Month: October 2008

Remember a couple of weeks ago when I brought to the forefront Rick Casey’s article about Lloyd Kelley and his legal math? Well, Mr. Casey has written a follow-up article. Mr. Kelley has paid the

The Chronicle today reported on a plagiarism accusation against a professor at Texas Southern University. It’s not at all clear why the newspaper considers this news, since it employs plagiarists on the editorial board and

City Council today repealed a mostly ignored law requiring citizens to register bicycles. Here is some background on the archaic law: The law requires owners to register their two-wheelers at a local fire station for

Local blogger Tory Gattis has a new article posted at New Geography, “The Opportunity city weathers all storms.” While much of the information won’t be new to those of us here in town, it’s a

Slow week, after all. Most of the agenda is routine business, but there are three items I’d like to flag for everyone’s attention. One key item was held over from last week: a series of

KHOU-11’s Mark Greenblatt has been reporting on voter registration issues in Harris County. Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector and Voter Registrar Paul Bettencourt comes under fire from Greenblatt and Dem pols for allegedly over-aggressive efforts to

The AP’s Jay Root reports on the latest efforts from Texas Watchdog: For years the Texas Legislature has resisted calls to publish politicians’ personal financial information on the Internet. But the modern world caught up