Year: 2010

SLAMPO checks in with an update on his favorite, non-resident Houston Councilmember, Al(oysius) Hoang.

THE CHRON’S SENIOR METRO/STATE COLUMNIST (and plagiarist) apparently decided that it was time at least to acknowledge METRO’s Shreddergate scandal. It’s a typically lazy, lackluster effort that breaks little new ground*, save that we learn

THE CLEARLY UNRETIRED UNCA DARRELL explains that the Chron editorial board’s latest health care screed is “unprincipled, deliberately false, and wrong.” How does that distinguish this one from most of their output exactly? UPDATE: On

THE CHRON EDITORIAL BOARD sums up the mentality at America’s worst big-city daily very well today: In a pre-primary interview, White said he fully expects the GOP to make the state of Houston an election

THAT’S HOW METRO ROLLS: Business owners along Post Oak have been left “totally in the dark” about METRO’s light rail plans for their area. The Examiner’s Michael Reed notes METRO’s lame response — they consulted

VARIOUS MEDIA OUTLETS reported on Friday’s court decision in which a skeptical state district judge extended an order barring METRO from destroying any further documents (Chronicle, KHOU-11, KTRK-13, KPRC-2). The judge expressed skepticism of METRO’s

SPRING MAY FINALLY HAVE SPRUNG, and that’s as good an excuse for an outdoors blogger/beer/BS gathering as any. We’re gonna hit the West Alabama Icehouse this time, Saturday, 2pm-??? As an added bonus, a friend’s

IN THE LATEST SHREDDERGATE DEVELOPMENT, the Chronicle reports today that the relationship between a high-level exec with METRO’s light-rail contractor and a senior light-rail executive within the organization is a potential topic at today’s court

THE CHRONICLE’S NANCY SARNOFF reported last night that H-E-B is under contract to purchase the former Wilshire Village Apartments property in the Montrose area. The Examiner News reported more today. The property has generated speculation

TEXAS WATCHDOG tonight reports on the release of the personnel file of Pauline Higgins, METRO’s recently departed attorney who claims she was fired because she raised questions about the organization’s document retention policies/shredding. Higgins’ counsel