When Hugo Ortega first came to Houston 35 years ago, traveling from Mexico illegally in the trunk of a car, he found work as a dishwasher in what was then a mostly white city battered by the oil bust of the 1980s.
“I came here with no money in my pocket and I crossed the Rio Grande illegally and today I have 500 employees and I am a James Beard Award winner,” said Ortega, who has cooked quesadillas for former President Bill Clinton and served dinner to another former president, George H. W. Bush, and his chief of staff James Baker -- including making an emergency run to procure Bush’s preferred skim milk as coffee was about to be served.
Houston’s boom and bust and boom again has tracked with the fortunes of America’s energy sector. During the oil boom of the 1960s and '70s, white men poured into Houston’s to fill jobs in the oil industry and related sectors. The state has not elected a Democrat to statewide office since 1994, though in 2018 Democrats picked up two states in the state Senate, and 12 Texas House seats, and made additional gains in local races. Former El Paso Rep. Beto O’Rourke, who will be on the presidential debate stage on Thursday, received more votes than any Democrat has in Texas history when he narrowly lost his challenge to Sen. Ted Cruz.
At Thursday’s debate, he said he hoped to hear candidates talk about how they can remove bureaucratic hurdles so that cities hit by storms can access promised federal aid more quickly. McIngvale is Republican-leaning, though he describes himself as “half capitalist and half social worker” and said he hasn’t decided who to support in 2020. But he said he is more interested in hearing about how to bolster the country’s skilled trade workforce and less interested in talk about mitigating climate change.
I will be laughing my ass off for three hours
Climate change&Hurricanes R 2 Distinct weather occurrences. Not inter-related. The variables contributing 2 a Hurricane R 2 many 2 count. Climate/Temps vary fr 1 century 2 another&sometimes fr 1 decade 2 another. There isn't 1 Magic Solution. Earth's Axis&Distance fr the Sun vary
Houstonians , helping in the fight against climate change.
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...Is this a real tweet?
Will ABC moderators point out to candidates the RECORD numbers released by Census bureau on HIGHER wages, employment, & LOW poverty levels under Trump or is HONESTY, INTEGRITY, & ETHICS still a problem at ABC?
Nice place, but Thursday Night Football... Much better than watching a bunch of people bickering. I think JJWatt did more than any of them to help the city
All RadicalLeftWing in control of dem party,media,academia,entertainment,sports have to offer is lies, hate, defamation, scapegoating -can't argue W/Trump trying to keep campaign promises/his MANY successes. AmericansWakeUp -they're socialists ie against Constitution/freedom!
ABC NEWS think the American people are stupid ,they are right, you can only fool half of the people
ABC WHAT joke
The multicultural man in an international migration society. Homo multiculturalis T. - Jan Theuninck, 1999
KTULNews The clear winner will be Trump We do not want a communist/socialist in the White house Vote Trump 2020
Democrats are attempting to buy votes with empty promises. That’s all it is, who is the better sales person, promising things they know are not financially feasible
Houston is beautiful. Our parks, our diversity, our food. I love it here.
Haha... America's future? All it will show is going to be 'Who can pander the most'.
Yes. Another city on the coast of America that will be mostly under water at some point in the future.
Houston can have them. KAG2020Landslide
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