MAYBE IF THE CITY didn’t let tenants fall hundreds of thousands of dollars behind in rent, its financial outlook wouldn’t be so bleak. How many other tenants owe the city money?
Via KPRC-2, which pointedly notes that this happened under former mayor and current gubernatorial candidate Bill White’s watch, and that Mayor Parker just learned of the situation. Back in 2006, Mayor White created a new department to handle city rents, after a similar, embarrassing KHOU-11 story. That seems to have worked out well.
