Results tagged “townhall”

Houstonist can't understand why all these people are shouting at one another over whether or not people should have health care. It's a complicated issue, we know, but it just seems like the yelling further complicates things. How about a nice civil conversation where everyone has a chance to say their piece? more ›

Good morning, Houston. We just don't understand the entertainment juggernaut (or is it "juggernette?") that is Hannah Montana: Tickets to her Nov. 11 Toyota Center show sold out in five minutes Saturday, and now they're going for as much as $1,275 on eBay — granted, that's for a set of four tickets, but still, wow. The markup through eBay and ticket brokers has left some parents shelling out big bucks to give their kids... more ›

City officials have recently proposed a permanent ban on demolition of historic buildings in part of the Old Sixth Ward. In a recently released memo, details of the proposal were given: if support among neighborhood property owners is sufficient, demolition or inappropriate alteration of historical buildings within a "protected historic district" would be prohibited unless an economic hardship could be demonstrated. Now, residents of the community will have a chance to tell officials what they think about the plan. more ›

The Mayor’s Youth Council (MYC) is launching its 2nd Annual Youth Survey to identify the most important issues to Houston’s youth. Young people who reside or attend school in the City of Houston can have their opinions heard by completing the survey online. The survey asks questions about 37 issues in six major categories: Community Out-of-School Opportunities; Crime/Safety; Prejudice/Discrimination; Health Education & Outreach; Traffic/Transportation; and Environment. These issues were identified by the MYC in their... more ›

We here in the Ist-A-Verse know that we're sensational, but it's very rare that we get a chance to be sensationalistic. This week, we've decided to have ourselves a little fun and try our hand at tacky tabloid headlines, using nothing more than our favorite posts from this week. Torontoist Special Report: Rosie to Trump: "Fire 300 Bicyclists for Fraud!" On DCist: Students Go Wild for Slogans, Secrets and Sexual Harassment The action was thick... more ›

Houston politicians really are men and women of the people. Tonight, State Rep. Ellen Cohen will host a town hall meeting at Rice University to hear from her constituents about education in Texas. There will be two presentations, one by former Lt.-Gov. Bill Ratliff, of Raise Your Hand Texas, and a second by students from Lamar and Bellaire High Schools discussing tuition deregulation. After this, there will of course be time for comments and questions... more ›

Two things seem clear from last night's town hall meeting on problems at Texas Southern University: one, that TSU has problems that need fixing, and two, that supporters feel putting the school under a state university system would be a big mistake. Hundreds of people attended the meeting held by the Texas Southern University Advisory Committee, the group Gov. Rick Perry appointed to find a way to clean up far-reaching financial problems at the historically... more ›

That's right -- not one, but two town hall meetings this evening, folks. TSU or John Culberson. Pick your poison: more ›

Texas is thawing, the Northeast is freezing, and a sort of natural order seems almost restored to the Ist-A-Verse. Almost. Londonist HQ—that is to say, the city of London—was battered by heavy winds, making it a bad time to be a twelve-meter (nearly forty-foot) tall snowman. Still, not everyone decided to keep warmly covered. Meanwhile, back indoors, the Big Brother racism is now causing all kinds of headaches for international diplomats, and Londonist got into... more ›

Good morning, Houston. Isn't it a letdown knowing that there's not even the remotest possibility of ice-related mayhem this morning? It looks like the worst of the arctic weather is over and we're now headed into a very, very slow warm-up. But we have a question: Can't we get just one sunny day? Is that too much to ask? more ›

We tallied up all of the Houstonist staff writers’ favorite albums of the year, and were surprised to find out that we actually agreed on nine of them! Here are the CD’s that we couldn’t get enough of in 2006: The Decemberists: The Crane Wife When The Decemberists made the move to a major label a year ago, we were worried that they would sell out and release a crappy album of radio-friendly tracks. Luckily,... more ›

New Orleans police arrested Richard Foster, wanted in the murder of a Katrina evacuee in Houston, last night A new report finds more problems in HPD's crime lab, including 23 cases in which the lab reported "grossly misleading" information from its DNA profiling Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson announced today plans for the nation's largest offshore wind farm, which is proposed for 40,000 acres off the Padre Island seashore A woman sentenced to 15 years in... more ›