In an aggre-post on 27 July, we noted a San Antonio Express-news story on the possibility of our fine state adding a flagship university to the UT and A&M mix — and urged Houston-area leaders to abandon the traditional Aggie/Longhorn parochialism to get behind pushing UH flagship status.
Several days later, Lisa Falkenberg elaborated on the same theme, urging “business leaders, foundations, alumni and other individuals” to get behind the move.
She left out another important set of leaders: area pols. For example, Mayor White and State Sen. Patrick can be pretty vocal on their pet issues (for better or worse). Why can’t they get vocal about UH flagship status (in a truly bipartisan fashion)? Ditto other local pols.
