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Yes, but the vehicle is different. Correct me if I'm wrong, but these bond issues are typically specific to construction. I've not seen a bond issue that addresses teacher salaries or classroom funding.

As for holding the bond election during a general election. I agree, they need to do this as much as possible. Too many garbage elections geared for special interests held on obscure days where those who have the most to gain are usually the only ones who are even aware of the election.

I think it'll probably end up coming out that the kid was taking anti-depressants and other assorted drugs.

How about Klein "Squatty" Lyons HS?

Whoah. If they pull this thing off...I'm there.

Link: BearFire Resort

They'll be using a product called SnowFlex for snow:

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Man-Made Mountain to Rank Among World

Agreed. Taxidermy gone bad or it could've been somebody's pet. I recall hearing some crazy statistic about how many Tigers there are in Harris County which was shocking.

Funny. We're not talking about UH. No doubt, UH certainly had Tech's number back in those days. Too bad for them they don't play in the Big 12. A lot has changed since the dying days of the Big 12 back when Aggy cheated their way to a couple worthless SWC championships (becoming one of the most penalized programs in NCAA history). Little 'ole Tech grew up and now sports one of the Top 25 moneymaking Athletic Depts, packs stadiums both at home and away, hasn't had a losing season since 1993, has made A&M its personal delicate flower, goes to bowlgames every year (and wins).

Poll from Orangebloods.com (UT Rivals)

What Is Your 2nd Favorite Big 12 Team?

Results (total votes = 229):

Texas Tech 73 / 31.88%

Baylor 42 / 18.34%

Oklahoma State 17 / 7.42%

Oklahoma 3 / 1.31%

Nebraska 58 / 25.33%

Colorado 12 / 5.24%

Missouri 12 / 5.24%

Iowa State 2 / 0.87%

Kansas 7 / 3.06%

Kansas State 3 / 1.31%

Aggy is funny. 3-9 vs. Tech...with the game in Lubbock this year.

Aggy is always optimistic. "We're gonna challenge for the title this year, Dave Campbell sez so"

Aggy sez Tech isn't its rival...44 replies and counting...

70 replies on this thread...TexAgs "I hate Tech"

Aggy gets in fight with other Aggy at Tech's stadium, tries to blame it on Tech fans until video replay proves otherwise...So Aggy makes him Chancellor of the TAMU System...

Did somebody say "Bears"?

Should go in right across from the new Cypress Ranch High School.

Gotta be a joke or methinks its a landowner looking to get bought out by General Growth Properties or Blackhorse for a real nice price. There's no way they'd put something like that there. Looks like somebody got pissed off and splashed paint on it. Would like to hear the backstory on this.

"Equal Opportunity Trailer Park"

"Best Trailer Park in Texas!"

I guessed I must've missed the thread where somebody was willing to pay UH $5 million to come play in their city.

Really, I like Art Briles so don't make me have to respond to your nonsense, MidtownCoog.

Jealousy? Over what?

I've just laid out Tech's ownership of Aggy. Would you like for me to now list UT's record of ownership of Texas A&M?

Let's steer back from your delusion and look at the reality of the situation facing Texas Tech and Texas A&M. Both schools want to make more money in order to compete with UT and its gargantuan budget (as well as OU). This game pays $10 million/each vs. $3.5 million. Do the math.

Here's a look at the most recent Athletic Budgets of the Big 12 schools and where they rank nationally:

3. Texas - $83,600,248

10. Oklahoma - $64,322,580

11. Nebraska - $63,695,480

16. Texas A&M - $61,419,536

24. Texas Tech - $53,337,768

33. Kansas - $47,554,572

38. Colorado - $45,731,544

40. Missouri - $45,184,836

43. Oklahoma State - $44,061,812

58. Baylor - $36,228,960

59. Kansas State - $34,834,468

62. Iowa State - $32,541,236

*Note as far as money goes, it appears the difference between A&M and UT ($22,180,712) is far greater than the difference between A&M and Texas Tech ($8,081,768). Seems like A&M is whole lot closer to Tech than they are the Horns. Now, imagine for a second that "Dollar" Bill Byrnes doesn't get his way and has to forego the game in Dallas. Tech then picks up OSU for the JerryWorld game. The Aggies forego the $10 million that JerryWorld was offering and Tech is laughing all the way to the bank.

Div I Athletic Budgets (Reference)

I agree with Midtown Coog, believe it or not, that there is no Tech/A&M rivalry. To Aggies, Tech isn't on the same level as A&M is. You have the Aggies, Longhorns, Sooners, Cornhuskers and then everyone else in the Big 12. Tech isn't on the same stage. It's hard to build a rivalry when both teams aren't at the same level. I know Tech fans hate to hear this b/c they believe they belong at the same level, but until Tech starts winning conference titles in any sport, they'll stay the little brother to the bigger schools.

I've heard current Aggie students might feel more of a "rivalry" but to old Ags, we don't even entertain the notion. Texas is our one and only rival. To begin a "rivalry" game with Tech would be to lower our reputation to Tech's level, something we don't want or need.

Hilarious.

Go take a look at TexAgs.com and see how often they whine about Texas Tech.

As for Aggies not thinking Tech is on the same level? You're right. Tech is better.

The Sporting News ranked the Big 12 programs, over the past 5 years, the Top 3 football programs in the Big 12: UT, OU, Texas Tech

Lindy's ranked the Big 12 programs, over the past 4 years, the Top 3 football programs in the Big 12: UT, OU, Texas Tech

Do you want to know where Aggy ranked? Doubt it.

What is A&M's bowl record over the past 5 years (Tech is 4-1)?

Would you like to go back further?

What was Jackie Sherrill's record against Texas Tech?

Who leads the series since they've played in the same Conference (SWC & Big 12)?

What is A&M's cumulative Big 12 record? What is Tech's? What is A&M's record vs. Tech during that span?

Needless to say, the ass-kickings will continue.

I agree with JT that HOT lanes and Diamond lanes are the way to go.

As for commuter rail, I believe there would be demand. A good comparison might be to look at rail ridership from the North Dallas suburbs. I agree that I don't think Cypress residents want buses running around here, but I do think they'd be receptive to commuter rail.

Me, I have degrees from UT and Tech. Love them both. Great schools.

Ethan what about you?

BTW, "Dirt Aggie" went to UT undergrad, nimrod (shaking head). As for Houston's brilliant HOV and Metro's superior planning...I think common sense wins this argument. If it were so great, why don't you see everyone doing it? Why haven't more cities emulated Houston's brilliance? Only tortured logic could surmise that a single managed lane is better than 3 or 4 lanes (which could be used as managed diamond lanes) that were removed from the freeway to make one Houston-style HOV centerlane with concrete barriers.

Rivals.com lists this game as one of the Top new Rivalries in College Football

http://collegefootball.rivals.com/content....&CID=686258

JerryWorld is offering more $$$ than the Cotton Bowl is offering, it also helps that Tech/A&M will have a newer and better venue all to themselves (rather than piggybacking on Texas/OU's long history in the Red River Rivalry. They're now talking an estimated $5 million/per school each year for this game, which is pretty significant money because in a regular 2-year home & home exchange, the home team is the only team to get the gate receipts.

Under the current setup:

Year 1 @ A&M - A&M gets $3.5 Million, Tech gets $0

Year 2 @ Tech - A&M gets $0, Tech gets $3 Million

Whereas JerryWorld is offering:

Year 1 @ JerryWorld - A&M gets $5 Million, Tech gets $5 Million

Year 2 @ JerryWorld - A&M gets $5 Million, Tech gets $5 Million

Therefore, A&M which pulls in about $3.5 million per HOME game and Tech which pulls in about $3 million per HOME game would now get $10 million/each during a typical home & home series over 2-years. That's around $7 million more to each school than they would've had during a typical home & home exchange. Of course, if for some reason A&M doesn't do it, they've got OSU as a standby opponent for Tech...so there's an opportunity cost involved for A&M. If they don't jump on it, two of their Big 12 South brethren will both be quite a bit richer and will enjoy more opportunites for exposure in the nation's most fertile recruiting ground.

It's no wonder Bill Byrne and Gerald Myers are so excited about this game. Fans of both schools who were decidedly opposed to moving a valuable home game seem to be warming to the idea as well now that JerryWorld has made their pitch.

As somebody who's seen Metro spend years and tens of millions of our tax dollars on studies and projects that wind up going nowhere...and the half-ass solutions they come up with (ie. single HOV lane that removes several lanes from the freeways rather than more diamond lanes) I think anything that kicks them in the butt is a good thing. While they goof around with trying to shove dangerous trains down busy city streets and neighborhoods that don't want them, then ignore/backburner the single largest area of demand. Commuter Rail. People want it. They want it bad. There'll be no problem meeting the Federal ridership figures with trains running down the major commuter corridors.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nb/cyf...ws/4924786.html

Tomball city officials have been given the green light by the Texas Legislature to annex the 600-acre David Wayne Hooks Airport property in unincorporated Harris County even though it does not border Tomball city limits.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry signed Senate Bill 1349, authored by state Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston, on June 16.

File this one under 'Strange' News

Grisly find in northwest Harris turns out to be bear parts

By LINDSAY WISE

Copyright 2007 Houston Chronicle

Homicide detectives investigating the discovery of dismembered remains in northwest Harris County late Wednesday closed the case after realizing the badly decomposed body parts belonged to a bear

So many pitfalls to look out for. Developers figure what buyers don't know won't hurt them (right away, at least). Of course, they also don't tell people how bad it is for you to live within a half-mile of a major freeway either. Prolonged exposure to higher levels of emissions, spills, etc. Worse for people living near major interchanges where you get double to triple the prolonged exposure.

That sounds like good news. So basically, we can startup commuter rail faster than the planned 2011 date because of a common sense solution that went over Metro's head?

Since that has nothing to do with the Texas A&M Cover Up story which happens to be the topic of this thread. Please answer the question. Does the 'Aggie Code of Honor' pertain to A&M administrators?

I guess I'm just uncomfortable with officials covering up accidental exposures of highly infectious diseases at the local bioweapons lab.

Talk about knowing the history of the land. When I lived in Midtown, there was a large open field located about a block over from West Gray that was surrounded by townhomes and some renovated warehouses that have become lofts. Its a popular dog walking area, that many wanted turned into a park. Of course it would've become townhomes if not for the fact it was the former site of a large Icehouse and its apparently a toxic site (benzene, I think).

This would be one of the drawbacks of having such facilities on campus.

http://www.star-telegram.com/news/story/149876.html

AUSTIN -- Three Texas A&M University researchers became accidentally infected with a highly contagious biological weapons agent last year and then university officials covered it up, an Austin-based watchdog group alleged Tuesday.

The infections were confirmed in April 2006, but the university did not report them to the Centers for Disease Control until recently, in violation of federal law, the watchdog group alleged.

Serious question: does the Aggie Code of Honor pertain to university officials?