Month: February 2011

Sunday’s Chronicle ran an interesting analytical piece by Yang Wang on Houston gang activity (hat tip to Jason for the link to the belated Chron.com version). Here is some of the hard data from the

Sports Authority Chairman J. Kent Friedman in October, 2009: While it may make for good headlines or be politically beneficial to be critical of transactions structured 10 years ago that have been affected by the

It’s a midweek roundup of news and views: The real answer to Houston's traffic congestion (Houston Strategies) Some excellent proposals here (except for the University Line compromise — it’s time completely to reconceptualize what we

We never commented on a Chronicle story from the weekend that looked at METRO’s latest prized edition to its bloated and expensive PR department. Here are a few key grafs: Next week, Jerome Gray, a

Here are some Monday morning links, to get your week rolling: Opinion: Insurance Institute Traffic Camera Study Flawed (TheNewspaper.com) Opinion: Insurance Institute Traffic Camera Study Flawed, Part 2 (TheNewspaper.com) Nevertheless, you’ll continue to see proponents

It’s probably a good idea to stay off the roads. Here is a Transtar image of the problems this morning:

It’s time for a link roundup to clear out all the stuff we never quite got around to blogging about: Green: Budget Shortfall Increased by $23M (Isiah Carey, KRIV-26 News) I know — let’s give

Further details have emerged on how much more taxpayer support will be going towards the soccer stadium that isn’t going to cost taxpayers anything: The city is poised to strike a 30-year deal giving back