Month: April 2009

In the latest edition of Badge & Gun, the publication of the Houston Police Officers’ Union, president Gary Blankinship serves up this rather pointed memo to Mayor White*: To be sure, Mr. Mayor, the Houston

Those public-information-request junkies over at Texas Watchdog finally got Mayor White to turn over email correspondence with developer Marvy Finger today (how the Chronicle got those documents first, yet cited Texas Watchdog‘s request, remains a

Over at the Houston Press, Craig Malisow continues to keep tabs on the misadventures at BARC, the city’s problematic animal control organization. According to the report, BARC failed to have a vet on duty again

Several days ago, the Chronicle‘s Bradley Olson reported on Mayor White’s latest, greatest effort to make downtown world class: Houston is poised to provide a $9.6 million tax subsidy for an Embassy Suites downtown, part

Today’s Chron carries an op-ed by Asmara Tekle-Johnson and Hugh Rice Kelly on the Texas Medical Center’s power to condemn private property, and how it is using that power. Here’s an excerpt: The Texas Medical

KUHF-88.7’s Rod Rice has a story on a topic that seems altogether rare these days: government showing some initiative and getting something right. Here’s an excerpt: It is not a requirement in Harris County, but

Here is the headline and lede from Chronicle reporter Mike Snyder: City to repair whistleblower’s home Mayor Bill White has decided to spend $53,000 in local funds to repair the northwest Houston home of Marsha