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	<description>Random rants from a civil servant in Houston, TX</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 18:13:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Out of Time, Out of Water</title>
		<link>http://houblog.com/wp/index.php/2011/757</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 01:42:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ubu Roi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Well,  here we are after months with no post, and a half-hour just trying to remember my password to log in.  I really haven&#8217;t been by here in way too long.  Considered making a post back when the Greanias story broke last week, but settled for making a snarky comment.  I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deja vu All Over Again</title>
		<link>http://houblog.com/wp/index.php/2011/754</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 22:43:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ubu Roi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Everything old is new again&#8230;

An unpopular foriegn war going on, which the left sees as un-winnable.
The DOJ is being heavily politicized, ignoring friends of the president and punishing his foes.
High unemployment, low growth, and inflation is on the way up &#8212; stagflation.
The occupant of the White House is unpopular, spiteful, and operates (at best) on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drainage, CIP.  Make yourself heard.</title>
		<link>http://houblog.com/wp/index.php/2011/752</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 21:54:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ubu Roi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Per the City of Houston, the drainage projects will be discussed at CIP meetings during February and March.  Sorry for the formatting.  Here&#8217;s the schedule. Note that it&#8217;s in order by council district,not date.  Also note that none of the at-large council members are holding such meetings.  Don&#8217;t see any reason [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I have a better idea</title>
		<link>http://houblog.com/wp/index.php/2010/750</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 20:11:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ubu Roi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[than furloughs.
How about we FIX. THE. PENSION. MESS.
Oh, and stop building toy trains, collect the money owed to the city by Metro (over $100m now), stop raising counterproductive taxes for things we don&#8217;t need (expensive drainage projects), building stadiums (stadii?) for rich team owners, end bilingual pay, diversity programs, the entire MWBE program &#038; administration [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Too Damn Funny</title>
		<link>http://houblog.com/wp/index.php/2010/745</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Sep 2010 19:45:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ubu Roi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t normally post much on highly technical items, even national security subjects, but this one just couldn&#8217;t be allowed to pass.  Aboutthe STUXNET worm that is attacking Iran, the poster NobodySpecial at Schneier.com said:
Can anyone think of another area of software development where you would say &#8220;my god this a work of breathtaking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Director</title>
		<link>http://houblog.com/wp/index.php/2010/743</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:57:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ubu Roi</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Rumor Control]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Director]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Houston Website]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The mayor just announced the new director of PW&#038;E. 
Moments ago the Mayor announced Mr. Krueger as the new Director of the Public Works and Engineering Department.  Confirmation by City Council is anticipated as early as late July.
Very Respectfully, 
Daniel R. Menendez, P.E.
Deputy Director
Engineering &#038; Construction Division 
Menendez was the interim director for the last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>So Long, and Thanks for all the&#8230; Grief?  (Updated)</title>
		<link>http://houblog.com/wp/index.php/2010/739</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 23:56:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ubu Roi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I have yet to see it on any news outlet in Houston, but the word at the office is that Director of Public Works and Engineering Michael Marcotte has tendered his resignation to Mayor Parker.  The effective date is in two weeks.  According to multiple sources, the Mayor was not happy with unspecified [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who are these &#8220;Engineers&#8221; of whom you speak?</title>
		<link>http://houblog.com/wp/index.php/2010/735</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 23:58:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ubu Roi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, I&#8217;ve said any number of times (though mostly not here) that the drainage fee was coming back.  Sure enough, it has.. There were several things I thought were very interesting in today&#8217;s uncritical article. 

The assumption that some of the metro sales tax (aka. &#8220;general mobility&#8221;) funds would be used for drainage and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mayor Parker&#8217;s Message</title>
		<link>http://houblog.com/wp/index.php/2010/731</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 13:29:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ubu Roi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Just in case anyone had the idea that a new mayor meant a change in &#8220;the Houston Way&#8221;, the following message was sent out via Citizen&#8217;s Net, an email list you can sign up for on the City&#8217;s website.  (old messages are also archived at the link).
Dear Citizens of Houston, 
Let me assure you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comedy of Idiots</title>
		<link>http://houblog.com/wp/index.php/2010/729</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:42:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ubu Roi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[You just can&#8217;t write this stuff as fiction.  Nobody would believe it.
[Metro VP] Skabowski said there was nothing glaring in the driver’s record to indicate she was a bad driver. Out of five accidents she’s had, Metro said she had only been at fault for one, though her record shows she has been disciplined [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m Sure it Was Unintentional (Not)</title>
		<link>http://houblog.com/wp/index.php/2010/723</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:15:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ubu Roi</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[KHOU]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[League City]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[red light cameras]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[revenue]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As we&#8217;ve all been told time and again, red light cameras are ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL about the safety, right?  Well, KHOU reports that citizen Byron Schrimbeck found an odd safety violation near one camera, located at FM 518 and I-45 South, and decided to document it:
 Texas law requires a light be yellow a certain length [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rats, They Leave Sinking Ships&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://houblog.com/wp/index.php/2010/718</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:55:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ubu Roi</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Metro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Shreddergate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Spotted on KHOU:
Shortly before KHOU broke the initial reports of document-shredding, Metro fired its general counsel, Pauline Higgins, as well as another staff attorney, Jakki Hansen. Another staff attorney voluntarily left the agency the same day KHOU’s first story aired.   Metro said no other employees from the legal department have left the agency [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Land Follies</title>
		<link>http://houblog.com/wp/index.php/2010/713</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:19:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ubu Roi</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Random Rants]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[KHOU and blogHOUSTON have been talking about the city and county&#8217;s decrepit land holdings.  Maybe they should look more closely at the tool the city uses to acquire and disburse these properties:  LARA. 
From the minutes of the August 2009 meeting:

Didn&#8217;t we already kill that idea a few months before that?  
Read [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It would be nice&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://houblog.com/wp/index.php/2010/707</link>
		<comments>http://houblog.com/wp/index.php/2010/707#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 04:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ubu Roi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[To be able to stop referring to Google as the Chinese Oppressor&#8217;s Search Portal.
Freaking libtards took this long to figure out that the Chinese government was going to roll them for info?  Eeeeeeeediots.
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		<title>Annise Parker is a What?</title>
		<link>http://houblog.com/wp/index.php/2009/705</link>
		<comments>http://houblog.com/wp/index.php/2009/705#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 15:37:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ubu Roi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[No, not lesbian. We knew that.
She&#8217;s a conservative?
Methinks the LA Times doesn&#8217;t know what the hell it&#8217;s talking about.  Someone who has silently financed Bill White&#8217;s spending agenda is not a conservative, fiscal, or otherwise.  Conservatives keep government spending restricted to the necessities, and do not waste time with worthless amenities such as [...]]]></description>
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