Month: November 2011

Texas Watchdog is hosting a meetup on Saturday at the Stag’s Head Pub. In addition to their crew, they’ll be featuring media blogger extraordinaire Mike McGuff. By 2pm, the Cougars surely will have this CUSA

Occupy protester to commissioners: Invite the 99% to Houston – Mike Morris, Houston Politics/Chron.com That was the case today as Joe Roche of the Occupy Houston movement’s Political Action Volunteer Work Group appeared to ask

Salaries soar at Harris County Housing Authority: Increases nearly triple some officials’ pay – Mike Morris, Houston Chronicle Harris County Housing Authority leaders have received steep salary increases and staggering bonuses in recent years, nearly

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Conservative Texas advocacy group Empower Texans recently concluded a four-part series on the Harris County Department of Education, which is obsolete yet continues to suck up taxpayer dollars. Here are the links and brief excerpts.

Houston ISD faces $44M deficit as budget planning begins for next fiscal year – Mike Cronin, Texas Watchdog “There’s not a lot of fat left on the bone around here,” observed Superintendent Terry Grier near

Houston Muslims question FBI terror tactics – Zain Shauk, Houston Chronicle The Texan convicted last week of attempting to aid al-Qaida wasn’t on any most-wanted lists and was not in possession of bomb-making materials. He

John Cage turns 100: Unearthed reviews of 4'33" shed light on controversial composition – Chris Becker, CultureMap Houston Composer, painter, writer, self-described anarchist and mushroom connoisseur John Cage turns 100 in 2012 and all sorts

City workers, Jones rally against pension cuts – Chris Moran, Houston Chronicle The city will pay $243 million into the city’s three public employee pensions this fiscal year. The city’s annual pension bill is projected

Safety becomes the latest weapon in union fight against United – Loren Steffy, Houston Chronicle In the airline industry, it’s the equivalent of the nuclear option. I’ve covered a lot of airline contract talks and