Month: October 2008

Remember the controversy over MayorWhiteChiefHurtt’s odd beard policy? Apparently, the matter is creeping to some resolution, according to the Chronicle‘s Bradley Olson: Houston appears to be on the brink of a settlement with four black

Over the weekend, the Chronicle ran an op-ed by acting Harris County DA Ken Magidson on the state of the office as elections for a permanent replacement get underway. A Harris County Lawyer speaks highly

Last week, KHOU-11’s Lee McGuire ran this bit of (erroneous) editorializing posing as a news story: One of the most commonly-heard complaints about the City of Houston is that there are not enough quality hotels

Is it just me, or have the last month’s-worth of agendas had more interesting material than the rest of the year combined? Is it something in the air? Or is it that everyone’s overdosed on

I meant to get this posted last weekend when Tom Bazan emailed a heads up, but life intervened… Anyway, the October sales tax allocation to the City of Houston and to METRO stands in contrast

First the Ibarra brothers sue Harris County and win. Now they are suing their former lawyer Lloyd Kelley over expenses they (the brothers) claim are excessive and shouldn’t have to pay. One of those expenses