Olive

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They opted out.

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They’ll be there. That much I’m sure of.

Gotta think they dont want to give up a lot of draft capital & any move would be pretty small. I like Crowder and Cooks of the names I've heard.
Was looking at the box score from the AZ game last night; Andy Isabella can't even get on the field over there. They might take a 5th or a 7th for him.

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Can you post the pics you're getting of Grand Chenier?

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I'm also looking for info/pics from down there. Have a extended family out that way. Closest I've seen is from THIS aerial footage

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I need some feedback, on the google sheet, I have created tabs for other countries, can you see those?

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Yes, I can see them

Your brother is Kevin Russell??!

Trick question. You don’t have two friends.

Yeah, an old nerdy reservoir engineer I worked with. He got his ticket laminated and kept in his wallet and couldn’t go half a day without working it in to some conversation & pulling out his ticket to show everyone. JFC he was insufferable.

Love and Theft

I’ve read enough in this thread to feel even better about our plan to stay in central Houston as our kids age (oldest is only 3rd grade). Someone hit the nail on the head earlier... these high-achieving suburban high schools prepare you exceedingly well for a (in state school) that will likely be unavailable to you because of a numbers game .

So long as my kids can attend a HS that is safe, and surround themselves with a group of like-minded people, they should have no problem getting top 10%, 5%, etc. I’m not naive and certainly realize there are large trade-offs to going this route. They could end up with neck tats.
But I’ve been around enough to see that you can get good education that will prepare you for college at almost any HS if you want it and are willing to use the resources available. So much of that comes from home and positive influence of peers rather than the school itself.

For tax rates, $2,500 per $100k of house is a good rule of thumb for the established areas... $3,000 per $100k for places with MUDs, as explained above.
If this is your primary residence (homestead) you're only taxed on 80% of the home's value.

With most mortgages you're escrowing it every month, so it's not like you get caught by surprise with a monster bill every year.

As much as I dislike paying my property taxes, I do like the option that I have control over it (unlike state income tax). I could sell, move to a $150k house and hold on to a lot more of my money.