Craig Malisow at the Houston Press Hair Balls blog informs that City Council will take up the question of BARC “Change Agent” Gerry Fusco’s ridiculous contract tomorrow (August 19).
People who follow the matter — including relevant councilmembers — were apparently under the impression that Council would not be considering the contract until September. They were apparently under the wrong impression.
The story is here.
We wish Malisow’s presentation had been more professional, because substantively it’s spot on. Still, we can sympathize to some extent with journalists who turn to profanities as they start to bump up against The Houston Way.
UPDATE (08/20/09): Craig Malisow reports that Council delayed approval of Fusco’s contract, but only because it wasn’t quite ready for presentation. We guess this is another example of Mayor Bill White no longer micromanaging the city in “painstaking detail” (as a Chron reporter recently editorialized) since he is busy running for another office. The vote is likely to take place next week. Mayor White’s agenda director laughingly insisted that all of this is the result of their devotion to “transparent” government.
