What s Your Point?
Water bill hike coming?
Houston s Sunday morning political debate show! The WYP panel talks about proposed rate hikes for water and sewage for city residents.
HOUSTON - Citing the need for a safe and reliable water supply Mayor Sylvester Turner announced his support for a substantial rate hike.
How substantial? According to the Houston Chronicle s Jasper Scherer, the city s consultants are recommending a 40% rate increase for water and a whopping 60% for wastewater, with the increases spread out over the next five years.
This week’s panel: Tony Diaz - host of Latino Politics and News on KPFT radio, well-known businessman and columnist Bill King, Charles Blain, founder of the advocacy group Urban Reform, conservative commentator – Gary Polland, and former city council member, Sue Lovell, answer Greg Groogan s question - Based on what you know - is the reach into Houston pockets justified for needed infrastructure upgrades...or is it another money grab?
Will permit-less carry pass the Texas Senate - What s Your Point?
Permit-less carry bill stalls in Texas Senate
Houston s Sunday morning political debate show! The WYP panel talks about Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick s hesitation to push the constitutional carry House bill through the Texas Senate.
Houston - Believe it or not - sometimes we just get it wrong
And it happened last week during our discussion of the proposed constitutional carry of handguns, a bill that sailed through the Texas house.
TX House passes constitutional carry bill
Houston s Sunday morning political debate show! The WYP panel discusses the recent bill passed by the Texas House that allows people who can legally own a gun, to carry it without a license openly or concealed.
What s Your Point?
The winter storm hits hard
This week’s panel, Bob Price, Associate Editor Breitbart Texas, Bill King, columnist and Houston businessman, Charles Blain, founder of Urban Reform, Tomaro Bell, Super neighborhood leader, Tony Diaz, host of Latino Politics and News on KPFT radio join Greg Groogan to discuss the disastrous impact of the winter storm that hit Texas this week.
HOUSTON - It was a fail of truly epic proportions As the day s go by you just wonder - when is this going to end? Houstonian, during freezing weather
A perfect storm of extreme weather and poor, arguably incompetent, preparation driven by negligent leadership. Bottom line, when the arctic blast crossed our border, the Lone Star State s stand-alone power grid failed to push through enough power to meet spiking demand.
Black History Month events in the Bridgeport area go virtual
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The Wexler Grant Community School hosts a community dinner to celebrate the close of Black History Month in New Haven, Conn., on Thursday Jan. 28, 2019.. The dinner, sponsored by the Family Resource Center and Title I, is called A Night of Soul. The evening featured student entertainment by the Wexler Grant Dance Team and the Wexler Grant Drum Line. Other highlights included poetry readings, a step dance team and music by Wexler Grant alumni Derrick Gaskins.Christian Abraham / Hearst Connecticut Media
We’re more than a week into Black History Month and events are still being planned throughout the region to celebrate and honor the accomplishments of the Black community.