.
I was at that All Star Game in 2004 and I didn’t boo him.
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You got it. My green bin is still out there.
That is all I have.
