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The first segment is a discussion about controversies surrounding the monorail in Houston with Tom Stone, president of the Transportation Group, Inc., the company contracted to help build the monorail. The second segment is an interview with officers Jerome Moon and Jose Dominguez about the Houston Police Department's recruitment drive and its efforts to hire 250 new police officers. The third segment covers redistricting efforts in Houston, with Mark [Marc] Campos of the Southwest Voter Registration Project. In the fourth segment, Patricia Gras hosts a panel about Houston's business dealings with Japan with Laurel Brubaker Calkins of the Houston Business Journal, Jim Kollaer, president of the Greater Houston Partnership, Yoshio Mita of Mitsubishi International Corporation, and Hiroki Sakamoto, Chief Executive Director of the Japanese External Trade Organization (JETRO). John Davenport provides commentary on how to solve the jail crowding crisis. 

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