Daily Archives: August 11, 2012

Saturday video break: Thing Called Love

Song #56 on the Popdose Top 100 Covers list is “Thing Called Love”, originally by John Hiatt and covered by Bonnie Raitt. Here’s the original: That’s not the original recording – the original is a straight-ahead rocker – but come … Continue reading

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HISD board approves its bond package

In the end, it wasn’t a close vote. The school board voted 8-1 to seek a $1.9 billion bond issue that would rebuild or renovate most of the district’s aging high schools, remodel several elementary and middle schools, and upgrade … Continue reading

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The Radack way

You have to admire the single-minded focus, I’ll say that much for the man. Allen Watson may have figured his role as a member of Metro’s board of directors occasionally would dent his political capital, but a vote he cast … Continue reading

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Janitors win new contract

I’m very glad for them. Janitors who clean some of the largest office buildings in Houston have reached a tentative agreement with six of the city’s largest cleaning companies, a union representative said late Wednesday. The deal is expected to … Continue reading

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Galveston passenger rail back on track

Sorry about the pun, they can be hard to avoid when writing these titles. Anyway, the on-again, off-again Houston to Galveston rail line is apparently on again. A Houston-to-Galveston passenger rail line postponed indefinitely after the economy hit bottom in … Continue reading

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