Notes on local going-ons

It’s been busy around these parts. It’s still Pasadena, y’all… You may have heard of the “Joe Horn” incident – a man called 9-1-1 to report a robbery at his neighbor’s house – and then to TELL THE COPS that he was “goin’ outsi’ whit his boomstick”. BOOM. BOOM. The robbers are dead. A grand …

We gots a runoff

Yesterday marked an interesting turn in events for the policitial scene of Pasadena: a term remainder election for mayor. Why? Tom Delay. Yeah, really. You see, Tom Delay, the embattled Congressman for Texas District 22, quit and in doing so, allowed a chance for his Liberal foe, Nick Lampson, the chance to return to Congress. …