Results tagged “poorpeople”

Football on a Thursday? Does this mean we have to skip 30 Rock? Damn, this is a hard decision. Gary Kubiak vs. Jack Donaghy. Sage Rosenfels vs. Judah Freidlander. Texans Cheerleaders vs. our completely defensible crush on Tina Fey. Tracy Jordan vs. Travis Henry's illegitmate children. Mike Shannahan's hair vs. the Sheinhart Wig Company. Who are we kidding? You can watch 30 Rock any time on NBC's website. It's like Tivo for poor people! The...

We talked last week about how the city had revoked the certificate of occupancy for Carter's Grove, the north Houston apartment complex with a history of safety and code violations — and sure enough, city officials shut the place down yesterday after helping the last residents move out. The complex drew attention when two kids were nearly electrocuted while playing around an unlocked electrical transformer box in February, but the city said it had racked...

Our favorite Marvin Zindler reported a consumer complaint story about how Time Warner Cable has introduced a one dollar surcharge for customers who pay their bill at one of Time Warner's stores. This was met with some reproach by low income clients who said they feel the pinch of the extra weight on their bills. Zindler is known for airing consumer complaints (mostly against corporations), and coming out the winner, no matter what or...