Month: March 2010

ANOTHER COLLISION between a METRO bus and the Danger Train has taken place. KPRC-2 reporter Mary Benton posted this photo of the accident and has twitter updates. Houston needs more at-grade rail down busy streets!

ON FRIDAY, THE CHRONICLE’S SENIOR METRO/STATE COLUMNIST startled us with a column headlined as follows: Metro can’t let rail jeopardize its buses The pro-establishment newspaper is a little late to the party (METRO has been

SLAMPO writes that “they’re getting downright PISSy at the Houston Chronicle.”

LAUGH OF THE DAY: METRO’s press release after last week’s visit before the judge to discuss document retention: JUDGE RULES IN METRO’S FAVOR ON PLAN FOR PRESERVING DOCUMENTS: ALL DOCUMENTS TO BE SAVED Yes, let’s

THE CHRON HOUSTON POLITICS BLOG notes that Borris Miles remains ahead of Al Edwards in the great HD 146 Buffoon Blood Feud rematch, after a canvassing board looked at provisional and mail ballots. Edwards is

KRIV-26’S ISIAH CAREY reports that Richard Celli has resigned as head of the City of Houston’s Housing and Community Development Department. Celli was appointed by Bill White to head the agency after friend David Mincberg

BILL KING has a nice new blog post, “Would you like a transit lesson with that shoe shine?“ Under the current METRO leadership, the needs of those who actually use transit in Houston seem much

THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS reports that public policy pundit Bill King testified to the Senate Finance Committee yesterday on the state of Houston’s finances: A longtime critic testified that during White’s six years as mayor,

THE CHRONICLE reports that Mayor Annise Parker is skeptical whether METRO can afford to build two controversial rail lines (the Westpark/University and Uptown lines), and that she reiterated her call today for new management at

MAYOR ANNISE PARKER said today that all options but tax increases will be considered in trying to make up a multimillion dollar budget shortfall. Here’s an interesting quote from the Chronicle story by Bradley Olson: