Leading Off (12/22/08)
1. County health officials are not allowed to hand out condoms in high-risk neighborhoods, and haven’t been for 13 years thanks to the Commisioners Court. This, even though HIV/AIDS and most STD stats have steadily risen. John Wiley Price and Jim Foster are trying to — finally — reverse that policy. Why was it voted in to begin with? Those in favor said the practice “encouraged illegal and immoral behavior.” Oh. Right. Genius.
2. Somehow, after buckling like a belt two of the last three weeks, the Cowboys can still make the playoffs by winning this week against Philly. Of course, to do that, they will probably need to hold the Eagles to less than 79.5 yards per carry.
3. And, finally, your daily Farmers Branch update.
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It will be interesting to see who will rent the apartments and houses vacated by the Hispanics. I suspect it will be the druggies.
Farmers Branch seems to be suffering from city slicker disease. They don’t get it that the horse is supposed to be in front of the cart.
The Hispanics didn’t bring down the property values. The Hispanics came because of the low property values.
Harvey, you hit the nail on the head. Just as you often do.
I learned something new from the article: FB is 47% Hispanic, and yet not one of the five city council seats is occupied by a Hispanic. The local Hispanic population is as reponsible for this as the white folks, I suppose (they’re finally “organizing,” as we speak), but still: wow.
@Daniel: FB has “at large” seats on the City Council. A group “organized” and tried to get the council divided into districts but did not succeed.
Thanks for the clarification, Tom — without knowing that, I did assume it as a matter of simple math. Shades of Dallas, 19-whatever-it-was. (Late 70s? Early 80s?)
Well, it’s true isn’t it? I was hardly ever having sex until I started buying condoms, now it just seems like the more condoms I buy, the more sex I have.
I have a suggestion for a fourth leading off – how about the fact that the DMN wrote an editorial in favor of a city-owned convention hotel without mentioning that its parent company stands to benefit, since it owns a nice chunk of the area near it?
John M: Do you find yourself sometimes rushing to use them, because they are about to expire?
Eeewwwww.
Daniel, is the percentage of ethnicity alone sufficient to generate your sympathy for representation–and why ethnicity? What city needs are peculiar to Hispanics that are not germane to others?–or does the percentage of those, of any ethnicity, legally resident there and so legally able to vote really define the voting population?
Because if it’s the former, wow, this seems like an easy political power play to pull anywhere. Fill some unlimited guest worker visas (there are plenty available now) with a docile ethnicity, argue that ethnicity alone should define politically dominating a locality, then induce your ethnically dominant politicos to start voting all sorts of zoning and other perks favorable to you. Wait, that’s how it’s done now, isn’t it? It’s called identity politics, and it’s the easiest kind to manipulate at will.
The city is 47% Hispanic yet two thirds of the city voted to ban illegals.
Looks like a lot of Hispanics voted for the referendum, huh? Maybe they accurately see that there is a difference between Hispanic and illegal, even if a lot of activists and Frontburnerians don’t.
That may well be true, Dallasite — by no means do I think Hispanic-Americans necessarily support the interests of illegal immigrants. So, agreed.
Phil, at what point would you find it odd? The city’s half Hispanic and the city council is 0% Hipsanic? My only comment was wow. It’s statistically baffling. You’ve chosen to infer from “wow” that I champion identity politics, which I abhor, and yet are you not disingenuous yourself? It’s a fine line between identity politics and disenfranchisement. Not sure that line’s been crossed exactly, since, as I observed, the Hispanic population has only themselves to thank for the situation.
P.S. I do not believe for a minute that O’Hare et al are perfectly cool with legal Hispanics of the lower-income variety. Not saying they’re racist per se — but their plan for economic development appears to be to legislate poor people out of existence. Just sit back and watch it continue to backfire. Neither my opinions nor yours will change that.
What are “professional Hispanics”? Is there some sort of minor league system that “professional Hispanics” have to graduate from prior to becoming professional? Are there any amateur Hispanics out there?
I wonder if John Wiley Price will pick the color of the condoms?
Well, we know they won’t be glow in the dark. I mean, dark would be a bad adjective, right? It would have to be glow in the not light, or something.
That would be “glow in the hole”…hence glowy hole…oh wait, you siwwy wabbit.
I love it when someone walks into my carefully-constructed trap…