quote:No comment.
Harris County flood control is very powerful/influential in this city. Seems like they would demand those cars be removed in order to help facilitate water flow to the gulf.
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HPD, when it's hard to solve a crime, why try?
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The first of what is most likely to be hundreds of sunken cars to be retrieved from Houston bayous was pulled from its watery grave Wednesday. A 1987 Buick got the honor.
Industrial divers wearing heavy duty suits attached flotation bladders to the underside of the car, which was partially buried in the bottom of Brays Bayou near South Wayside.
"We're going to get two more cars out today," Councilman Michael Kubosh said.
An interlocal pilot program agreement provides $49,500 of public funds to pull out an unspecified number of the cars. Texas Equusearch first discovered the trove of vehicles at the bottom of Houston bayous during a sonar search for a single missing vehicle.
"You and I know there are going to be some bodies in some of those cars," Tim Miller, founder of Texas Equusearch, said.
Houston police were on hand Monday morning to inspect the video and collect the license plate and vehicle identification numbers.
quote:What in the god flipping damn sh t does this mean?
An interlocal pilot program agreement provides $49,500 of public funds
quote:County taxpayer money that isn't being burned in the Astrodome is being channeled to a new fund to get cars out of the bayou?
The Submerged Vehicle Removal Pilot Project is a joint effort between Houston and Harris County. Precinct Two Commissioner Jack Morman are footing the bill
quote:Man, Houstonians/Harris County residents getting hosed.
The city has already set aside $250,000 to get more out. Councilman Kubosh says it's up to the county to put up the matching funds to put a serious dent in the number of cars and possible hidden crimes lurking under the surface.
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After spending time on TexAgs, it appears that there is a segment of users here who simply complain about any action the government takes, no matter how necessary.
It's a weird phenomenon, I know.
I'm sure if I check the politics board, I'll find a lot more levelheaded group of individuals who truly value the system and the daily benefit they receive from it.
