It’s a slim version of news and views today…
- Council will expand by two seats – Chron Houston Politics
- Commissioners Approve Budget – Pat Hernandez, KUHF-88.7 News
- Harris County cuts $120 million, 900 vacant jobs – Mike Morris, Houston Chronicle
Facing an 11.3 percent drop in revenue, Harris County Commissioners Court passed a budget today that could mean dozens of law enforcement jobs cut or left vacant, hundreds fewer patients receiveing [sic] mental health counseling and fewer books in county libraries.
That’s some interesting editorializing in the lede. Here’s another way the lede might have been written:
Facing an 11.3 percent drop in revenue, Harris County Commissioners Court passed a budget today that held the line on tax and fee increases that could stall a slow economy and further burden area homeowners.
Or the lede might just have provided numbers, and quoted the sorts of folks who usually provide those sorts of insights later in the story.
- Gallegos to Grier: Turn off that computer – Michael Reed, Examiner News
- Rush Limbaugh Gets Pwned By CenterPoint – Village Voice Houston
It’s bad enough when the amateurs crank out this sort of filler to generate pageviews. But the paid staff? - Local Tea Party activist supports leftist rally – David Jennings, Big Jolly Politics
