$15M project to bring trails, fishing pier and dog park to southwest Houston greenspace https://t.co/bIK9jSiM1M
— Houston Chronicle (@HoustonChron) April 17, 2022
Please peruse the pictures and read the story. There was a music festival weekend before last that seems to have finally raised the profile of the area as a destination spot.
Here's your Black History read.
I'm in Brenham,TX visiting my aunt; a thing I've done a lot. I found a paper on Reconstruction in Texas that listed Washington County, which includes Brenham, as one of 16 counties in Texas known as the "Black Belt" This time I went to dig up some of that history. Findings:
— Amber Sims (@msberbiage) April 16, 2022
Yes, I opened with the calm-me-downs first because the state news last week was just so...
Greg Abbott's border stunt created a logjam of trucks that resulted in “hundreds of millions of lost dollars from spoiled produce and shipping delays.”
— Progress Texas (@ProgressTX) April 18, 2022
Abbott has no one to blame but himself for this disaster. #AbbottIsTheCrisis #AbbottFailedTexasAgain https://t.co/oLbVBZnVTo
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— Merry Gangemi (@GangemiMerry) April 15, 2022
Here's another "Christian Nationalist" governor doing his best to hurt everyday working Americans. #GregAbbottInflation #AbbottIsTheCrisis #GOPHypocrisy
“With the volume of reduction we’ve seen, you are costing the U.S. economy in total economic impact almost a billion dollars a day,” Ray Perryman, president of the economic research firm Perryman Group, said. https://t.co/ADPTE4ikij
— KUT Austin (@KUT) April 16, 2022
Gov. Greg Abbott’s border crackdown is producing a private contractor bonanza, showering tens of millions of dollars on staffing companies, technology firms and builders, including one business that sold Texas unreliable COVID tests. https://t.co/G9Q4rSttXv
— Houston Chronicle (@HoustonChron) April 17, 2022
On top of the overwhelming case load, a CPS employee who put his notice in this week says the problem is being compounded by the most recent directive from the governor, which targets trans youth and their families.https://t.co/yfOL0N5ThL
— KXAN News (@KXAN_News) April 16, 2022
Consequences of Texas’ abortion law are now being revealedhttps://t.co/Ci5Lknxiz9
— Socialist Action (@SocialistAct) April 15, 2022
"I would love to stay, but HISD does not pay me enough money to have an affordable living. I can barely afford rent," said one HISD English teacher who's been with the district 23 years.
— KHOU 11 News Houston (@KHOU) April 16, 2022
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Rent, groceries, gas. The cost of everything is going up —except wagesIt's time to #RaiseTheWage. Houston janitors deserve $15! #JusticeforJanitors https://t.co/sUSvI7njPn
— SEIU Texas (@SEIUTX) April 15, 2022
And if these conservative serpents weren't bad enough...
According to the experts, we're in the peak snake season in Central Texas.
— ATCEMS (@ATCEMS) April 17, 2022
Most venomous snakes in our area are pit vipers such as rattlesnake, copperhead, or water moccasin.
Here are some prevention tips as well as information if someone is bitten. https://t.co/bnIuE4tg93 pic.twitter.com/swII7KCWCE
Jessica Shortall collected tweets from politicians who put their logos on Good Friday images. And the San Antonio Current reminded us of that time Chip Roy wanted to steal the 2020 election.
But Texas Democrats are badly positioned to take advantage of the worst Republicans in the world due to their infighting and incompetence. SocraticGadfly offered thoughts about the Texas Democratic Party leadership battle. Stace at Dos Centavos provided insight after Beto O'Rourke called out the Biden administration on the repeal of Title 42.
With Earth Day coming, I'll post frequently on ecological topics this week.
Much of Texas is suffering through a drought—officials fear a repeat of 2011’s wildfires that burned through 600,000 acres. Until the state does more to prepare for the effects of a changing climate, we’re all vulnerable to these threats. #txwater #txlege https://t.co/wHRm07zTfw
— EDF Texas (@EDFtx) April 18, 2022
San Antonio has made zero progress on climate action yet Parks and Recreation are hosting Earth Day San Antonio on 4/23. Join us for Occupy Earth Day SA at Woodlawn Lake Park as we call on city and utility leaders to shut down the Spruce Coal Plant! pic.twitter.com/U55JrcDGfP
— Recall CPS Energy (@RecallCPS) April 14, 2022
The project aims to harden 70 miles of coastline with artificial dunes, sea walls, vast steel gates, making the bay a veritable fortress that could be sealed when hurricanes threaten.
— The Advocate (@theadvocatebr) April 17, 2022
It’s ambitious and expensive but it still may be woefully inadequate: https://t.co/E7FrxTxVuK
"Build the Ike Dike" is a running, unfunny joke.
Here's a few legal updates:
Texas 2036 presented some actual data about crime in the state, while the Texas Observer did more digging into the arrest of Lizelle Herrera.
"Johnson & Johnson can’t use its baby powder bankruptcy to prevent a lawsuit that accuses the company of hiding evidence that its industrial talc operation exposed workers to the toxic material asbestos, a federal judge ruled." #txlege #asbestoshttps://t.co/TOhAleGHqJ
— Texas Watch (@TexasWatch) April 14, 2022
Meanwhile, actual socialism is coming to the state capital.
#ICYMI: The City of Austin is getting ready to move on a pilot program that will give residents facing extreme hardship $1,000 per month for a year. A total of 85 recipients will take part in the pilot. https://t.co/ZqePkkCOHE
— KXAN News (@KXAN_News) April 16, 2022
And a few more lighter items/Texana to close today.
Ted Cruz (R - TX) pic.twitter.com/JUxBWIbZB8
— Fucked Up Looking Senators (@FedUpSenators) March 30, 2022
.@astros getting Minute Maid Park ready for the home opener Monday night against the Angels. pic.twitter.com/yBMmjVPE1d
— Mark Berman (@MarkBermanFox26) April 15, 2022
"My family ate Easter dinner plates of barbecued chicken, sausage, heaps of rice and beans, Jell-O molds, ambrosia, German chocolate cake, and buñuelos under the carport of my grandfather’s house."
— Texas Monthly (@TexasMonthly) April 17, 2022
South Texas does Holy Week like nowhere else. https://t.co/iBwvPLQ9fJ
