Month: January 2010
Texas Liberal: Transparent as a wall
TEXAS LIBERAL offers Mayor Annise Parker some good tips on transition team transparency.
Imagine the OUTRAGE if Karl Rove had made such a call
THE WHITE HOUSE apparently didn’t like the fact that President Obama’s phone call congratulating Mayor-elect Parker went public. Craig Malisow has the details.
Boehme: West U stands for open government
BLOGHOUSTON FRIEND AND WEST U POL GEORGE BOEHME lands a small blow for open government, concluding as follows: “If you want to make your decisions in private, don’t run for public office.” Agreed!
KHOU’s Greenblatt wins award
CONGRATULATIONS TO KHOU-11’S MARK GREENBLATT, whose reporting on the Texas National Guard has won a duPont award.
Slampo: Shami Time
SLAMPO has a great name-change suggestion that could really boost the gubernatorial campaign of Farouk Shami (so go read to the end).