Year: 2009

CPAS BOB LEMER, AUBREY FARB, AND TOM ROBERTS have produced an independent, detailed analysis of City of Houston finances. It’s not pretty.

FROM TODAY’S MOVEIT! COLUMN: At its October meeting, the Metro board gave the go-ahead for the future conversion of highway HOV lanes to so-called “HOT” lanes (high-occupancy toll) like the ones operating on the Katy

SLAMPO’S PLACE blogs about last night’s mayoral debate and the current state of the campaign. It’s the most entertaining, compelling analysis of this race we’ve seen to date.

THE CHRON’S MIKE SNYDER looks at the coffers of the mayoral campaigns and their related advertising choices. There are also new quotes from the local media’s go-to sources on the race, Marc Campos and Nancy

JUST A FEW DAYS AGO, LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS were excitedly regurgitating the HPD press-release news on the city’s 10-day murder-free steak (the Chron had a few problems with their reporting and editorializing). That streak ended

NEAL MEYER blogs about Washington Avenue, development, and his real-world dilemma: The planners are going to gripe about how City codes dictate how much parking there is supposed to be. They’re going to gripe about

THE HARRIS COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY finally endorsed Roy Morales in the Houston mayoral race. Very quietly.

MAYOR WHITE may be a big fan of TIRZs, but The Examiner‘s Rusty Graham reports not everyone is so enamored: TIRZ 17 and its projects have never been popular with residents of surrounding neighborhoods, many

GUEST COMMENTARY: RETIRED PROFESSOR HOWARD KATZ proposes a police commission for Houston.