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KTRK: HPD Crime Lab looks for outside help to clear its case backlog

October 15, 2009 Kevin Whited

A couple of weeks ago, Mayor Bill White admitted he was concerned about a backlog at the HPD crime lab that has existed for years. Tonight, KTRK-13’s Andy Cerota reports that crime lab officials have

Are there any editors left at the local newspaper?

October 15, 2009 Kevin Whited

Yesterday, the Chron ran one of its most amusing corrections since the latest recipe debacle: A story about funding for a segment of the Grand Parkway on Page B1 Saturday misspelled the name of the

Texas Watchdog: Senior county attorney official resigns amidst ethics queries

October 14, 2009 Kevin Whited

Texas Watchdog is teasing their latest story, which apparently involves the resignation of a senior official in Harris County Attorney Vince Ryan’s office: A top lieutenant of Harris County Attorney Vince Ryan has resigned his

Bloomberg: Souring stadium bond deal could squeeze area taxpayers

October 13, 2009 Kevin Whited

Bloomberg dropped an ominous story about Houston today. Here’s an excerpt from the report by Darrell Preston, Edward Klump and Aaron Kuriloff: Harris County-Houston Sports Authority, which built the Texas city’s 71,500-seat National Football League

Texas Watchdog: M.J. Khan still can't decide where he lives

October 13, 2009 Kevin Whited

Lame-duck councilmember and city controller candidate M.J. Khan apparently still can’t decide where he lives. For years, questions about his true residency have dogged Khan. And as Steve Miller and Jennifer Peebles point out at

Bill White's 9 Steps to Financial Freedom (#3)

October 11, 2009 Anne Linehan

Don’t pay the bills (via KUHF-88.7): Jeanette Rash is on the SafeClear Management Team. Her company is one of the contractors for the program. She says councilmembers’ concerns about maintaining a fair market are valid.

Bill White's 9 Steps to Financial Freedom (#4)

October 11, 2009 Kevin Whited

Put a band-aid on the city’s pension obligations early on, then ignore them. Lots of money “saved,” cha-ching! We are referring, of course, to the massive unfunded liability at the Houston municipal employees pension fund*,

Chron: METRO bigwigs, light-rail contractors really like Gene Locke (updated)

October 10, 2009 Kevin Whited

Recently, mayoral candidate Peter Brown promised to fire METRO bigwigs Frank “Procurement Disaster” Wilson and David Wolff if elected mayor.* Mayoral candidate Annise Parker chimed in with a somewhat more subdued “me too” in her

Mayor White backtracks from Mayor White: immigration screening program

October 10, 2009 Anne Linehan

Oh sure, he’s already backtracked from this once before, but now he really, really means it (via the Chron’s Susan Carroll): White, who is running for U.S. Senate, now appears to be backing away from

Pot, Kettle….

October 8, 2009 Kevin Whited

Over on the increasingly unreadable Houston Press Hair Balls blog, Rich Connelly departs from his usual KTRH-beat duties to criticize…. the Waco Tribune? Yes, the dreck he is criticizing is truly dreck. But given the