The Oil Industry is being devastated with prices that are far too low to make a decent profit and many hard working folks Houston who have just been able to recover from the oil crash in 1986 will again be out of work.
The irony is that the majority of the people in Houston voted for Obama in 2008 and 2012 when oil prices were at $140.00 and $97.00 and now with Obama, the price of oil is below $50.00.
People across America should take a moment to look at the Oil Industry and the Houston economy and feel compassion for those losing their jobs or simply losing job security. These next few months or maybe even years will be challenging for Houston and all of Texas, challenging until oil goes above $100.00 and The Lone Star State will rise again.
Most of the folks that work in the oil/gas industry in the greater Houston area do not live within the city limits, but the far more conservative suburbs. Some years I don't even see a democrat even run on my local elections just outside of Houston.