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BOUTIQUE ROBBERY AND SHOOTING IN NORTH HARRIS COUNTY PUTS NEW CANEY WOMAN IN HOSPITAL

The idea that armed robbers are harmless if not resisted is baloney. This just happened.

Posted by Scott Engle
Date: December 24 2016, 2:53 pm
in: Local / Area News
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Paxton Webb, 23, of New Caney was working Christmas Eve morning at the Katz Boutique on I-69 between Aldine Bender and Beltway 8. The store had several customers when several males walked in and robbed the store safe and shot young Webb in the back. With customers in the store, Houston Police report none of them saw anything. Houston Fire Deapartment EMS responded and close to 3am transported her to the hospital. Family members now say doctors say she may never walk again. She was shot in the 5th vertebrae. Her husband just recently returned from the military.

PAXTON AND HER HUSBAND

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (990085)	12/24/2016 9:04:12 PM
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Uber Shrugged: Company Flees California for Red State to Test New Tech Jon Gabriel, Ed. December 23, 2016 Gov. Doug Ducey welcomes Uber’s self-driving fleet to Arizona, Dec. 22, 2016. ( Photo source.) Silicon Valley is known as the home of tech innovation, so it’s no surprise Uber chose San Francisco as the test site for their ride-sharing app in 2011. But now that Uber’s successful, the once Golden State wants to tangle their future research in red tape. Uber began testing a fleet of 16 self-driving Volvo SUVs in San Francisco on December 14. A week later, California’s Department of Motor Vehicles revoked all 16 registrations, insisting that a special permit was required and that Uber must publicly report statistics from their R&D program. Not wanting to invest millions in research to benefit their competitors, the company sought a state that celebrates entrepreneurship. Arizona Governor Doug Ducey told Uber, “California may not want you, but we do.” So, on Thursday, the company shipped all their self-driving vehicles to the state capitol in Phoenix to be met personally by Ducey in a public celebration. “Arizona welcomes Uber self-driving cars with open arms and wide open roads,” Ducey said in his statement. “While California puts the brakes on innovation and change with more bureaucracy and more regulation, Arizona is paving the way for new technology and new businesses. In 2015, I signed an executive order supporting the testing and operation of self-driving cars in Arizona with an emphasis on innovation, economic growth, and most importantly, public safety. This is about economic development, but it’s also about changing the way we live and work. Arizona is proud to be open for business.” This is far from the first time a business has fled California’s anti-business climate. Arizona has gained 83 companies and more than 12,000 jobs due to California’s meddling bureaucracy, including investments by Google, Lucid Motors, and McKesson Corporation. Add in Texas, Nevada, and other red states, and you have an Atlas Shrugged-style exodus. California’s losses and the rest of the southwest’s gains show what happens when government gets out of the way — and what happens when it doesn’t. https://ricochet.com/398579/uber-shrugged-company-flees-california-red-state-test-new-tech/