Houston: Murders and Mayhem Courtesy Our Courtesy

Don't know what to make of Houston's increased crime rate--attributed in part to our 150,000 new neighbors.

I do know that the schools around here, north of Houston, have experienced problems with integrating the NOLA hurricane kids. The schools are already racially integrated, that's not the problem. It seems more to be a cultural problem....dunno.

Also, while abundant jobs are available in Houston and people are taking advantage of better work possibilities, other evacuees are sitting around waiting for benefits to run out while enjoying free housing and loads of charity. I predict that the crime rate will go up in six months when the last of the handouts ends since jobs are here for the taking but they are not being taken.

Another controversy is how to deal with the damaged homes. This post laments the "taking away of homes". What is meant by "taking away" I'm not sure. These homes need to be bull-dozed to the ground. They are mold havens and breeding-grounds for sickness. Any homes that end up in the Ninth Ward or anywhere else in the most damaged areas will need to be rebuilt, plain and simple.

Still another contoversy is homes being ransacked while people are away, but it has been a long time to be away.....yet the pain of discovering your house (not really damaged by the flood) being robbed and nothing left but a mess seems to be cruel on top of many sorrows.

And, let's remember, that while that narcisstic city NOLA caught the edge of the storm, Missippi took the real brunt of it. Why isn't the gulf coast getting any press?


Also, people aren't moving back to New Orleans even though jobs are plentiful due to the rebuilding. Mayor Ray Nagin (from Brendan Loy--read this) wants the city to be "Chocolate" (what a complete moron he continues to prove himself to be, Oy!), but he better like White Chocolate 'cuz I think that's the flavuh it's going to be.