"We have checks and balances in our system. Professionals on staff make recommendations, we have peer review and then it comes to council for final decisions," he said. "When you skip that, when a council comes up with its own ideas and suddenly starts doing it without professionals, without peer reviews, then you have a system that's broken and extremely dangerous."
Source: The Dallas Morning News.
Friday, October 20, 2017
A Broken System in Garland
With a 6-3 vote, the Garland City Council approved a motion to demolish a National Guard armory to build a dog and skate park. Mayor Douglas Athas was on the losing side of that vote and afterward announced his intention to resign. If you believe the mayor, it was all about a failure of process, a breakdown in how things are supposed to happen in government.
Thursday, October 19, 2017
POTD: Sunset Over the Gulf
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| From 2017 01 29 Caribbean Cruise |
Today's photo-of-the-day comes from the Royal Caribbean's Liberty of the Seas cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico. It also brings an end to the photos-of-the-day from our cruise of the Western Caribbean out of Galveston. Big sigh.
Wednesday, October 18, 2017
Professor Marston and the Wonder Women (2017)
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Tuesday, October 17, 2017
POTD: Jamaica Highlands
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| From 2017 01 29 Caribbean Cruise |
Today's photo-of-the-day is from the Jamaica highlands south of the port of Falmouth. Jamaica is big and so much more than beaches. Our destination was the Good Hope plantation and great house, once a sugar plantation owned by John Tharp, the island's largest slaveowner. Now it's a place where tourists can enjoy afternoon tea without being discomfited by any of that unpleasant history. </sarcasm>
Bonus photos after the jump.
Monday, October 16, 2017
The Meyerowitz Stories (2017)
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