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TIRZ (these are not just in Houston; I saw it on Ft Worth’s website too and I didn’t look elsewhere) I am curious about TIRZ. Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone. What is it and why do we have it? Here’s my first steps in figuring it out. I looked through the financial statements (naturally, 40 years…
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I wasn’t aware of just how many jurisdictions and taxing authorities there are in a single metropolitan area until I started getting into it. Layers and layers. Summer seems to be when budgets are hammered out. In no particular order: City of Houston City Council City Council Committees Harris County Commissioners Court Harris Health Harris…
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This month has already been a year. A lot of us are feeling down. Our movement elders and ancestors know this pain. “Ours is the struggle of a lifetime, or maybe even many lifetimes, and each one of us in every generation must do our part. And if we believe in the change we seek,…
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June is the end of the regular session of the Texas legislature, budget time for the City of Houston, and the month of Pride and Juneteenth. June 1 The T.R.U.T.H. Project presents the 5th Annual And Through Their Eyes Grow Thorns Art Exhibition: Joy Found Us, an exploration of storytelling through a Queer Lens of Color June 1…
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The LGBTQIA+ community is being viciously targeted now by state and federal officials. Pride is a good time to focus on becoming better allies, accomplices, friends and co-conspirators. Please see my post about Pride last year. I’ve also heard a specific ask this year: if you’re in a position to hire, or recommend people to…
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I loved summer reading as a kid and still as a grownup, and I love when people recommend their favorite books. From me to you: Summer reading especially for Pride: The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai, It Was Vulgar and It Was Beautiful by Jack Lowery, Redefining Realness by Janet Mock, No Ashes in the…
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In Movie Theaters: Sinners is excellent. I want to see The Wedding Banquet. Rocky Horror Picture Show is at River Oaks Theater May 9. Streaming: Conclave (Prime, maybe elsewhere). Netflix Secret of the River. Soundtrack to a Revolution (Prime, maybe elsewhere. I want to see it with you.). Netflix The Residence. Netflix The Six Triple…
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April 1-13 Ensemble Theater Flex (about WNBA) April 1-19 Memoriam at Main Street Theater April 1-May 25 Holocaust Museum Houston Life and Death on the Border exhibit April 1-May 10 Moody Center Breath(e):Toward Climate and Social Justice April 2-4 virtual Evaluating the Criminality of the Intersection of Race and Disability April 4 Decade of Flavor…
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There’s so much dangerous cruel anti-democratic government actions currently at the local, school district, state, and federal level. And there are communities – immigrants, trans folks, federal employees, people who have food or housing insecurity – who need direct support. Food Not Bombs serves non-meat meals every Mon Wed Fri and Sun 7:30 in downtown…
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For general information about the Texas legislature, who represents you, how a bill becomes law click here. To advocate at the State Capitol with an organized group: February 14 ARC of Texas for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities February 17 Gun Violence Prevention Day (Texas Impact) February 18 Public School Defenders Day (Texas Impact) February…
Disrupting Whiteness 