Month: August 2010

THE WEST U EXAMINER reports that West U’s council is functioning somewhat normally again, after a spat between Mayor Bob Kelly and Councilman George Boehme. Several weeks ago, Boehme apparently took umbrage at the mayor’s

A FEW WEEKS AGO, TEXAS TRIBUNE led the cheers for Houston Votes, which it characterized as a “nonpartisan” voter registration group targeting the Houston area. Of course, our cursory search indicated the board of the

THE EXAMINER’S MICHAEL REED reports that METRO’s liquidity ratio — a key measure of an organization’s ability to pay short-term debt — has dropped to its worst level in five years (0.86 to 1). The

METRO’S DANGER TRAIN apparently had another fender bender today. We should build more at-grade rail!

KUHF-88.7 reports that the City of Houston has certified the anti-red-light-camera petition, and that Council today approved putting the question on the ballot this fall. It will be nice for voters finally to have a

SLAMPO returns from hiatus to comment on Dumb Justice (the kind found on the Chron sports pages) and KTRU.

MARK BENNETT posts about some recent backtracking by HPD’s police chief.

METRO’S EXPENSIVE BLOGGER touted the organization’s latest service “adjustments” over the weekend: This Sunday, METRO is changing some of its bus service to improve reliability and efficiency. These changes include adjusting trip times, adding service

THE CHRON broke a nice story over the weekend on state legislators’ “double-dipping” when it comes to reimbursements from campaign accounts and the state per diem. Well, the Chron didn’t exactly break it (that’s watchdog

DID THE UH REGENTS MEETING that authorized Chancellor Renu Khator to pursue the purchase of Rice station KTRU (in a divided vote) violate state law? Texas Watchdog‘s Steve Miller reports that the meeting probably violated