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  1. 46 minutes ago, royiv said:

    I read it when it came out a week or two ago. Pretty good read. Bottom line is that Harris County has empowered the constables to create a place in the law enforcement ecosystem that is unique in the state.
     

    To your point about the constable being more helpful than calling HPD, that was one of the main points of the article. Basically, the constables don’t and won’t investigate real crime. They respond to nuisance shit which makes them viewed favorably in the community. All of these elected constables are greatly incentivized to go out and sell their services to neighborhoods to expand their fiefdom. 

    One of the funniest things in the series was about a particular precinct that doesn’t have any HCTRA roads in it. The constable was mad because his precinct wasn’t getting any of that sweet, sweet HCTRA ticket revenue so HCTRA carved off a few miles of BW8 so that this precinct’s deputies could patrol it.

    it makes some pretty good points that lead you to question the expansion of constables into law enforcement instead of being process servers since it is diverting resources away from the sheriff’s office.

    I see them as preventative more than anything.  I guess it's a luxury, to pay extra for fewer shitty interactions.

  2. On 3/20/2024 at 4:53 PM, BigHorn'13 said:

    Has anyone waded through all that?  Very small data point but the constable in my neighborhood is helpful and seems like a much better option than calling HPD/911.

  3. 2 hours ago, CoTex said:

    I see some Ortega and what looks like a used colostomy bag on the third row.  Is that the "top shelf?"

    Here is the thing about Ortega taco sauce.  It tastes great on tacos!

  4. 1 hour ago, PvilleStang said:

    Don't know the entire backstory, but if there's a one can limit on what they'll take, it's actually pretty cool they let her dump it.  Our trash guy would have pretended not to hear you and blasted on past.

    I think those bozos told her it was too heavy*

     

     

    *beaucoup?

  5. 4 hours ago, Post Oak said:

    Was watching it last night with my wife. When we were led to believe that Kiku and Mariko were going to take Blackthorne into the Willow World I mumbled under my breath that he hadn't ever had a night like that in England. 

    My British wife didn't care for that comment.

    Little too close to home eh?

  6. Wife informed me last night that she is going out with the neighborhood magpies tonight to celebrate her birthday that was 3 weeks ago.

    Don't expect much witty repartee from me during the draft, I know this takes a lot of luster off the proceedings for most but hopefully everyone soldiers on.

    NO AUTODRAFT AT ALL

  7. On 11/13/2023 at 8:59 PM, mininghorn88 said:

    Our corporate office toilets in the executive wing. I tried the bidet function for the first time. A game changer.

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    I have an Axent ONE and this remote beats the shit out of mine.

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