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Two days after an
HISD school board
meeting in which members
screamed reproaches at
each other, the board
reversed its decision to
bring in a replacement
interim superintendent.
The move came after
former
HISD superintendent
Abe Saavedra
announced that he would
not return to accept the
interim superintendent
role.
On Friday, the
decision was made to
replace Dr. Grenita
Lathan, who was
appointed interim
superintendent after the
surprise resignation of
Richard Carranza, who
left to become a
superintendent in New
York City.
Saavedra, a former
HISD superintendent, was
set to replace Lathan.
Then, a team building
workshop for the school
board on Sunday set off
the reversal. Saavedra
attended it.
“The most serious
issues in HISD are not
necessarily who’s
sitting in the
superintendent’s chair,”
he said. “But the school
board being very
dysfunctional and not
being able to work with
one another.”
Saavedra said, with
the help of a consultant
in charge of the team
building session, the
board agreed to veto
bringing him in and he
agreed with the
decision.
“I just don’t think
changing out the interim
superintendent was the
solution to the most
serious issues that
exist in HISD today,” he
said.
HISD school board
members and the
still-interim
superintendent, Dr.
Lathan, are scheduled to
have a news conference
Monday afternoon.
Houston Mayor
Sylvester Turner, who
was the
most outspoken official
to oppose the move,
weighed after the
decision was made
Sunday. In a statement,
Turner said:
“This is a good
outcome for today. But
our children need a
board with trustees
working together,
harmoniously, for the
good of the children now
and in the future. The
only question that
should be asked and
answered is what is in
the best interests of
the 215,000 students in
the district. Also, the
administration should be
allowed to do its job.
People have become
impatient with a
dysfunctional board.
There is no tolerance
for bad behavior,
regardless of who the
bad actors are, when it
comes at the expense of
what’s best for our
children.”
“I wish more time
would have been taken to
think through (last)
Thursday’s decision so
that we didn’t get in
this place where we are
now,” Zeph Capo,
president of the Houston
Federation of Teachers,
said.
Capo said he hopes
Monday’s meeting will
show more communication
between the board and a
shift in focus.
“We need to spend
more time focusing on a
permanent
superintendent. All this
time spent on an
interim, frankly, is
keeping them from making
the decision on who is
going to lead,” Capo
said.
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Date/time:
October 20th, 7:00pm to 11:00pm
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Venue: Cynthia
Woods Mitchell Pavillion
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Address: 2005 Lake
Robbins Dr, Woodland, Texas, 77380
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U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke, D-El
Paso, raised $38.1 million for his
U.S. Senate campaign in the third
quarter, a new record for the
largest fundraising quarter ever in
a U.S. Senate race,
according to his campaign.
The haul more than tripled
Republican incumbent Ted Cruz’s
fundraising for the past three
months, which Cruz has said was over
$12 million. O’Rourke has
consistently raised more than Cruz
in the race, but this is the widest
gap yet. The $38.1 million is by far
the largest amount raised in a
quarter by a Senate candidate,
surpassing Republican Rick Lazio’s
record of $22 million in 2000 for
his bid against Democrat Hillary
Clinton in New York.
O’Rourke’s campaign said the
$38.1 million came from 802,836
individual contributions, and a
majority of it came from Texas.
“The people of Texas in all 254
counties are proving that when we
reject PACs and come together not as
Republicans or Democrats but as
Texans and Americans, there’s no
stopping us,” O’Rourke said in a
statement. “This is a historic
campaign of people: all people, all
the time, everywhere, every single
day — that’s how we’re going to win
this election and do something
incredible for Texas and our country
at this critical moment.”
The candidates have until Monday
to report their full third-quarter
finances to the Federal Election
Commission. Cruz announced his $12
million haul last week, his largest
quarter of the race — and a record
for a Senate contest in Texas, he
said.
But O’Rourke had long been
expected to soar to new heights with
his third-quarter fundraising,
raising over $6 million online alone
during the last several days of
September. In the second quarter, he
more than doubled Cruz’s
fundraising, $10.4 million to $4.6
million.
Cruz brought up O’Rourke’s $38
million total during a rally Friday
afternoon in Houston, warning “that
kind of cash flooding into Texas is
dangerous” — and continuing to press
his case that O’Rourke is being
funded by angry liberals throughout
the nation.
“Every left-wing radical in the
country wants to turn Texas blue,”
Cruz said, “and they are sending
their money to Comrade Beto.”
Neither campaign has disclosed
how much cash on hand it has with
less than a month until Election
Day. O’Rourke had the advantage in
that category at the end of June,
with $14 million in the bank to
Cruz’s $10.4 million.
In discussing fundraising
numbers, Cruz and his campaign
usually take into account three
groups: his re-election campaign, a
leadership PAC and a joint
fundraising committee benefitting
the re-election campaign and
leadership PAC. Cruz is also
benefitting from spending by a
number of outside groups that have
pumped more than $5 million into the
race, most of it to attack O’Rourke.
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Colonel Sanders |
Kentucky Fried Chicken
Once, there was an older man, who was broke,
living in a tiny house and owned a beat up car. He
was living off of $99 social security checks. At 65
years of age, he decide things had to change. So he
thought about what he had to offer. His friends
raved about his chicken recipe. He decided that this
was his best shot at making a change.
He left Kentucky and traveled to different
states to try to sell his recipe. He told restaurant
owners that he had a mouthwatering chicken recipe.
He offered the recipe to them for free, just asking
for a small percentage on the items sold. Sounds
like a good deal, right?
Unfortunately, not to most of the restaurants.
He heard NO over 1000 times. Even after all of those
rejections, he didn’t give up. He believed his
chicken recipe was something special. He got
rejected 1009 times before he heard his first yes.
With that one success Colonel Hartland Sanders
changed the way Americans eat chicken. Kentucky
Fried Chicken, popularly known as KFC, was born.
Remember, never give up and always believe in
yourself in spite of rejection.
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Rapper 50 Cent is making power moves and secured a lucrative deal to bring new scripted and unscripted projects exclusively to the Starz network through his G-Unit Film & Television, Inc, Deadline reports.
The actor and executive producer of the hit Starz series Power, signed a four-year deal worth an estimated $150 million.
The deal ranks “among the most significant deals to date for an executive producer in premium television,” said Starz CEO Chris Albrecht.
Added Albrecht: “Both on screen and off, Curtis has proven that he can deliver content that our viewers want to watch. He is the real deal, and we have given him a real deal, with what I believe to be among the most significant deals to date for an executive producer in premium television.”
Born Curtis Jackson, 50 Cent has committed to a three-series deal which includes developing the upcoming Black Mafia Family and Vanguard.
“When I sat down with [Starz CEO Chris Albrecht] and walked him through my plans for G-Unit Film & Television going forward, he let me know I was essentially requesting the biggest deal in premium cable history,” Jackson said.
“We will continue our proven track record of breaking records and delivering unique content for audiences around the world. Get the strap.”
Money Helps to Make Amends
Last year, Starz and 50 Cent weren’t seeing eye-to-eye. He threatened to walk away from the Power project over complaints that he felt “a little different about ‘Power.’”
The complaints from last season stemmed from an episode in which 50 Cent wanted to be a two-parter. It featured the deaths of the major characters played by Anika Noni Rose and J.R. Ramirez as well as a whole lot of plot that all had to be squished together to fit in one episode when Starz wouldn’t extend its episode order. Because of the compressed episode, he said that the show lost some of its plot and characterization elements.
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The
PINNACLE Center is free* for use to Fort Bend and City
of Houston residents that are ages 50 and above. |
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The PINNACLE Center
includes:
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Wi-Fi Internet Café
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Fitness Center
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Outdoor Walking Trail
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Fitness Classes
– Self Defense, Weight Training, Zumba,
Flexibility, Aerobics, and Chair Fitness
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Ping Pong
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Dance Classes
– Line Dancing, Two Stepping and Swing Out
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Veterans Assistance &
Social Service Assistance
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Financial Planning
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Knowledge is POWER DAY
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Computer Classes
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Table Games -
Bingo, Dominos and various Card Games
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Marketplace Monday
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Vendors welcome on the 1st Monday of each
month
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