Month: October 2007

After Commissioners Court approved Judge Emmett’s requested one-cent property tax rate reduction, some called it a “token” cut. What then should we call Mayor White’s 1/8-cent rate reduction? Microscopic? The point is, any reduction is

Today’s Chronicle runs an interesting bit of analysis by Matt Stiles on Houston crime data. Stiles’ conclusion? Perceptions that crime in Houston is surging aren’t supported by aggregate crime data. Stiles’ effort is a nice

The Chronicle sport section’s Bernardo Fallas checks in today on the Dynamo’s downtown stadium negotiations: Through the Dynamo, AEG is in the advanced stages of negotiating a public-private partnership with the city of Houston that