Frank Michel
Frank Michel
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We're very pleased with All-Star Week. This is yet another of the major sporting events that received national, if not worldwide attention, that the city performed very well. We'll look to continue to host these events.
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The state law is clear ... they are required to take the test at the same time and in the same place so they're all together. The way they grade the tests, everyone stays in the room and they go over the answers and people are free to question.
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Is it unfair to the people who have been on the waiting list for years? Probably. But it's the reality of dealing with a crisis situation,
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We're working hard to make the housing department more efficient and provide more affordable housing. Those efforts aren't diminished. But we're complying with what the Housing and Urban Development department has said.
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We think we've been in the cross hairs of history ... been on the bad side of that with hurricanes and dealing with those things. Now some good is coming.
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We think the program is proving to be very successful, saving Houstonians a lot of money and cutting down on freeway collisions.
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We think the major shelters will be closed next week.
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We've worked long and hard for several months to try to bring MLS soccer here. Houston is a great sports town and the fan base for soccer is a great one.
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It's always a major undertaking when you get that many people coming from so many places around the country and from around the world. We've had a lot of practice at it.
What they're doing with it, I don't know.
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We're essentially picking up a small city and inserting it into Houston.
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When there's a criminal investigation going on, we can't go in like a bull in a china shop, asking questions.
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They are basically doing what we do when we get extremely cold conditions,
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The weekend meeting was set up shortly after that.