69% of poor evacuees are here to stay (Houston)

Houston Comical ^ | 9/8/06 | ALLAN TURNER

[Diddle E. Squat]

HA. The Rita disaster shows that to be laughable. Mayor Bob-White lied about reversing 290 for contra-flow

The 290 problems were because at least one small community many miles west of the Houston area refused to commit the officers they had previously agreed to in the disaster plan, who were needed to close off access to the eastbound lanes so contraflow could be implemented.

[nmh]

I understand EXCEPTIONS however their way of life, in general is the "exception". They weren't always old. They made choices along the way in life ... I see those same choices being routinely made and entitlement as the weekly paycheck. That's NOT RIGHT. If that's so right then, maybe we should ALL throw our hands up in the air and step down. Good grief - this country was founded on hard work, and self determination.

[CobaltBlue]

Maybe you or someone else on this thread can explain to me why Houston is having so many problems with their Katrina evacuees while other cities, e.g., Baton Rouge, Atlanta, are not?

[DustyMoment]

Congratulations, Houston, you inherited LOSERS!!!!






/sarc

[Red Badger]

The leeches-on-society have discovered that you can be "poor" and "get your gree money" anywhere..........and the weather's nicer..............

[50sDad]

Hah! This must be like inviting the wife's unemployed brother to come visit, and he never leaves!

[Hydroshock]

We are very friendly, but we do expect you to work and pay your own freight.

[sgtbono2002]

***And now WE'RE stuck with them***

Yep: For as long as the welfare checks keep coming.

[Hydroshock]

We have a lot more of them. 150000 at last count.

[nmh]

I believe some will take advantage of the opportunity and ideally "pass it on" however you don't HEAR ABOUT SUCCESS STORIES. I's the drum beat of woe is me and help me and pay for me ... . It's the WRONG MESSAGE.

More SUCCESS STORIES need to be told so others who are on the fence get busy to have the life they'd like. Perhaps a "before" and "after" look at the person and their life. People need encouragement but of course the LIBERAL media WANTS victims ... .

[Diddle E. Squat]

Exactly, one of the few places in the US with a worse heat/humidity combo than Houston are New Orleans and Orlando. Nor is it unfriendly, and the road system is much more sensible than in many large cities. Apparently the writer simply plug-n-played a portion of the Chronicle's template response on why Houston needs:

1) Oodles of spending for light-rail
2) Oodles of spending for arts/sports/entertainment venues
3) Oodles of spending for the midnight basketball equivalent de jour
4) Oodles of spending on inner city patronage programs
5) Oodles of spending for inflated city pensions
6) Freeway towing
7) Oodles of spending to make us a 'WORLD CLASS CITY'(tm)

[Diddle E. Squat]

Maybe you or someone else on this thread can explain to me why Houston is having so many problems with their Katrina evacuees while other cities, e.g., Baton Rouge, Atlanta, are not?

Every city that took in a sizeable number of refugees has encountered the same problems, just on a smaller scale since none took in anywhere near the numbers that Houston did.

[LOC1]

I live in Houston and I really don't understand this.

70% of the Katrina evacuees had jobs before coming here, but only 20% can find jobs in Houston. That really does not make sense.

All of the undocumented workers that find their way into Houston seem to find work. They work in the construction trades, mowing lawns, as maids, and in many other lower skilled jobs.

Many of these jobs are on the west and south sides of Houston, where many of the Katrina evacuees also are living.

The flow of undocumented workers into Houston seems to be dwindling as the border security is improved.

Why haven't the Katrina evacuees taken the jobs formerly filled by the undocumented workers? They have at least as much access to transportation as the undocumented workers. The layout of Houston should be no more confusing to them than it is to someone from a small Mexican village. At least the Katrina evacuees speak English. So why haven't they been able to find the same work available to the undocumented workers?

[rustbucket]

The Houston Chronic is more liberal than even the Austin paper.

I have no respect for either paper, but I almost fell off my chair when I read the following in an Austin American-Statesman editorial (September 2, 2006) about Democrats criticizing Wal-Mart:

The efforts of Democratic Senate leaders Harry Reid, Joseph Biden and Hillary Clinton and others are cowardly, hypocritical, and ignorant of larger economic truths.

[Nathan Zachary]

Could it be that there are no jobs for them to take? They aren't exactly collage graduates, and Mexicans take every low paying job. It's not a good situation for anyone.
This is what happens when the liberal social system collapses, you end up with millions of uneducated people who come from generations raised by the welfare system. What can be done with them? Perhaps spreading them out to other cities is the only thing that can be done to lighten the burden. Good luck trying to move them to colder states.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Er, "two of the few places"...

[humblegunner]

Maybe you or someone else on this thread can explain to me why Houston is having so many problems with their Katrina evacuees while other cities, e.g., Baton Rouge, Atlanta, are not?

They like it here.

[MeanWestTexan]

The AAS has moments of non-hypocrisy.

They are few, and far between, but exist.

The Houston Chronic, not so. It aspires to be the Jayson Blair levels of the NYT.

[Old Professer]

My daughter is sweeping the floor and wants me to mop it when she gets done; if she decides she wants the couches and beds moved, Im going to leave home.

[nmh]

Well, what we did was we MOVED to where there was opportunity - at our own expense.

I agree the ILLEGAL immigrants are not helping ... .