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One problem I see with this is its going to put the cyclists and joggers in conflict. There has been a nice truce in Memorial Park with the joggers on the dirt trail on the North side of Memorial and the cyclists on the paved trail on the South side, and on Picnic Circle. I had always thought this was largely because jogging on dirt is more low-impact for a jogger than paving, and because paving is better for a bicycle.

Dirt is much better for bicycles! Where is the challenge in riding a bike on smooth pavement? That is just plain boring. If I couldn't ride my bike on dirt trails, I wouldn't ride it at all.

How does going to a City of Lubbock website help raise speed limits on a road in Houston?

Requests go to the txdot not the city. However it seems the TXDOT is only responsible for Hwys, not sure if that includes the feeder roads, so I am including a city address below. I have worked in the same area for over 20 years. They constantly have speed traps on Old Katy Road and Hempstead Hwy because the speed limit is set too low.

City of Houston

Department of Public Works and Engineering

PO Box 1562

Houston, Texas 77251-1562

Speed limits on Texas highways are set by the 85th percentile method, which represents the speed the majority of drivers will be traveling at or below. ftp://ftp.dot.state.tx.us/pub/txdot-info/.../pub_limits.pdf

The dept of transportation has a form you can fill out and/or a number you can call if you want to get a speed limit changed. They are required to do a study first. Seems this is mostly to request a limit be lowered but I sent in a request that the limits be raised on Hempstead hwy and Old Katy Rd where they constantly have speed traps. If others agree and will also send in a request maybe we can get the limit changed.

The number to call is 806-775-2132

http://www.ci.lubbock.tx.us/citizenPInfo.aspx?ID=62

You will need to register to use the online form.

Too many people have been foreclosed on already. How is it fair to help some and not others? Foreclosures are good, they bring down home values and make homes more affordable. Get rid of property taxes if you want to help people avoid forclosure. Taxes should be based on income which often changes. You shouldn't have to pay rent on your house for the rest of your life in the form of taxes. When you buy and pay for a house you should own it free and clear.

They are doing all these things cause they are sitting in traffic. I don't see people doing this when they are traveling 50 mph.

When your young they often will pull you over for any reason they can think of.

We would all get to work faster and there would be less traffic jams if everyone would just speed up. When the light changes hit the gas and go! If you are driving fast you should be paying more attention to what is going on. You think driving the too slow speed limit and gabbing on the phone or the person next to you is safer? Time is money... GO FAST!

Those home warranties have a lot of outs when you read the small print. However if you have a fire I would expect the homeowners insurance to cover it.

older gas lines are copper. thats what being crushed. your just moving in??? didnt you get a home warranty??? i would read up and see what it covers...I mean, what if plastic were to get wrapped around the ac and burned it up??? you would have to get a new ac unit and the warranty should cover that.

Motion activated security cam so you can catch the crooks in action.

I would suggest a shockwire for the killer pitbulls.! My neighbor lets her dog dig constantly by the fence, he finally broke through and then my dogs went over there. Now they want to go back and I am the one that had to buy a shockwire. Geeez

For the barking you could try a barkbuster if you lived right next door. It puts out a loud annoying sound everytime the dog barks, if it doesn't work, maybe it will at least annoy the neighbor with the dogs.

My sons friend touched my dogs shockwire with a crowbar and it turned his toenail black. He was fine though, put down the crowbar.

She says the point of the law suit is to make agents provide full disclosure. First time home buyers don't know what questions to ask, many agents aren't going to volunteer info, they just want to sell the house for the most they can get. I'm glad they filed the suit, if only to bring attention to others that they shouldn't trust their agent.

Ummel claims that the agent hid the information that similar homes in the neighborhood were selling for less because he feared she would back out and he would lose his $30,000 commission.

If the agent lied, then I think its great they are suing. Might make other agents pay attention and not tell so many lies. Most of the agents I have met work for themselves, not for the buyer. The sooner they sell a house and the higher the price, the more money they make.

What gets me about the hardiplank is they don't bother to stagger it right, then you have what they call the zipper effect with these ugly lines. Another thing they sometimes do is NOT use hardiplank on the trim boards and in 5 years you have rotted trim.

With most sellers paying 6% commish to sell their homes and with most people looking on the internet these days, I would think having a decent DSLR would be a requirement for real estate agents.

Cause it takes 20 years to grow a good shade tree. I call the new neighborhoods with no trees Hot Boxes. My dogs don't want a yard with no shade and neither do I.

According to the US Army Corps of Engineers publication Foundations in Expansive Soils, the fact that a foundation is not performing "adequately" does not mean that foundation repair is either necessary or desirable. Nor does it mean that foundation repair will actually improve the performance of the foundation.

http://www.houston-slab-foundations.info/ Good slab info at this site.

If the people first in line at the light would take off quickly and not be stragglers, maybe we wouldn't have these long backups that make people feel they need to run the lights. Remember all those people behind you want to go to... move your @ss quickly!

You might get them to take that extra 3% off the price of the home, but don't think you would get cash. It's common to ask sellers to pay your closing costs. A good lawyer to look over the papers might be in order.

No defense for the adults but you have to realize the problem really started with how the other kids at school treated her.

I don't think it covers burglary, just robbery, fear of bodily harm.

In deadly force situations, the person must reasonably believe that the force is immediately necessary to protect his or her person from the exercise of unlawful deadly force by the aggressor or to prevent the imminent commission of an aggravated kidnapping, murder, sexual assault, aggravated sexual assault, robbery, or aggravated robbery.

http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R...ml/SB00378F.htm

I would say Joes best defense was fear of bodily harm after he went out with the gun. He did not have to stay in the house because a dispatcher told him to.

Had the police arrived in time would they have shot at the buglars running away? I would hope so. It has nothing to do with property, I don't care who takes my property. I don't ever want to go through the terror of someone breaking into my home when I am there.

But this is old, can you find a copy of the new bill?

Somewhere I also read and also heard from that reliable news source on the radio that we can use deadly force for criminal mischief. Does that mean people will start shooting all those kids who are breaking car windows? They really need to pass this info out in the schools, neighborhoods, etc.

The building or vehicle must be occupied at the time for the

deadly force provision to apply, and the person using force cannot provoke the attacker or be involved in criminal activity at the time.

Do a search for the above quote and you will find it. Don't rem where I found it the first time but it is here:

http://www.txcn.com/sharedcontent/dws/txcn...ll.712a4f3.html

I'm always happy when I hear burglars have been shot, that means they will never come to my house. It's not about the stuff it's about your right to feel safe in your own home.

The new bill says:

The building or vehicle must be occupied at the time for the deadly force provision to apply.

Seems to me Joe may have a problem.