Month: March 2011

Or for developers. Nope: Meanwhile, an 1800-acre tract of land west of I-45 and north of the Hardy Toll Road in Harris County will soon become the “nature-inspired, mixed-use” community of Springwoods Village. [snip] Springwoods

Court files tell of repeated rape of girl in Cleveland – Cindy Horswell, Houston Chronicle Sick gets sicker. The alleged perpetrators had better start preparing their Chron Eye weepy stories. Man who killed infant son

Texans not very outraged about cuts – David Jennings, Big Jolly Politics Caught on video: Protest escalates into fight outside City Hall – Brad Woodard, KHOU-11 News Good followup coverage of the rally in this

Possible opponent definitely at odds with mayor – Chris Moran, Chron Houston Politics “The mayor cost herself whatever projects she can’t get to the street and is now effectively overcharging the citizens of Houston because

Texas state legislators make big bucks off TWIA windstorm agency: Houston Chronicle overview following up on Texas Watchdog reports – Mark Lisheron, Texas Watchdog Nice of Texas Watchdog to cite the weak Chron story we

Time to spring forward with some links: Windstorm-related work proved profitable for Texas lawmakers – Purva Patel and Lise Olsen, Houston Chronicle Leave it to the Houston Chronicle to deploy multiple reporters to produce a

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

Time to clear out a few links: Sumners says drainage fee math is all wet – Chron Houston Politics Sumners’ own calculations indicate that the monthly rates the city proposes will bring in $157.2 million

The push to continue to waste taxpayer money on the decrepit Astrodome was joined last week by none other than Harris County Judge Ed Emmett, who came out in favor of a “minimalist” plan to

Nearly two years ago, we drew on a number of obscure, little-read documents on METRO’s downtown light-rail plans to post some thoughts on downtown’s coming traffic/train/pedestrian mobility nightmare (needless to say, we did not buy