Month: November 2010

TheNewspaper.com makes an interesting connection regarding the City’s curious behavior on the red-light camera controversy: [Federal Judge Lynn] Hughes had called a colloquy among lawyers for the city — David Feldman and Hope Reh —

Here’s an interesting item from the Chron‘s John McClain that just appeared in our feed reader: DO NOT POST!!!!!! Texans WR Johnson fined, not suspended for fighting This is the lede: Texans receiver Andre Johnson

One of the residents on a major cross street in our neighborhood apparently isn’t very happy about the ongoing massive water leaks in his/her yard over the past few weeks: What a mess! The repairs

Did everyone get enough turkey? If not, we have a few turkeys in today’s catchup news and views roundup: Red light camera battle continues this week with lawsuit (Samica Knight, KTRK-13 News) You may remember

The blog is likely to be quiet over the next few days. We hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving break with plenty of quality time with family and friends.

Here’s a final pre-Turkey Day roundup: Movie studio plan for Dome still lives (Chron Houston Politics) Are we STILL doing this? Blow the thing up and turn it into a parking lot already. Controversy bubbling

Time to clear out the weekend links: Ex-Port VP’s severance raises eyebrows (Chris Moran, Houston Chronicle) Clearly, this is an organization that desperately needs some oversight (and maybe more media coverage). HUD probe forces projects

A NEW ROUND OF METRO SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS: If you have any interest in giving METRO your opinion on the proposed “improvements,” December 1st at noon is your time. If you can’t be at METRO’s under-utilized

IRRITATING ATTITUDE OF THOSE WHO HAVE TAX DOLLARS AT THEIR DISPOSAL: Sports Authority Chairman J. Kent Friedman on having to use reserves to cover a debt payment: “It doesn’t cause me any concern at all,”

It’s your Thursday night edition of news and views: Parker loses fight to appoint union leader to port authority (Bradley Olson, Houston Chronicle) The sense of entitlement from all parties was off-putting, but Mayor Parker’s