This week’s Democratic debates could prove to be the last for many in the large field of candidates, making breakout moments essential for those gathering Tuesday and Wednesday in Detroit.
Tougher rules set by the Democratic National Committee are expected to winnow the field.
To qualify for debates in September, candidates must raise money from more donors and hit higher polling thresholds, a bar more than half of the candidates are at risk of missing.
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Experts are recommending that Gilroy, California’s garlic festival beef up its security, after a gunman over the weekend cut through a perimeter fence and shot and killed three people and wounded a dozen others.
Former LAPD deputy chief, Michael Downing says, “It’s not just OK to secure your perimeter and think you’re safe.”
The festival also had metal detectors, a bag search and police patrols. Experts are also recommending a police unit that monitors the event from a high perch.
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Texas public school systems rank near the bottom third nationwide according to a new Wallethub study. Texas came in at number 33.
Reading Test Scores put Texas 43rd
41st in average SAT scores
24th in Math.
One bright spot, Texas was just 4th in dropouts.
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Not only that, Chief Brian Manley says additional officers will also be added to each shift, meaning some will be drawing overtime pay.
Manley says this level of police presence will continue until he feels they’ve gotten a hold on the problem.
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The latest idea to address long-term homeless housing involves more of your tax dollars.
Austin Mayor Steve Adler tells KXAN he supports finding more resources to help pay for the deposits, rents, and other needs to put homeless people into apartment complexes en masse…
“If there’s a landlord that’s willing to bring in a lot of folks into his apartment complexes, if we can put somebody on-site to help with support services,” Adler said.
Front Steps, which runs the ARCH, estimates it would cost taxpayers an additional $2-million a year just to get 250 people into that kind of housing arrangement.
