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innerlooper

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  1. I was under the impression that this project was shot down by COH Planning Commission late last year. Issues with traffic, mostly. In their proposal, cars would exit the "tunnel" at 18th and then have to turn left to get back onto the lot to the "free" vacuums.  Also they cant enter directly from Shepherd because of scheduled bike lane. 

     

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  2. There's no telling. They may very well know about bars not allowing handguns.  Welcome to Fallujah on the Bayou.

     

    I'm not advocating that "everyone" should be able to carry in bars. CHLers have been fingerprinted and vetted by the FBI, and have a very low incident rate regarding any criminal activity. I live about ten blocks from this murder and I even carry when mowing the lawn. But I do keep my finger away from the trigger, unlike Howard H above.

  3. RE construction at corner of 17th and Yale. I take it this is the SE corner, 128 W 17th.

     

    The lot at one time had two two-story houses on it, built in the 80s, with hardboard siding. Apparently they had multiple mortgage liens on them, part of the whole Couch Mortgage fiasco. Dean Couch was convicted of fraud in 1992 and committed suicide in the Harris Co jail using one of those electric coffee cup heaters. Anyway the places stood empty for years, and it was a real study in how hardboard siding can and will deteriorate over time if not kept sealed and painted. It hung from studs like seaweed at low tide. None of the lienholders would compromise, and at some point the buildings were torn down and the lot was used as a garden for many years. Looks like it became valuable enough to satisfy all the interested parties and improvements can again be added. 

  4. It was Coral (or Carl) Eugene Watts who killed and left at least one body in a wooded area to the west of Houston Ave/ White Oak intersection. Back then it was heavy scrub and could easily conceal a victim.

     

     

     

    From one site:

     

    "April 16, 1982: Carrie Jefferson, 32, was strangled and then stabbed twice as she returned home from her job at Houston's downtown post office. Watts buried Jefferson's body along White Oak Bayou."

     

     

    General info:

     

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Eugene_Watts

  5. I AM YELLING AT THE TOP OF MY LUNGS:   HE SHOULD HAVE NO SAY IN WHAT HAPPENS TO A HOUSE HE DOES NOT OWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  

     

     

     

     

     

    Marksmu, I take it you don't have to live next to this free spirit. Location: about as far from the Heights as the new Walmart.

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  6. Red you know very well that The Taurus Judge and The S&W Governor are not SBSs. Otherwise they wouldn't be unloading them by the wagonload at the GRB every other weekend. BTW I've tried them for skeet and couldn't hit anything.

    "You'll need to start with making them legal."

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    Sec. 46.05. PROHIBITED WEAPONS. (a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally or knowingly possesses,

    (3) a short-barrel firearm;

    (10) "Short-barrel firearm" means a rifle with a barrel length of less than 16 inches or a shotgun with a barrel

    length of less than 18 inches, or any weapon made from a shotgun or rifle if, as altered, it has an overall length

    of less than 26 inches.

  7. Niche I know you don't necessarily believe in this liability, but where did this notion develop that a private property owner has a duty to prevent crime in a public street abutting the property? Looks like judges need to be quicker to dismiss, and juries to get real, otherwise a lot of folks here (yes you gentle reader) could be on the hook for what goes on in front of their cribs.

    I can't afford CC cams, never mind a guard. I guess I'll just have to post signs on the sidewalk that say: "WARNING CITIZEN: THIS IS A DANGEROUS NEIGHBORHOOD/ STREET. YOU MAY BE ROBBED, ABDUCTED, RAPED, TORTURED, AND/ OR MURDERED."

    Will that do to reduce liability?

  8. Um, I don't have a dog in this fight but today there were lots and lots of parked cars pinching off Bissonnet (much like Dunlavy all the time actually) near the dreaded hi-rise site, and I wonder if this is part of the new "dirty tricks"---I mean "you ain't seen nothing yet" campaign.....

    Must be a beech not to get traction in district court and have to take it to the streets.....

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