It’s your Tuesday edition of news and views:
- HPD’s crime lab still has major rape-kit testing backlog (Cynthia Cisneros, KTRK-13 News)
- Red light camera revenue top on the agenda today at Houston city hall (Sonia Azad, KTRK-13 News)
Since city officials have constantly assured us the cameras were NOT about the revenue, I can only assume this headline is mistaken, and a discussion about carrying out the will of the voters and dismantling the cameras immediately is the real agenda item. Right? - Houston City Council seeks ways to balance growing budget deficit (Gabe Gutierrez, KHOU-11 News)
- City of Houston experiencing budget woes (Miya Shay, KTRK-13 News)
- How to calculate your drainage fee (Chron Houston Politics)
Before we tell you how to figure it out, be forewarned. There is no way to know your fee for sure at this point, because the ordinance implementing the fee has not yet been passed by City Council.
Better answer: Nobody honestly knows how to compute the rain tax or how much it will eventually cost.
- The 10 Worse Things About Family Thanksgivings (Hair Balls)
The Village Voice Houston amateur hour has nothing better to post than thanksgiving mockery? Maybe a new staffer will help. - Rival who defeated Sylvia Garcia aims to make difference (Chris Moran, Houston Chronicle)
The pro-establishment newspaper is always good about running these sorts of glowing profiles when the establishment changes. - Joel Kotkin speaking Wed on Houston's past and future (Houston Strategies)
