Houston Citizens to Vote on Affirmative Action Ban
On Nov. 4, Houston voters will decide whether or not to abolish the city's affirmative action plan. California citizens voted to ban state affirmation action programs last year.
An Oct. 2 poll said that only 29% of voters want to ban the program. The 13-year-old program states that 20% of city contracts must go to women and people of color. Last year, only 21% of city contracts went to women- or minority-owned businesses, despite the fact that African-Americans and Hispanics make up 39% of Houston's population. Lenoria Walker, who runs the program, said "Everybody's eyes are on Houston. If Houston is overtaken, then that will be a trend for the rest of the state to do the same thing."
5/17/2013 Another Military Sexual Assault Prevention Officer Arrested - On Wednesday night the manager of the Sexual Harassment and Assault Response and Prevention program for Fort Campbell, Kentucky, was arrested for stalking.
Army Lieutenant Colonel Darin Haas was arrested around 6:30 pm Wednesday night when his ex-wife called the authorities after receiving threatening text messages that violated her order of protection against Haas. . . .
