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29 Jul 2009, 9:20 am
On September 13, 2008, Hurricane Ike made landfall in Galveston Texas and damaged many of Landry’s restaurants and properties in the Galveston area to the point that a number of the restaurants were closed. [read post]
24 Jun 2009, 7:30 am
The Associate Press reported earlier this month on recovery and rebuilding efforts going on in the city of Galveston as residents try to move past Hurricane Ike and into the new future of the town. [read post]
15 Feb 2009, 8:01 am
Several interesting graffiti-related items recently came to my attention:Check out the photo blog ATX Graffiti for some visually stunning graffiti along with more mundane street graff.The city of Fort Worth says it's reached the end of its rope with an enforcement-only approach to graffiti, and will try "art therapy to students who are in the juvenile probation program" and more public murals to combat graff.An award winning youth facility in Brownsville includes… [read post]
21 Jan 2009, 12:48 am
Can we really afford for the corrections system to supervise the equivalent of a major Texas city? [read post]
12 Jan 2009, 10:00 pm
These claims are on file in the 212th Judicial District of Galveston, Texas and set for trial in September 2006. [read post]
1 Jan 2009, 12:03 am
Bush to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.The cartel wars in Juarez (El Paso's sister city) claimed more than 1,500 victims while corruption increased on the US side and a Texas Sheriff who received millions in drug-war grants was discovered on a cartel's payroll.The Great Eldorado Polygamist RoundupTYC Turmoil: Conservators come and go, then finally a new commissionerHarris County DA Chuck Rosenthal's unlikely fall from graceCommissary corruption among SheriffsPrison staff… [read post]
23 Dec 2008, 7:48 am
" If you're in Galveston, the answer, apparently, is supposed to be "go quietly. [read post]
22 Nov 2008, 5:23 am
  Also included in the suit is University of Chicago law professor and eminent domain scholar Richard Epstein, who had the temerity to review the book positively:The developer of the controversial Freeport Marina project has filed a lawsuit against the author of a book about the city's use of imminent [sic] domain, The Facts' parent company Southern Newspapers and a former book reviewer for the Galveston County Daily News.In court documents filed in Dallas… [read post]
24 Oct 2008, 7:54 pm
Reports the Dallas News:At least 2,600 Houston-area DWI arrests are now in question, after a Department of Public Safety contractor failed to inspect breath analysis equipment - and faked records to show that she hadMORE: Here's a longer story from the Houston Chronicle, which informs us that:The Texas Department of Public Safety announced Friday that it suspended the certification for a woman who contracted to keep the breath test machines accurate for the Clute, Friendswood,… [read post]
8 Oct 2008, 5:19 am
According to the law suit Bouras states the incident has shattered her to death.The city is blamed for its "failure to properly train, discipline, investigate or otherwise control its employee Woods. [read post]
17 Sep 2008, 6:01 am
Despite that tourism development, the City of Galveston has been slowly dying for years. [read post]
16 Sep 2008, 10:26 am
GALVESTON: Humane Society rounds up 1,000 animals left behind BOLIVAR PENINSULA: Cows wander in community turned to rubble What you see in the headlines is happening in dozens of villages and small towns along the Louisiana and Texas Gulf Coast - Cameron, Louisiana, Sabine Pass, Texas, Orange, Texas, Bridge City, Texas, Port Arthur, Texas, Kemah, Texas, Surfside Beach, Texas and others.Bridge… [read post]
15 Sep 2008, 3:40 pm
  The City of New Orleans successfully implemented a pre-arranged $7 million contract to evacuate residents by bus. [read post]
15 Sep 2008, 12:00 pm
Over the weekend, Hurricane Ike caused massive damage in Texas, notably in Houston, Galveston and in many other cities and towns in the southeastern part of the state. [read post]
14 Sep 2008, 1:46 am
View the article here 09/13/2008 As Hurricane Ike moved toward Galveston, authorities went to great lengths to evacuate the city's 57,000 residents, reiterating National Weather Service warnings that to stay in the face of a 20-25 foot storm surge expected to sweep over the island would be to court "certain death". [read post]
12 Sep 2008, 9:58 pm
The Galveston City Manager and Mayor were just interviewed on local television at 3 p.m. [read post]
12 Sep 2008, 8:08 pm
The surge will push through Galveston Bay as far north as the Houston Ship Canal, flooding low-lying areas between Galveston and Houston. [read post]