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Allegations of racism in the Houston Fire Department continue to smolder as the nation casts an eye on the Gates/Crowley arrest situation. In May, African-American firefighters sued alleging "'systemic discrimination' [on promotion exams]." A few weeks ago, racist and sexist graffiti in the women's dorm was the latest in a string of incidents at Station 54. Now the embattled department is dealing with a noose at Station 41. Per Chron.com, "an NAACP vice president, said he talked to virtually everyone at Station 41 in east Houston and concluded that the noose was an unconscious mistake, albeit hurtful to the black firefighter who reported it..." However, some citizens are not satisfied with that assessment or the captain's apology. They will be demonstrating at noon today outside city hall at the "Rally Against Hate." Let us know what you think Houston. Is the training knot incident being blown out of proportion or is this just another indicator that HFD has a serious issue? Sound off in the comments or show up at city hall.
People around the world are protesting in reaction to last Friday's Iranian election results. In short, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was re-elected. Citing corrupted election results protesters assert that opposing candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi was the actual winner.
The recent passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (also called the "stimulus package" or ARRA) on February 17th invested $789 billion into the economy through a coordinated series of tax cuts and spending in healthcare, education and other areas. The bill was introduced into the House of Representatives on January 25th, making its unbelieveably swift passage into law a mere three weeks later an almost unprecedented move for our government.
Almost 1,000 Houstonians showed up to City Hall this past Saturday afternoon to protest the passage of California's Proposition 8. And although we didn't have any popular comediennes come out at our protest, we still had a strong turnout befitting Houston's status as the largest LGBT community in Texas (nearly 62,000 people in Houston identify themselves as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender) and the sixth largest in the nation.
If you were disheartened by the passage of Prop 8 in California during last week's elections you now have a chance to have your voice heard. Houston is one of several cities taking part in a day of coordinated protests nationwide against Prop 8 tomorrow, November 15. The protest in Houston will take place at 12:30 p.m. outside City Hall.
Good morning, Houston. We've run into some, uh, active parents of student athletes in our day, but we can't remember remember hearing about one who was actually banned from his kid's sporting events — until now, that is. Meet Joe Dalton, who has been barred from his son's Stafford High home football games because school district officials allege he assaulted a student. It happened at the last home game Dalton attended, where he said...
So, Ashby Highrise. Here in one of Houstonist's favorite neighborhoods, we're seeing lots of signs that say "Tower of Traffic" and "Stop Ashby Highrise", and we got caught in that protest the other day on our way to and from Rice campus. But one detail we'd missed until now came to our attention in a Rice Thresher article. The Thresher, Rice's award-winning weekly newspaper, has its ups and downs, but it's extremely under-appreciated by Owls...
Good morning, Houston. It's always nice to see our fair city get some love from outside — so we were happy to hear that Lester Holt and a crew from the Today show were in town filming yesterday for the show's "Cities They Love" segment. The point of "Cities They Love" is to showcase off-the-beaten-path attractions, so Today visited the Beer Can House, took a ride along Buffalo Bayou and checked in at the...
Protest over national vs. regional chains, the never-ending debate over the place of cars and bicycles in our metropolises, professional sports scandals, remembering a solemn day, and being issued a search warrant - it all happened across our sites this week! Another banner week at Chicagoist started off with daily reports from food writer Lisa Shames on her attempt to eat only locally grown and raised foodstuffs all week as part of a farmers market...
This week's output on Missed Connections was much better than last week. But, Houstonist isn't naive enough to think that our bitching about the lack of quality had anything to do with the flood of MCs this week, but it kinda makes feel all warm and fuzzy like when you leave a peach in your glove compartment. Anyway, we're glad that you guys suck at meeting folks; it's entertaining. Some jock wants to suck...
Did you protest the taxes on your home this past year? If so, we hope you did your research on your neighbors’ appraisals already. If you didn’t, you’re out of luck. Thanks to a new law passed by the state, the Harris County Appraisal District (HCAD) was forced to pull their property appraisal database from their website this week. Don't get out your walking shoes yet – the information can't be obtained from the county...
Randy Pace, the city's Historic Preservation Officer, told the Chronicle that the house was eligible for Houston Landmark status, as well as listing in the National Register of Historic Places: "This would make it eligible for a property tax exemptions and discounts on permit fees for restoration. But the owner would need to initiate the application for the listing."
Banner week for SFist as the site's new editor introduced himself -- hooray for Brock! While the NY Times weighed in on SF's mayoral race, only SFist had the (insert tongue firmly into cheek) hard-hitting latest on candidate/activist Josh Wolf. Coverage of a protest vs. gentrification spawned a fantastic debate amongst SFist's readers. Finally, from the sublime to the ridiculous: video of a man that confused a Board of Supes meeting with "open mic...
Seattlest has a talk with the photographer from last week's "Segway Mom" and then experiences some dissension in the ranks over the question of wine vs. beer. It's not West Side Story, but about as close as they'll get. They're also still waiting on some inbox relief after a spammer is arrested. As Chicagoist counts down the days to its third anniversary party, they found all-organic pizza to be underwhelming amidst the hoopla, tried...
All across the Ist-A-Verse (or at least the American parts thereof), writers and editors are in the midst of enjoying their three-day weekend. But after the week we've all had, we feel like the break is not only needed, but deserved. Just look at everything we've been doing! Gothamist headed into the Memorial Day weekend with a number of tasks accomplished. They worried about Long Islanders giving New Yorkers a bad name. They tried...
Halliburton's last shareholder meeting in Houston before moving its offices to Dubai is tomorrow, May 16, and for some, this is cause for a party/protest.
KHOU's Jeff McShan had a much-publicized interview with Quanell X last night — and despite the indication that it would show us who Quanell X really is, we don't know all that much more now than we did before. The only thing that seems clear about Quanell X is that he's full of contradictions. In the interview with McShan, he recalled what he called a turning point in his life: a conversation he had with...
A controversy over a new requirement for cab drivers picking up passengers at Houston airports led cabbies to protest at City Hall yesterday, calling for "justice" and claiming that their constitutional rights have been abridged. At issue is a requirement from the city's Aviation Department that cabbies wear photo identification badges when picking people up at Bush Intercontinental and Hobby airports — a measure airport authorities say is necessary to ensure security. "Whether you work...
There's so much going on across the Ist-a-Verse that it's almost impossible to keep track these days. Fortunately, we do it so you don't have to! Londonist took a walk through Oliver Twist's London, thanks to a gorgeous map layer for Google Earth. They also caught up with modern-day fictional London, with the Fantastic Four and 28 Weeks Later. It was a week of insanity over at DCist. They started the week off with...
With all that went down this week, we thought we thought we'd cheer everyone up by giving everyone a double dose of dogs. It was a rollercoaster ride of emotions this week at DCist. Like the rest of country, we were floored by the news of so many dead coming out of Virginia Tech, and with so many of the victims and their relatives from the D.C. area, we felt it important to pay...
Good morning, Houston. It's been a long week, but fortunately, there's not much of it left. So to get things moving on toward Friday — and because we're still smarting over not knowing Texas had two Clear Lakes — we're jumping right into the news this morning. Go! >> Enron lawyers in hot water?: Two former Enron lawyers have been charged with civil violations of securities laws for — hang on to your hat...
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Good morning, Houston. We've heard a lot recently about how Galveston's waterfront is suddenly sprouting high-dollar apartments, condos and hotels — but when will developers begin building high-rises overlooking the lovely Houston Ship Channel? Maybe sooner than you'd think: In Alabama and South Texas, the newest bunch of development is occurring along the Intracoastal Waterway, the 1,300-mile manmade shipping channel few had previously considered pretty. But could the development interfere with shipping, the Intracoastal...
An exhibit which features art that reflects on the death penalty will open at M2 tomorrow evening and be on display until February 18. The Austin Chronicle called the show "nothing short of powerful." The pieces in the exhibit are in all sorts of media and were created by artists from all over the world (including Houston).
So the $14 million performance-based bonuses handed out this week to HISD teachers and staff aren't going over so well, apparently — some teachers are hinting that they'll call in sick next week to protest what they say are inequalities in the bonus system, and Superintendent Abelardo Saavedra had to apologize yesterday for calling teachers who got big bonuses "the cream of the crop."
As 2006 ends and 2007 begins, the -ists look back not at the past week, but at the past year. So here it is, your Best of 2006 Spectacular. And from all of us at the -ists, happy New Year! Austinist was all about controversy as new construction to increase urban density ran rampant in 2006, as did threats to the city's image from gigantic corporations looking to set up shop in town, leading...
Ah, here's one of those things that really makes us proud of our Greater Houston neighbors: In Katy, a guy is protesting the construction of a mosque and Islamic school by planning pig races next to the proposed construction site. No kidding.
Remember Michael Kubosh, the guy who told the world he was going to run a red light and then claimed the city was targeting him when he got a ticket for doing it? It was a botched protest against the city's red-light camera system, but now Kubosh seems to have gotten back on track: Making good on his promise to fight the cameras, he's planning to file suit to get the cameras removed. Kubosh, a...