[Magdalen] Precip.

[Jay Weigel]

Well, of course. Lynn, *Washington* is supposed to handle the
infrastructure, you know. /snark/  Which, of course, they won't, being more
embroiled in things like trying to regulate lady parts and suchlike.

On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 2:34 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:

> Major rains here again over the weekend (here being Houston and the burbs
> - my abode) and for the first time, possibly because we've had so much rain
> in the last 4 weeks, TONS of sewage ended up in local bayous and on the
> roads : P  as the waters receded. Really bad news and on the heels of
> divisive issues of infrastructure neglect and budget shortfalls.
>
> Our spunky 3 term mayor has sunk billions in to enlarging and enhancing
> our green space, but in her last term (3 term limit here) she has been
> especially bold in her creativity. What has gone wanting during her tenure
> is any attention to infrastructure - our roads are s**t, private and
> interstate, 2+ of which cross here, not to mention other 6-8 lane non
> interstate roads. Sidewalks in the city (except for downtown) - abysmal!!!
> and the underground water system (many, many pipes burst two summers ago
> during huge drought, and only patch-patch attempt to solve immediate
> problems). Me thinks her legacy will not be positive. AND tomorrow the city
> votes on the famous 'bathroom measure' that has been getting national press
> time, for one of several angles for the last 18  months (subpoenaed pastor
> sermons!!, raising the hackles of religious groups, championing the GLBTetc
> forces, creation of sick negative ads... creating questionable positive
> ads, and 'Gidget' even made an appearance last week on the 'for' side ...
> you know, Sally Fields) all for a 'law' that common sense says is already
> covered by federal law. As I said... what a legacy. I doubt that she will
> be remembered for more than being our first gay woman mayor and championing
> this bathroom issue...  I think it may very well be voted down and who
> knows what that will do with Houston as a venue with the current rage of
> withdrawing conventions and such from cities that become controversial in
> this vein?  sigh.
>
> Lynn
>
> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
>
> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not
> a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me."
> attributed to Erma Bombeck
> "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk
> by Richard Rohr
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "M J _Mike_ Logsdon" <mjl at ix.netcom.com>
> Sent: Monday, November 02, 2015 1:13 PM
> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Subject: [Magdalen] Precip.
>
>
> It's been raining somewhat steadily since at least the middle of the night
>> sometime.  This is good.
>>
>> What's bad is that I think a clear and obvious sign of a city's economic
>> woes is that there isn't even enough money laying around to clean out the
>> stormdrains in anticipation of even light rain as we're currently getting,
>> so as to prevent "localised flooding".  I heard sirens all night resulting
>> no doubt from how many people there are in the world who forget that when
>> rain (particularly light rain) first starts an oil slick is created on the
>> roads.
>>
>
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