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In case you missed it! 2021 Year End Recap

It was a hell of a year in Houston.

Houston’s Infrastructure has hit an all-time low. This includes a sewage system that is so bad even the federal government is telling it to fix it. It took two years to actually do anything. You have the winter freeze that knocked out power. On top of it all, your water bill has nearly doubled this past year. I am about as optimistic about the changes to flood management.

Maybe the rotting infrastructure pails in comparison to the crime wave that is sweeping the country. Houston and Harris County remain the lowest crime solve rates in Texas. HPD is a bit distracted as their police chief moved to Miami before quickly being let go (how did he last so long here again?). Their elite narcotics task forces are a bit preoccupied defending the murder charges. Only 9 have been charged so far. Oh boy! But we did get that criminal justice reform done. Now capital murderers are out and at it again.

It’s OK because Houston has public education! Just kidding. The state is trying to take it over. School board members are now being indicted for corruption. Speaking of corruption. So is the mayor and the county judge. The former housing director is gone for ratting Turner.

If that wasn’t enough: your taxes went up. It probably needs to because Houston has a historic $200mil shortfall.

It’s the amenities that make you want to stay. Long, scenic drives on wide highways. Come to Houston’s amazing concerts, put on by a performer who grew up just miles away.

From my family to yours this holiday season. Merry Christmas, /r/houston!

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Shocker! DA Refusing to Prosecute My Burglar

It was a tough case guys. There just wasn’t enough evidence. October of 2018 a gentleman broke into my house. Wait, no. He didn’t “break in”. He tried to kick down my back door, failed, and then snuck into a window. He got inside, started drinking some alcohol he found, then rifled through my stuff.

I showed up. I walked in. I grabbed my gun. I went upstairs and by the time I got it all together he had bolted outside the back door. He runs to my car and as I walk outside he is trying to steal my bag out of it. No worries. He ducks down when I point my gun at him and takes off. Sort of. He spends a solid few minutes shouting at me from a distance telling me he is going to come back and kill me and steal more of my stuff.

Well, I walked with him a while until HPD showed up. This is the one where I got wrongfully arrested because, well, making sure a guy that said he would come back and kill you gets arrested is threatening. The judge gave him a PO bond, so he was out next month anyways. That’s why the case took so long. He no-showed the court. Not a problem. They picked him up for meth about a year later.

Today this case is going to finally come to an end. The DA called me and notified me that he wasn’t charging him with burglary, but rather trespassing. Why? Well, one of the witnesses said they didn’t think he had stolen anything on his way out. He didn’t have enough time and was chased out with a gun, so what could he steal? The DA didn’t think a jury would believe beyond a reasonable doubt that he intended to steal anything. Telling me point blank that he is stealing and intends to come back doesn’t count. Being inside my home rifling through my stuff… he could be doing anything! Who knows!

Misdemeanor. Time served. #BlueWave

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