Governor Abbott deliver ultimatum to CenterPoint, MO City man feeds community without power, Amazon Prime Day

Dana In The Morning Highlights 7/16

TX Governor Greg Abbott has delivered demands to CenterPoint in the wake of Beryl
Missouri City man cooks and feeds community while they wait for power to come on
Amazon Prime Day - will YOU be buying stuff you don't need?

Episode Transcript

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Sunday ninety nine point one Houston's bestvariety of the eighties nineties and today I'm
glad you're listening. I'm Dana.We've got producer Anthony here and the three
things you need to know to getyour Tuesday July sixteenth started well, less
and less of you are dealing withno AC. There's one hundred and twenty
nine thousand people left waiting for thelights and AC to go back on.
Center Point is claiming all will bedone by Friday. Now, Houston restaurants

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are not happy with Centerpoint Energy.They've hired Tony Buzby. It's a class
action lawsuit against Centerpoint, saying thecompany was negligent, cost them business,
threaten their livelihoods My buddy Ryan Leshane, who's the executive chef at Real in
Montrose. He says they were withoutpower for a week. Twenty employees had

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no work. Now, restaurants inthis class action suit have been in business
for over a year and lost powerfor at least forty eight hours. We'll
see how that develops. Meanwhile,Governor Greg Abbott he has given an ultimatum
dissenter Point Energy, and here's whathe says. They must provide in detail
what Center Point will do to eliminateall vegetation issues. The removal must be

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accomplished by August the thirty first.Now, apparently they pay less than all
their competitors in tree removal per customer, and that's got a lot of people
scratching their heads, going, what'sup with that? They will not commit
to the Governor's demands at this pointthough. Whether today it's gonna be sunny,

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beautiful and calm, and it's gonnabe hot, we're gonna go up
to ninety five, might have somerain moving in tomorrow right now, seventy
eight in uptown and euro up todate on sunny and tell me something good
brought to us by our friends atGoodwill Houston, Houston restaurant. We just
around the corner. I love this. If you haven't participated, you've gotta
do it. Menus went live yesterday. It runs August first through September.

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Tewod you choose from specially priced multicourse menu items. Lunch twenty five dollars,
Dinner you choose between thirty nine orfifty five dollars. It's an amazing
value, trust me. And theproceeds helped the Houston Food Bank. We
tried B and B Butcher's Restaurant onWashington Dank this event. It was the
best dinner. I loved it somuch, very affordable, and it takes

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place all over not only Houston,but the Woodlands, Webster Springs, Sugar
Linnits all over again. Houston RestaurantWeek begins August first through September second.
Can't Wait, Yeah, producer AnthonyDan It's what we do in the week
of destructive storms. We come together, and that's exactly what's been happening out
in Missouri City. Robert Valentine he'sa culinary school grad also owner of three

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catering businesses, which he's put onhold while he's spent the week helping the
community. Since last Wednesday, Robertand a dedicated group of friends have been
prepping and distributing meals to neighbors andFacebook friends affected by these prolonged power outages
caused by barrel. He says heplans the menu at night, then goes
to the grow gery store in themorning. He's estimated Dane he's served around
three hundred people so far, andhis message to the community is one of

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solidarity and compassion. He says,I urge people to be selfless. Look
out for your neighbors, share yourgenerators, share your food, open your
grill. If you have the means, extend a helping hand. So a
big thank you to Robert Valentine outin most City helping keep his community fed
while they wait for the lights tocome back on. And you know,
a big thank you to HIB twooffering markdowns on some frozen food items to

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help us refill our freezers all thatfood lost joy rightwage right ten percent off.
The discount's going to be taken automaticallyat the register. It goes on
through July twenty first. HIB knownas a safety net when disaster strikes our
area, and they have provided waterand supplies all over before Barrel struck just

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to get ready for Beryl. Theyhelped out areas food banks to support relief
efforts. Also offered cooling centers,ice and snacks free of charge just to
anyone in need. And so abig thank you to HD. The goats
made are tell me something good thismorning, and we would. We always
put our stories up at Sunday ninetynine dot com. You can also follow

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us on Facebook, x and InstagramSunny ninety nine Houston Sunday ninety nine point
one day in the morning and producerAnthony We've got Houston's best variety of the
eighties, nineties and today, andwe're talking about today a big day to
save money or spend too much money, depending on how you look at it.
My husband says, I spend themlike, but Bob, you've got
to spend to save in the law, your conflict in our marriage, you

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know, finances. Anyway, areyou going to be participating in Amazon Prime
Day? We've got John calling infrom Friends with John. What about you?
Are you participating? Well? Probablybecause I use Amazon on a daily
basis and already am a part ofPrime. So today's today big money off.
What are you going to be lookingfor or are you just gonna look

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for anything? I usually look forgood deals, but I also like to
find cool things a I can giveto the people I work with as presidents
throughout the year. Now, ifyou're an assistant principle out in Friends with
like, what kinds of things wouldyou be giving to your co workers?
Because that's a great idea, ohman, Just some of like different arts

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and crash things that I know,they like maybe school supplies if they need
it, mugs, gosh, clocksor something of that. Ill John,
I don't think your language is giftgiving, isn't it? Pretty much?
Yes? Oh see one of those. Well, we won't take up any
more of your time, so youcould jump onto Amazon Prime and start getting
some great deals for your co workers. John, You take care, love,

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thanks for listening. Appreciate you.Joby. Let's sit over to Crosby
and speak with Sean. Are yougoing to participate on Amazon Prime day to
day save some money? Oh?My god. I have three daughters and
I'm a single dad, so there'sI'm looking for anything that would keep them
occupied and help them. They're allteenagers still, Oh my gosh, Well,
why don't you just slide the thecomputer or the phone over to them

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and let them by themselves. Iwon't pull I won't pull the trigger on
anything until I get there. Okay, he knows, So, well,
what do you think the girls?What's trending for your daughters right now?
I have one that's about to goto uh North Texas to play volleyball.
Uh so probably stuff for her roomtables, uh, little laundry baskets all

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that kind of stuff. Oh yeah, yeah, what about another one,
the other girl she's she's wanting alaptop or a pad, so I have
to look for those also. Andwhat are your daughter's names, Layla,
Shatla, and Hannah. Oh Sean, Well, will you keep up the
great work and and happy shopping today? I hope you save a bunch of
money. I won't, I won't.