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2014-08-31 -Land of the Free

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Posted by Bobby 2014-08-31 14:24|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 between 2000 and 2010, the Houston metropolitan area added 1.2 million people more than any other urban region in the U.S.

Nearly 70 percent of Harris Countys residents are Hispanic, black or Asian.

Though there is a lot of overlap, Harris County is not exactly the same as the Houston Metropolitan Area - I get suspicious of reporters who compare apples with oranges, while pretending they are not; just what are they hiding/misrepresenting?
As Bobby points out, the role of Katrina evacuees was significant - were they in Harris or GHMA? (Harris, methinks.) Oil industry boom has moved a lot of actual working people in (almost impossible to find a 'normal' single-family house on the market these days) - were they in Harris, or GHMA (GHMA, methinks.)

Posted by Glenmore 2014-08-31 15:37|| 2014-08-31 15:37|| Front Page Top

#2 Hurricane Katrina hitting New Orleans increased Houston's population substantially.

Posted by Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 2014-08-31 18:02|| 2014-08-31 18:02|| Front Page Top

#3 "If the Dems are going to take over, they should at least do it lawfully."

Why? They never have before.

Posted by Barbara 2014-08-31 18:21|| 2014-08-31 18:21|| Front Page Top

#4 The investigation was closed one year after the raid, with no charges filed. But for Houston Votes, the damage was done. Its funding dried up, and its efforts to register more low-income voters ended.

Ah, gee. Isn't that the same tactic the IRS used against the Tea Party organizations? That is using the power of a government agency to suppress voter organizations? Pot, Kettle. What screams louder than a pig caught in the fence? Two pigs.

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-08-31 18:43|| 2014-08-31 18:43|| Front Page Top

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