THE H-TOWN FREEZE

By: Travis McGee After every disaster- Houston uses the term “HOUSTON STRONG”, but are we really or does it depend on the circumstances? Some have said Houston is tired, fed up, and some have even said until the next time something hap- pens. Our city has had its fair share of hurricanes, floods, blackouts, and etc., but the only thing that actually gets better is Houstonians willing to help when they are ALLOWED to do so. HOUSTON STRONG is more so the drive, the will, compassion, and resilience of the people citywide vs our local government planning in a more productive -proactive manner to better assist ALL Houstonians. That includes the Homeless /Displaced population also. The homeless problem is one that has to be ad- dressed from a humanity/commonsense stand-point vs a political one. There’s no way to count the homeless population in any city just like those of us that do have homes really and truly don’t know what it is or how it feels to be homeless. We all know we can’t help everybody, but we all should be try- ing to help somebody. The homeless problem is not a new one, but in order to correct it,...