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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFox News quoting Houston Fire Department personnel blaming the Mayor
up to their old tricks.
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Fox News quoting Houston Fire Department personnel blaming the Mayor (Original Post)
itsrobert
Aug 2017
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jaysunb
(11,856 posts)1. Of course he's black, and everbody knows
he only got the job through affirmative action set a sides.
oasis
(49,382 posts)2. Where's the National Guard? Who's the goddam Governor?
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)3. Apparently Repubs have been trying to get a Repub mayor
in Houston for a long time now. We'll be seeing a lot of this for a long time as people suffer through the aftermath (the incompetent Democratic mayor also failed to evacuate their homes with them).
Plus, Houston really needs to have been more environmentally responsible, rather than development friendly, but we know who's primarily responsible for that. The people who think "freedom" is about personal money rather than personal rights.
Suggest ignoring rather than spreading.
From CS Monitor, 2015:
Why does Houston keep electing Democratic mayors? In a razor-thin victory Saturday night Democratic candidate Sylvester Turner was elected mayor of Houston, following a trend of major cities in red states voting blue.
https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/USA-Update/2015/1213/Why-does-Houston-keep-electing-Democratic-mayors
https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/USA-Update/2015/1213/Why-does-Houston-keep-electing-Democratic-mayors
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)4. Everybody leave Houston
where do you put 4 million people??
greymattermom
(5,754 posts)5. So it's summer in Houston
where are all the rich people? Colorado?