Month: August 2010

THE BOND BUYER trade publication has an update on the Sports Authority’s debt problems: Texas Sports Agency Flirting With Default.

NEARLY TWO WEEKS after the Examiner‘s Michael Reed reported on METRO’s deteriorating financial situation after analyzing June/July 2010 financial information, METRO’s PR wing at the Chronicle concedes today that METRO’s (and, by extension, the Chron‘s)

FOLLOWING ON THE ALLEGATIONS OF VOTER FRAUD from Harris County officials on Tuesday, two related press conferences are scheduled today. Houston Votes has finally scheduled a press conference. Preliminary indications suggest the press conference will

TOM KIRKENDALL notes that Moody’s has further downgraded the junk-bond debt of the Houston Sports Authority: “Moody’s believes the liquidity reserves are sufficient to cover the November 2010 payment, but their depletion may result in

IN HIS LATEST OP-ED, BILL KING asks a question that will be familiar to our readers: If nearly every other major city has decided not to build their rail systems in the middle of their

KTRK-13 UNDERCOVER MAN WAYNE DOLCEFINO is back with another look at Councilmember Jarvis Johnson. It seems Councilmember Johnson has been soliciting city contractors for donations to a favored charity. Interestingly, as Dolcefino reports, Councilmember Johnson

THE CHRON EDITORIAL BOARD has finally penned a lede with which we agree completely: Here in the depths of a Houston August, we sometimes suspect that the heat has melted our brain. We frequently have

BH FAV TOM KIRKENDALL frequently comments on the TSA’s Security Theater, the agency’s intrusive, inconvenient, and sometimes ineffectual rituals designed to make someone (Pols? Largely unskilled screeners? Travelers? It’s really not clear) feel better about

HAIR BALLS posts about the arrest of Dr. Michael “Hand Center” Brown, who seems to have had some serious issues with spousal abuse over the years. As Hair Balls notes, however, that’s not been a

TORY GATTIS takes a look at Houston’s Wave jitney service, which is flourishing. It’s nice to see the market responding to shortcomings in the area’s transit coverage.