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52 minutes ago, Evil Bill Obrien said:

Red Line is like the one semi decent transit option in this city and City Hall (Probably that Elmer Fudd fuck Whitmire) and Metro (cunt board chair Brock or super cunt board member Alexandria Mealer) have conspired to fuck it up...

Duh. Shitmire hates any transit  that isn’t cars 

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On 9/23/2025 at 8:51 AM, SydneyCarton said:

I'm not going to lie, I'm kind of surprised Greenspoint hasn't started to gentrify up already. The location in regards to downtown has to be pretty attractive, at some point there's going to be development. 

Waaaaay too many apartments. No grocery stores. It's gonna be a minute. Acres Homes is just getting started.

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3 minutes ago, Slacks said:

Waaaaay too many apartments. No grocery stores. It's gonna be a minute. Acres Homes is just getting started.

Every time I visit Houston, or even when I was living there and traveling up north to visit my folks, it just felt like Crosstimbers to Cypress Station up 45 is just an ungentrifiable area -

Car dealerships
Shitty apartments
No grocery stores (really just 2 Wal-Marts and a Fiesta) 
Strip malls and crappy motels
A huge dead mall 

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1 minute ago, Js1 said:

Every time I visit Houston, or even when I was living there and traveling up north to visit my folks, it just felt like Crosstimbers to Cypress Station up 45 is just an ungentrifiable area -

Car dealerships
Shitty apartments
No grocery stores (really just 2 Wal-Marts and a Fiesta) 
Strip malls and crappy motels
A huge dead mall 

Along the freeway you can forget it... and until Spring and Aldine ISDs gets more business tax base, there won't be a lot of change. New stuff will get built on fields, but it will be new stuff near old stuff that isn't being updated. My mother lives on the western edge of greenspoint and my aunt lives in the heart of apartment land. It's going to suck for a while.

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33 minutes ago, Slacks said:

Along the freeway you can forget it... and until Spring and Aldine ISDs gets more business tax base, there won't be a lot of change. New stuff will get built on fields, but it will be new stuff near old stuff that isn't being updated. My mother lives on the western edge of greenspoint and my aunt lives in the heart of apartment land. It's going to suck for a while.

But at least the weather's nice.

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Houston Chronicle with some fascinating reporting on how violent offenders have been able to get out on bail so often

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/projects/2025/bail-bond-scheme-aable/

In 2021 and 2022, AABLE helped bail out a man accused of a triple murder in South Houston, and another accused of stuffing his wife’s dead body in a refrigerator. It backed bonds for road rage shooters and sexual assault suspects. Each man’s release, while legal, was contingent on the company risking hundreds of thousands of dollars to back the bonds.

In Houston, a city where easy bail is often pointed to as a reason for crime, AABLE’s business stood out. The company was scrutinized by activists, competitors and county regulators. Under pressure, AABLE folded in 2023.

But the closure wasn’t the end of the business’ troubles.

In July 2024, more than 50 people across Houston were arrested in an early morning operation organized by the FBI. The mass arrest was so large, authorities set up a temporary holding facility at NRG Arena.

AABLE’s owner, two employees and dozens of its customers were arrested and accused of conspiring to cheat the Harris County bail system. The government’s case accuses AABLE of falsifying paperwork to get approval for risky bonds.

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On 9/26/2025 at 8:53 AM, SydneyCarton said:

I dunno. Everyone I know who's moved or lived abroad for extended periods of time loves their healthcare. 

...and people abroad don't tend to make medical decisions due to fear of the massive cost

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On 9/29/2025 at 3:30 PM, Captainant said:

Houston Chronicle with some fascinating reporting on how violent offenders have been able to get out on bail so often

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/projects/2025/bail-bond-scheme-aable/

In 2021 and 2022, AABLE helped bail out a man accused of a triple murder in South Houston, and another accused of stuffing his wife’s dead body in a refrigerator. It backed bonds for road rage shooters and sexual assault suspects. Each man’s release, while legal, was contingent on the company risking hundreds of thousands of dollars to back the bonds.

In Houston, a city where easy bail is often pointed to as a reason for crime, AABLE’s business stood out. The company was scrutinized by activists, competitors and county regulators. Under pressure, AABLE folded in 2023.

But the closure wasn’t the end of the business’ troubles.

In July 2024, more than 50 people across Houston were arrested in an early morning operation organized by the FBI. The mass arrest was so large, authorities set up a temporary holding facility at NRG Arena.

AABLE’s owner, two employees and dozens of its customers were arrested and accused of conspiring to cheat the Harris County bail system. The government’s case accuses AABLE of falsifying paperwork to get approval for risky bonds.

The real crime was holding them at NRG Arena. 

Posted
On 9/26/2025 at 10:47 AM, Evil Bill Obrien said:

Has become increasingly apparent over the last week that the city either revoked or greatly reduced the traffic signal priority given to METRORail trains, especially the Red Line through downtown and it is causing all kinds of problems for those of us who try to use transit to get to work without having to drive every day. Trains having to stop at every single intersection now causing really shit service and METRO even began by lying about it saying it was "mechanical issues" but eventually had to fess up that they were working on "Signal Timing". Red Line is like the one semi decent transit option in this city and City Hall (Probably that Elmer Fudd fuck Whitmire) and Metro (cunt board chair Brock or super cunt board member Alexandria Mealer) have conspired to fuck it up...

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Caught a social media video of a city council member or a candidate took to the streets to show that walking was faster than the Red Line MetroRail while in the downtown district. Metro ended up being faster but not by much.

The light rail system disappointed me that it's at street level for 99% of its layout so it's too slow. Every time I've researched using light rail for my commute, it would add up to an hour for my daily commute. (30 minutes in each way.)

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2 hours ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

Caught a social media video of a city council member or a candidate took to the streets to show that walking was faster than the Red Line MetroRail while in the downtown district. Metro ended up being faster but not by much.

The light rail system disappointed me that it's at street level for 99% of its layout so it's too slow. Every time I've researched using light rail for my commute, it would add up to an hour for my daily commute. (30 minutes in each way.)

I used to live in Midtown 6 or 7 years ago and it was nice for going downtown to hit bars with friends, or riding out to NRG or UH or the Museum District. It's really a shame that Shitmire has been fucking all our public transit up so badly.

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11 hours ago, Captainant said:

I used to live in Midtown 6 or 7 years ago and it was nice for going downtown to hit bars with friends, or riding out to NRG or UH or the Museum District. It's really a shame that Shitmire has been fucking all our public transit up so badly.

Probably not too expensive for road construction companies to buy influence via donations to a mayoral campaign.

And metro hasn’t had good ideas or the ability to sell them in a while. They can’t get much support from commuters/drivers because it’s rarely better to take metrorail over driving. Perhaps it’s cheaper to take the rail but only if your time isn’t of value to you or money is a concern.

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18 hours ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

Caught a social media video of a city council member or a candidate took to the streets to show that walking was faster than the Red Line MetroRail while in the downtown district. Metro ended up being faster but not by much.

The light rail system disappointed me that it's at street level for 99% of its layout so it's too slow. Every time I've researched using light rail for my commute, it would add up to an hour for my daily commute. (30 minutes in each way.)

Yeah caught that and the LINK Houston protest race on Friday where the basically tied the Red line train walking for 7 blocks downtown. Thing is it was working much better just a few weeks ago and the City/METRO is actively degrading the system to the point at which it's nearly unusable. 

Thing that really chaps me is all the responses I have seen from METRO keep emphasizing they are working for a solution that works for everyone...as in they are trying to cater to the thousands upon thousands of single occupant cars driving downtown by slowing the trains to a crawl...what is the point of having a transit agency that is going to screw over its own riders to let people in cars get around faster?

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1 hour ago, Evil Bill Obrien said:

Yeah caught that and the LINK Houston protest race on Friday where the basically tied the Red line train walking for 7 blocks downtown. Thing is it was working much better just a few weeks ago and the City/METRO is actively degrading the system to the point at which it's nearly unusable. 

Thing that really chaps me is all the responses I have seen from METRO keep emphasizing they are working for a solution that works for everyone...as in they are trying to cater to the thousands upon thousands of single occupant cars driving downtown by slowing the trains to a crawl...what is the point of having a transit agency that is going to screw over its own riders to let people in cars get around faster?

I’m reminded how the postal service started downgrading its services in 2017 to align with financial realities. Now the service is much slower and more unreliable, and gives the public the belief that we don’t need the postal service. You can always destroy something by intentionally making it worse so that no one complains when you propose to end it.

If I were metro rail, I would publish 25 or 50 year visions to show what the system could become, even if the odds of completing the plans are low. Afton Oaks doesnt want a line down Richmond, publish a plan that says it will go underground there. Create a plan for a line to go down Memorial drive from uptown park to downtown. Etc. 

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15 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

I’m reminded how the postal service started downgrading its services in 2017 to align with financial realities. Now the service is much slower and more unreliable, and gives the public the belief that we don’t need the postal service. You can always destroy something by intentionally making it worse so that no one complains when you propose to end it.

If I were metro rail, I would publish 25 or 50 year visions to show what the system could become, even if the odds of completing the plans are low. Afton Oaks doesnt want a line down Richmond, publish a plan that says it will go underground there. Create a plan for a line to go down Memorial drive from uptown park to downtown. Etc. 

There's plans for a BRT system grade separated running along I-10 from Northwest Transit Center into downtown. Metro isn't building more rail, and isn't building the BRT to be readily converted to rail because John Culberson wants everyone to stay in cars. 

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1 minute ago, elfenix said:

There's plans for a BRT system grade separated running along I-10 from Northwest Transit Center into downtown. Metro isn't building more rail, and isn't building the BRT to be readily converted to rail because John Culberson wants everyone to stay in cars. 

Culberson doesn’t matter anymore unless he has a role that I’m unaware. I’m not even saying to build out or even seek funding for a full light rail map in central Houston but to create a vision. Show downtown workers being able to shop at the galleria over lunch, or have a fall picnic at memorial park. Or someone flying into IAH and having a quick (relatively) rail ride to the med center.

will a vision piss off some politicians or industries? Maybe but they can be told it’s decades away.

 

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Remember when Shitmire appointed Alexandra de Moral Loser to the Metro board?

They are going to break the whole system in time for the World Cup games so they can justify gutting it and ripping it up 

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2 hours ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

I’m reminded how the postal service started downgrading its services in 2017 to align with financial realities. Now the service is much slower and more unreliable, and gives the public the belief that we don’t need the postal service. You can always destroy something by intentionally making it worse so that no one complains when you propose to end it.

1 hour ago, Js1 said:

Remember when Shitmire appointed Alexandra de Moral Loser to the Metro board?

They are going to break the whole system in time for the World Cup games so they can justify gutting it and ripping it up 

My main fear right now is they really are just degrading the service to the point where they can justify curtailing service (look out for future 12–20 minute headways on the Red Line during the week) and then eventually removing it. METRO becoming the street paving arm of Houston Public Works is another sign of that change in focus from actually providing transit services to just being a piggybank for the City and whoever happens to be Mayor to use at their own discretion. Unfortunately, this time got a shithead Republican in very thin Democrat clothing Mayor Whitmire... hopefully the voters in the can see this as a problem and not make a mistake like that again...

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1 hour ago, Evil Bill Obrien said:

My main fear right now is they really are just degrading the service to the point where they can justify curtailing service (look out for future 12–20 minute headways on the Red Line during the week) and then eventually removing it. METRO becoming the street paving arm of Houston Public Works is another sign of that change in focus from actually providing transit services to just being a piggybank for the City and whoever happens to be Mayor to use at their own discretion. Unfortunately, this time got a shithead Republican in very thin Democrat clothing Mayor Whitmire... hopefully the voters in the can see this as a problem and not make a mistake like that again...

It's unfortunate that SJL decided to run because she was able to muscle everyone else out but had a TON of baggage and then literally died a few month into what would have been her mayoral term. It's a microcosm of a much bigger issue

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Posted
4 minutes ago, Captainant said:

It's unfortunate that SJL decided to run because she was able to muscle everyone else out but had a TON of baggage and then literally died a few month into what would have been her majoral term. It's a microcosm of a much bigger issue

Well also she was black and a woman and kinda mean, so everyone had to overlook Whitmire being famously known as "Texas Republicans' favorite Democrat" while he was in Austin

She would have died and we would have ended up with a special election and someone like Hollins or Edwards. 

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2 hours ago, Captainant said:

It's unfortunate that SJL decided to run because she was able to muscle everyone else out but had a TON of baggage and then literally died a few month into what would have been her mayoral term. It's a microcosm of a much bigger issue

I had forgotten that SJL ran for mayor promising to drop out of the congressional race regardless of the mayoral outcome. Then she lost the Dem mayoral primary and promptly filed to run for Congress again. She died ~5 months before that election.

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