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I woke up this morning and had on the flat screen when NBC News came on with breaking news. It was the devastating collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. Unbelievable tragedy.  _____ The Chron E-Board today addresses the Harris County constable contract deputy program. If your neighborhood has the dough, you can…

Some dumbarses with the Donald Trump campaign came out with the old “are you better off today than you were four years ago?” This was first posed by the Ronald Reagan campaign against then President Jimmy Carter back in 1980. The featured photo is from four years ago around this time. It is an assortment…

President Joe Biden was in H-Town yesterday and it looks like Mayor John Whitmire and Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo welcomed him at Ellington Field and got to visit the President on Air Force One. Pretty cool. _____ The Metropolitan Transit Authority, err METRO has a nine-member board of directors comprised of members appointed by…

This is kind of scary. I got a call yesterday from a fella who claimed to be a sheriff deputy saying I had failed to show up for jury duty at the federal courthouse. In the back of my mind, I wondered why a sheriff deputy would be involved with the feds. The deputy said…

From the Chron yesterday: Mayor John Whitmire’s administration is weighing all options, including hiking the city’s property tax rate and charging residents a garbage collection fee, to help pay for its landmark settlement with the Houston firefighters union, according to City Attorney Arturo Michel. “I think everything is on the table,” Michel said after a court hearing Monday,…

This is from the hard copy of today’s Chron: A group of pro-Palestine demonstrators protested Mayor John Whitmire‘s appearance at the annual Houston Iftar dinner Sunday, calling for the mayor to support a cease-fire in Gaza after his refusal to do so prompted some Muslim leaders and organizations to boycott the city’s premier iftar event. Sporting red…

Commentary tries not to talk about 11th Street in my neighborhood. It brings out heated exchanges on Next Door. I rarely get on 11th Street since they did away with two lanes.  Now see this from the Chron: Houston Mayor John Whitmire is reevaluating several street infrastructure projects for effectiveness, including the completed 11th Street redesign despite the…

Finally. Folks know Commentary’s take on the H-Town firefighters and the city. Mayor John Whitmire finally got a deal done. It is about time. Here is from the Chron: It will cost Houston taxpayers more than $650 million to settle City Hall’s long-running contract stalemate with the firefighters union, according to terms of a deal released Thursday.…

Minority Women Disadvantage Business Enterprise (MWDBE) is a program to get these businesses part of government contracts. It is supposed to help these businesses grow and expand. It is a good program. Commentary is certified under the Houston Office of Business Opportunity. I have to go through a recertification process on a regular basis. It…

On the HPD suspended cases mess, Commentary is like most folks. Just an H-Town citizen waiting for an explanation. Mayor John Whitmire will announce this afternoon his review committee who will try to figure out how this happened. The Chron E-Board has a take on this today. See the featured photo. Here is the E-Board…