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  1. Ross
    Under the ordinance, the City may not be able to control the political signs you put up, but they will, due to their desire to be control freaks, be able to tell you that you can't repair your house in an economic fashion, or that you can't add the room you need for you new twins because it would "destroy the historic integrity of the neighborhood". A pox on you and them, It is NONE of yours, or the City's business how I add on to my home in a non-deed restricted area, as long as the life safety requirements are met.
  2. Ross
    To part one of your question, the answer is "possibly, but then again I could be a dog". To part two, the answer is "absolutely".
  3. Ross
    I've seen no evidence of traffic or drainage issues with this development, just the plaintive mewlings of control freaks not getting their way.
  4. Ross
    Wait for the leases to expire and tell the residents to move because you aren't renewing them. Then demolish. Easy, wasn't it?
  5. Ross
    WalMart is paying its way. Absent the agreement, the store would still be built but the streets would still suck. The City isn't handing WalMart any cash, and there won't be any real impact on City revenues. The City gets infrastructure now, with no cash out the door, and Walmart gets to pay up front for the improvements. How is that gicing money to WalMart? There's nothing wrong with 19th Street. I've never had any problems parking there, and I'm on that street all the time.
  6. Ross
    That's the old MHMRA building. Looks OK from the outside, but is apparently pretty useless on the inside. Charles LeBlanc at Midtown Authority told me a few years ago that it has 7 foot ceilings, inadequate elevators, dead end halls, etc.
  7. Ross
    Texaco no longer exists as a separate company. They were bought by Chevron 9 years ago. The office in White Plains was a real office, with the HQ and some other functions. Texaco did move the bulk of the Upstream to Houston, Downstream was in NY. After the Chevron merger, the office in NY was sold to a financial firm, I forget which one.
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    Uh, no, Coventry doesn't own the would be XOM site.
  9. Ross
    The group that owns the property at 1212 Waugh owns the property next door, and the two corresponding properties on Rosine. Edit: It's Rosine, not Roxine!
  10. Ross
    From the TABC site http://www.tabc.state.tx.us/faq/general.asp cities can pass ordinances regarding distances between schools and sales of alcohol. Search the City of Houston websites to get to the ordinance.
  11. Ross
    Some houses, some small businesses. one of the property owners fought like mad to prevent HISD from taking his peoperty.
  12. Ross
    As you dodged the 300,000 teenagers hanging around
  13. Ross
    My house is 1400 sq ft, and could hold 3 or 4 class rooms quite easily. 12000 sq ft is 110x110. I don't think that would fit on the site. 40x30 for the 1200 sq ft would fit easily.
  14. Ross
    But Marksmu, everyone knows that forcing people to look at non-historic structures in their neighborhood is bad for their health. I mean, can you imagine the damage done by high blood pressure when a McVictorian comes into view.
  15. Ross
    Wouldn't the City be obligated to make most of the infrastructure improvements that $6M pays for? Isn't the City forgoing future taxes rather than paying out cash now? That sounds like a win to me. Given that the City isn't paying out cash and the developer is, doesn't that mean the City has an advantage from a cost of funds view?
  16. Ross
    That's what I was thinking too. I could walk to the 11th St Kroger from my Timbergrove house - if I want to die of heat stroke on the half mile hike, followed by my feeble attempt to carry 50 pounds of groceries home. The Heights area is so developed that there's little chance of walkable development. Unless the historic houses get torn down to put the stores closer to the residents, and the stores are 2500 sq ft, like they were in the old days. My Dad had to walk to the store when he was growing up. He says it sucked. A lot.
  17. Ross
    s3mh, you still haven't given a valid reason why you have any legitimate interest in what your neighbor does to their property. Why should someone who has no desire to subject their property to the truly onerous provisions of the proposed ordinance be forced to accept those provisions? If I inherit my grandparents bungalow, why shouldn't I be able to tear it down and build a 3,000 sq ft house that suits the needs of my family?
  18. Ross
    Your property rights stop at your property line. Absent mutually agreed deed restrictions, the color, size, and appearance of your neighbors house is none of your business. The plain text of the proposed ordinance gives control of paint color, demolition, and improvements to HAHC, which isn't elected, and will not be responsive to homeowners they percieve as not toeing their line. HAHC will, ultimately, be composed of control freaks who love telling other people what to do.
  19. Ross
    Even better were the days when Tenneco had a store in the tunnel that sold almonds and such from the Kern County Land Company subsidiary.
  20. Ross
    The problem with ignoring the ordinance if passed is that violations are misdemeanors punishable by fines. Every day a violation exists is a separate violation. That's right folks, painting your house without approval will make you a criminal. and, with the increased criminalization of trivial crimes, and increased penalties for multiple offenders, you may find yourself in jail at some point for having 50 misdemeanors related to your home.
  21. Ross
    Every grocery store in California sells hard liquor (at least all the ones I ever went to did). They have different laws out there.
  22. Ross
    No one escapes school taxes, as every location is in a school district. If they could get away with it, no company would pay for health benefits No one is forced to work at WalMart. If employees didn't want the job, they would leave.
  23. Ross
    Perusing the block books on the Harris County Tax Office website, it appears that Bissonet was originally 11th Street, with teh East/West streets to teh North counting down the numbers. Here's a few links: http://books.tax.hctx.net/v036/AE1997_35-36_0335.jpg http://books.tax.hctx.net/v036/AE1997_35-36_0345.jpg http://books.tax.hctx.net/v036/AE1997_35-36_0362.jpg I don't have aclue as to when the change was made or why. Note that Yoakum was Chestnut St, and Bayard was Sycamore.
  24. Ross
    Our list: El Rey Pizzitolas Lola Big Mamou Da Capo Berryhill Mission BUrrito Jax Grill Dragon Bowl Candelaris El Tiempo We eat out a lot
  25. Ross
    I doubt that XOM will move the corporate HQ to Houston. The Dallas location is close enough to allow easy travel when necessary, and far enough away that the senior executives aren't a distraction to the troops.
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