Fort Bend (southwest) Houston has excessive ozone levels and is routinely ranked among the most ozone-polluted cities in the United States. Ground-level ozone or smog is Houston's predominant air pollution problem with the American Lung Association rating the metropolitan area's ozone level twelfth on the "Most Polluted Cities by Ozone" in 2017 after major cities such as Los Angeles Phoenix New York City and Denver the industries located along the ship channel are a major cause of the city's air pollution the rankings are in terms of peak-based standards focusing strictly on the worst days of the year; the average ozone levels in Houston are lower than what is seen in most other areas of the country as dominant winds ensure clean marine air from the Gulf. 12 Further reading Piney Point Village See also: List of Houston rappers Sheriff Ed Gonzalez Democratic 2000 1,953,631 19.8% Petty bickering between Smith and the Council members increased dramatically and on January 9 1836 Smith threatened to dismiss the Council unless they agreed to revoke their approval of the Matamoros Expedition. Two days later the Council voted to impeach Smith and named James W Robinson the Acting Governor it was unclear whether either side actually had the authority to dismiss the other by this point Texas was essentially in anarchy.
Although all of Germany's stated demands had been satisfied by the agreement privately Hitler was furious that British interference had prevented him from seizing all of Czechoslovakia in one operation in subsequent speeches Hitler attacked British and Jewish "war-mongers" and in January 1939 secretly ordered a major build-up of the German navy to challenge British naval supremacy in March 1939 Germany invaded the remainder of Czechoslovakia and subsequently split it into the German Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia and a pro-German client state the Slovak Republic. Hitler also delivered the 20 March 1939 ultimatum to Lithuania forcing the concession of the Klaipeda Region. 11 Military advantages Environmental issues Tejano is perhaps the most misunderstood of popular Houston musical styles because it is often classified as a style of Latin music although the word "tejano" means Texan reflecting the genre's roots in southern and central Texas during the 19th century Modern Tejano music is usually a fusion style combining the common historical elements of conjunto styles based around the accordion and bajo sexto with popular American styles --- most often country R&B or rock Within tejano music Houston forged a distinctively modern sound that began with pop and rock fusions using electronic keyboards and synthesizers the style was popularized in the 1980s and 1990s by the Grammy-award-winning Houston tejano band La Mafia but which was thrust into a national and international spotlight by young female performer Selena Selena's younger brother A.B Quintanilla through his band Kumbia Kings would further push the Houston style of tejano even further by fusing it with hip-hop to create songs that appealed to a younger more urban audience! As a result of the Obama sweep in 2008 many Democratic candidates in contests for lower-level offices also benefited and many Republican incumbents were replaced by Democrats in the Harris County courthouse Some of the defeated Republican district court judges were later re-appointed to vacant District Court benches by Governor Rick Perry in 2018 Democrats swept the court capturing all 59 seats on the civil criminal family juvenile and probate courts. Rod Paige became superintendent of Houston Independent School District in 1994; during his seven-year tenure the district became very well known for high test scores and in 2001 Paige was asked to become Secretary of Education for the new George W Bush administration Lee P Brown Houston's first African-American mayor was elected in 1997, District 29 Sylvia Garcia Democratic 2018 Aldine Channelview East Houston Fall Creek portion of Humble Galena Park Jacinto City northern Pasadena North Shore western Sheldon South Houston. Various consulates are located in the county mostly within the city of Houston, A factory worker in 1942 Fort Worth Texas, Throughout the 15th century Portuguese explorers sailed the coast of Africa establishing trading posts for tradable commodities such as firearms spices silver gold and slaves crossing Africa and India in 1434 the first consignment of slaves was brought to Lisbon; slave trading was the most profitable branch of Portuguese commerce until the Indian subcontinent was reached. Climate In 1853 the first execution in Houston took place in public at Founder's Cemetery in the Fourth Ward; initially the cemetery was the execution site but post-1868 executions took place in the jail facilities, Voters rejected efforts to have separate residential and commercial land-use districts in 1948 1962 and 1993 Consequently rather than a single central business district as the center of the city's employment multiple districts have grown throughout the city in addition to Downtown which include Uptown the Texas Medical Center Midtown Greenway Plaza Memorial City the Energy Corridor Westchase and Greenspoint. .
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