Essay: Lina Hidalgo puts principle over politics at her own peril
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Brett Coomer, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer
It was about a week before Christmas and 29-year-old Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo was on the phone talking turkey.
There were holiday giveaways going on all over town, a community leader on the line said. He wanted to know: would the county organize one in his neighborhood?
Hidalgo was sorry, she told him, but she couldn’t justify using her staff’s time, pulling them from their work on next year’s budget, to do a giveaway. Instead, she detailed what the county was doing to distribute congressional stimulus dollars to curtail food insecurity.
Eric Berger: It was an endless barrage of storms.
Matt Lanza:Â It just didnât stop. We had very few breaks in anything. Still, a lot of those storms wereâI donât want to say wimpyâbut moderate.
All of this was driven by a number of thingsâweâre in
La Niña. You have an Atlantic ocean basin from the Gulf to the Caribbean to the ocean itself that has just been scorching warm. Water temperatures were through the roof for most of the season. Delta went over some of the warmest water on the planet.
Why should Houstonians not get too comfortable even though we didnât get âthe big oneâ this season?
The Courier s 12 Days of Christmas nonprofit spotlight - Day 5 - Texas Familias Council
Margie Taylor
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The volunteer-driven Texas Familias Council was founded in 2011 by Maria Baños Jordan with the support of colleagues, to guide this growth. The diverse group of professionals share family histories like those they serve. By connecting diverse perspectives, and researching issues, the Council funnels members’ expertise to reach out to fragile communities, including young immigrant families.Courtesy photo
Texas has grown at a rapid pace, and diverse communities have flourished across it.
The volunteer-driven Texas Familias Council was founded in 2011 by Maria Baños Jordan with the support of colleagues, to guide this growth. The diverse group of professionals share family histories like those they serve. By connecting diverse perspectives, and researching issues, the Council funnels members’ expertise to reach out to fragile communities, including young