KTRK-13 reports that Mayor White and his Council have finally approved funding that will allow the Bromwich investigation of the HPD crime lab to proceed:
The city of Houston has found the money to pay for an extensive investigation of HPD’s crime lab and property room.
On Wednesday, the city council OK’d an additional $1.1 million to pay for phase two of the crime lab investigation. The probe had been on hold for the past several weeks because of funding problems and HPD warned it might have to cut a police cadet class to pay the bills.
Wednesday’s vote means that won’t happen.
In a just world, the Chronicle editorial board would plant a big smooch on the cheek of Harris County District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal, who showed up a footdragging Mayor White by offering to fund a large part of the investigation from his discretionary budget, and got this investigation moving again.
RELATED COVERAGE: KUHF-88.7.
UPDATE (08-25-2005): Additional coverage from the Chronicle.
