Its Only 365 Days
TIME FOR MORE OF THE SAME
8 MAR 13
It is about that time for mayoral elections. I just read a post that said the new candidate has called our city a quagmire. Probably not the best way to start out....
Mayor Annise Parker was elected the cities first openly gay mayor. As many have said, and which I do believe, I think that is largely irrelevant, but what IS relevant is the job she has done over the past few years. I like the previous Mayor, Bill White because in the time of Katrina/Ike crisis, I swear, this man did not sleep for three months straight. He was out every single day trying to help citizens from near and far to recover and hold the city together on an emotional level when a lot of spirits were broken. He made it priority numero uno to get power back on which was a long never ending struggle and basically said to the workers who were rightly exhausted, that no one sleeps until the last lights are on. It was that drive that really showed his tenacity and drive to make sure that Houston was up and running. I think he laid the ground work for the Annise Parker to come and she has not only run with it, she has superseded expectations.
I literally feel as though she genuinely loves this city. Every week she holds press on PBS-local and answers the tough questions on televised city hall. She doesn't bullsh__ either. If you bring a real problem to her she makes real efforts to correct it rather then give some long winded answer to sooth the masses over until its 2 months later and nothing has been done. Because of her efforts and those of many others who aid her in her work, in this economic down turn, Houston is still churning out jobs, many of the run down parts of the city are being rebuilt, and there have been several concerted and some very successful attempts to bring new revenue, business, and entertainment to the city. Sorry to get maybe "so political here," but its nice for once to not feel like a politician is up on a pulpit making empty promises and that they love the people and the place they are representing.
Other news: bell peppers...why do you hate me. This is batch number 4 that has not sprouted..and these are an entirely new type of seeds from a new batch as I suspected the other ones may just be crappy seeds. I use a lot of bell peppers in my cooking, so I naturally thought, here is something I ought to grow, but its proving to be most difficult. I'll have to research for sure.
In the fundraising department, I have now tripled my original fundraising goal thanks to the now donations of family for AIDS walk 2013. Uh-mazing. I will be walking in honor of my cousin who died in the early 90's due to this terrible disease. During that time as the crisis was jumping off, not many churches would offer services and his home church was no different. These were deep rooted Southern Baptists, so I remember the family having to say he died of "cancer" on his obituary and his partner was listed as a friend. How many other people died this way. At least, he had the benefit of being surrounded by a family who did love him unconditionally, but so many were just abandoned and left to die in a hospital or worse. I don't tend to associate or put up with people who hide behind their hate or ignorance of anybody. No one should ever have to feel as though they are alone or abandoned in this world for being who they are. It is so much easier to live a life where love is at the helm of your ship then to seek to destroy, ignore, or denigrate people who could be the best things that ever happened in your life. When I got my DSLR, the first thing I did was name it after my cousin, in honor of his memory because he was an avid photographer who never missed the opportunity to shoot the family that loved him as he loved us. I will be proud to walk on Sunday in remembrance of his loving spirit and too shoot the event with the camera I have named in his honor.
TIME FOR MORE OF THE SAME
8 MAR 13
It is about that time for mayoral elections. I just read a post that said the new candidate has called our city a quagmire. Probably not the best way to start out....
Mayor Annise Parker was elected the cities first openly gay mayor. As many have said, and which I do believe, I think that is largely irrelevant, but what IS relevant is the job she has done over the past few years. I like the previous Mayor, Bill White because in the time of Katrina/Ike crisis, I swear, this man did not sleep for three months straight. He was out every single day trying to help citizens from near and far to recover and hold the city together on an emotional level when a lot of spirits were broken. He made it priority numero uno to get power back on which was a long never ending struggle and basically said to the workers who were rightly exhausted, that no one sleeps until the last lights are on. It was that drive that really showed his tenacity and drive to make sure that Houston was up and running. I think he laid the ground work for the Annise Parker to come and she has not only run with it, she has superseded expectations.
I literally feel as though she genuinely loves this city. Every week she holds press on PBS-local and answers the tough questions on televised city hall. She doesn't bullsh__ either. If you bring a real problem to her she makes real efforts to correct it rather then give some long winded answer to sooth the masses over until its 2 months later and nothing has been done. Because of her efforts and those of many others who aid her in her work, in this economic down turn, Houston is still churning out jobs, many of the run down parts of the city are being rebuilt, and there have been several concerted and some very successful attempts to bring new revenue, business, and entertainment to the city. Sorry to get maybe "so political here," but its nice for once to not feel like a politician is up on a pulpit making empty promises and that they love the people and the place they are representing.
Other news: bell peppers...why do you hate me. This is batch number 4 that has not sprouted..and these are an entirely new type of seeds from a new batch as I suspected the other ones may just be crappy seeds. I use a lot of bell peppers in my cooking, so I naturally thought, here is something I ought to grow, but its proving to be most difficult. I'll have to research for sure.
In the fundraising department, I have now tripled my original fundraising goal thanks to the now donations of family for AIDS walk 2013. Uh-mazing. I will be walking in honor of my cousin who died in the early 90's due to this terrible disease. During that time as the crisis was jumping off, not many churches would offer services and his home church was no different. These were deep rooted Southern Baptists, so I remember the family having to say he died of "cancer" on his obituary and his partner was listed as a friend. How many other people died this way. At least, he had the benefit of being surrounded by a family who did love him unconditionally, but so many were just abandoned and left to die in a hospital or worse. I don't tend to associate or put up with people who hide behind their hate or ignorance of anybody. No one should ever have to feel as though they are alone or abandoned in this world for being who they are. It is so much easier to live a life where love is at the helm of your ship then to seek to destroy, ignore, or denigrate people who could be the best things that ever happened in your life. When I got my DSLR, the first thing I did was name it after my cousin, in honor of his memory because he was an avid photographer who never missed the opportunity to shoot the family that loved him as he loved us. I will be proud to walk on Sunday in remembrance of his loving spirit and too shoot the event with the camera I have named in his honor.