MidtownCoog

Oy vey, this thread.

N.O. and that entire sorry excuse for a state will never get another penny from me.

Enough is enough.

Klein also does not about the health of men.

Evidence?

The women can buy sanitary napkins but all the men get is standard towles.

Ov vey. Let's just say if you let your child swim in Lake Kinder you need to have your head examined.

Oh, WOWZA!

I am saying there was only one group of people swimming in Kinder Lake. And I think they were all from Mexico.

That is all.

It ain't cheatin if your wife plays a part. I'm talkin' about what they call nowadays open marriage. I'm talk...

What about the future Metal Townhome and Perry Townhome, et. al slums?

Some of these don't even have homeowner associations.

why why why would anyone swim in that...I guess the parents don't have common sense to know that it is not a pool...

Must be practice for crossing the Rio Grande. I saw the team from Nuevo Leon practicing there on April 20.

My office overlooks City Hall and the Library.

I am contemplating putting a stobe or a high intensity neon beer sign in my window. Something you could see from the 45/10 split.

Take that, Al Gore!

How about Post-Industrial Blvd. ? The name is modern, by definition.

That would be aweseom.

I think I just saw Peter Wolf in the building.

By Libber I don't mean to suggest we take money from the Fortune 500. That's what Barry Obama wants to do.

But with all this prosperity you would think this state could get it together.

We can't even build roads.

So we could have all the 500s and it wouldn't mean much.

I saw Midnight Oil at that theatre. This was like 1988 and at that time it was called The Maceba.

We used to hit these shops in the wee hours. It's fun to browse all the coolers.

Those worried should get thir butts down and buy some flowers. Remember Lee Brown as going to designate this a Flower District?

I know. Who's Lee Brown.

I think I'll get flowers at Rosewood tomorrow.

Rosewood and two others are going strong. I still hit them every few weeks.

Not to sound like some wishy washy lib but we should expect better.

We have the business in place.

What's the next step? We seem like a state without a plan.

Nothing wrong with paying extra but don't waste your time.

You can make more money with that "extra" in a mutual fund.

Aim higher!

I've always worked for the 500.

While the money is good it does not mean Texas is a wonderland.

I always thought it was cool becuase it was NOT nice.

Being from Houston I had to get a taste of grit now and then.

Texans living in urban areas are less likely than the average U.S. citizen to have health insurance. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, almost one in six Americans is uninsured; in Texas, the ratio is one in four. While there is substantial variation among Texas cities, every major city has an uninsured rate higher than the national average.

http://cpa.state.tx.us/specialrpt/uninsured05/

Texas is #49 in verbal SAT scores in the nation (493) and #46 in average math SAT scores (502).

Texas is #36 in the nation in high school graduation rates (68%).

Texas is #33 in the nation in teacher salaries. Teacher salaries in Texas are not keeping pace with the national average. The gains realized from the last state-funded across-the-board pay raise authorized in 1999, which moved the ranking from 33 to as high as 26th in the nation, have disappeared over the last five years.

Texas was the only state in the nation to cut average per pupil expenditures in fiscal year 2005, resulting in a ranking of #40 nationally; down from #25 in fiscal year 1999.

Texas is #6 in the nation in student growth. The general student population in Texas public schools grew by 11.1% between school years 1999 and 2005, with the largest percent of growth seen among low income and minority children.

Between school years 1999 and 2005, the number of central administrators employed by Texas public schools grew by 32.5%, overall staffing in public schools grew by 15.6%, while the number of teachers grew only 13.3%.

http://www.window.state.tx.us/comptrol/wwstand/wws0512ed/

I wish St. Joe Parkway was still Cullen (UH benefactors) but they did not change the name for "image" that may be 20 years out.

There is still a Cullen Blvd. and St. Joe does have some history.

10% of the natives (Me) were born there.

Wow, all these Louisana folks...

I THOUGHT I could smell corndogs.

My suggestions:

Image Ave.

Glitz Expressway

Leased Luxury Car Lane

Swank Blvd.

So is there a Lights out Dallas?

I can't for the life of me see them turning off all that glitz.

Where else do you expect me to hang my tennis shoes?