They could have just paid Commentary a couple of six packs of St. Arnold and I would have told them just to tear the Dome down if you ask me. Guess what? They didn’t ask me!
So the folks that are in charge of watching the Astrodome decay paid for another study. Here is from the Chron:
Many of the consultants’ proposals, detailed in a $500,000 study to which taxpayers contributed $50,000, are similar to those outlined in a preliminary study released two years ago.
You can say that again. And:
The multipurpose Dome could be used to host concerts of all sizes, as well as football, soccer and hockey games, basketball and tennis tournaments, livestock shows, conventions and other events, ….
We already have venues for the above – duh! And, from the it ain’t happening now department:
Commissioner Steve Radack said the county’s budget cannot accommodate the annual debt payments that would be required on a $523 million bond issue, and said he does not support the tax increase that would be required to fund it.
"Given the choice of maintaining the status quo or having an ad valorem tax increase by Harris County government, I believe we should remain in the status quo," Radack said. "I will not support putting this bond election before the voters. This initiative should be delayed."
Here is the entire Chron story.
So what was the whole point of this exercise?
When was the last time an MLBer stole 100 plus bases in a season?
Roll Call: CORRECTION: Yesterday I meant I received a Grady Castleberry for Precinct 1 Constable robo call. Traci Jensen for State Board of Education, District 6, Judge Steven Kirkland for the 215th, Cindy Vara-Leija for Precinct 1 Constable, and Alan Rosen for Precinct 1 Constable visited my mailbox yesterday.
After 2012 EV Day 10, 7,120 Dem mail ballots have been returned, surpassing the 6,959 in 2010. We’re now at 19,324 EV in person with Sunnyside still leading and West Gray and Fiesta tied for second.
Vince Coleman of course of San Luis stole 109 bases in 1987, the last time a player stole 100 plus bases in a season.
Here is from the Chron’s Sports section:
The Astros are nearing submission of a new 2013 uniform to Major League Baseball for approval, and while Jim Crane couldn’t share specific details, he did suggest the old colors are coming back.
“We’ll blend some of the new with the history of the team and some of the colors in the past,” Crane said.
I don’t know about adding a handgun or the brick red to the rainbow. How about just keeping the brick red and putting the rainbow on the star?
We swept the Cubbies and are now 21-23. We take today off and then head to LA.
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