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Year: 2012

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Area residents bring The Stupid. Hard.

May 10, 2012 Kevin Whited

Most often, the blog points out examples of local journalistic and/or governmental stupidity. Today, we interrupt the blog “slowdown” to share three examples of general stupidity. Be sure to click over for the full stories/posts.

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Let’s translate “limited public participation”

April 25, 2012 Anne Linehan

Just remember, if you keep it between $10 and $20 million, Houston’s in: “At first blush, I am pleased with the response to our RFQ, but we have a lot of due diligence to do

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Chron scrutinizes bogus Dome demolition numbers; Bureaucrats start to back away from same

April 17, 2012 Kevin Whited

Experts say Astrodome demolition price tag seems high – Mike Morris, Houston Chronicle Willie Loston, executive director of the Sports Corp., said the estimated cost of [Astrodome] demolition is lower than that produced by a

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SLOW blogging ahead for a while…

April 15, 2012 Kevin Whited

We’re putting the blog in official slowdown mode for a little while. There’s nothing “bad” going on. But we’ve been doing the blog pretty much continuously for quite a few years now, and Anne Linehan

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North Forest ISD will stay open for another year

March 31, 2012 Anne Linehan

Students hardest hit: the Texas Education Commissioner said North Forest is being given another year to try to improve its status. Because after years of promising to improve (and failing), district officials now have a

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An expensive repository of crumpled Astroturf and trash

March 24, 2012 Anne Linehan

A Swamplot reader recently took a detour while at the Rodeo and ventured into the Astrodome. Follow the link to see the pics.

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Bazan: Revenue Reality vs Consultants on the Hilton Americas

March 21, 2012 Kevin Whited

Tom Bazan passes along this interesting chart he put together detailing the projections made by one of the city’s favorite consultants to justify its deep involvement in the convention center hotel versus actual revenue performance

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How to skirt Mayor Parker’s proposed “charitable food service ordinance”

March 20, 2012 Anne Linehan

While Mayor Parker wants to criminalize giving food to the needy, she is moving to de-criminalize tailgating at Houston sports venues: Houston’s mayor and city council will consider amending city ordinances to essentially allow tailgating

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News and views roundup (19 March 2012 edition)

March 19, 2012 Kevin Whited

The last week or so sort of got away from us, so here’s a quick link post to catch up: Housing authority paid thousands to employees' friends, relatives, records show – Mike Morris and Susan

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KTRK: Housing Authority under scrutiny over truck, checks

March 11, 2012 Kevin Whited

The county attorney looked into all of it and decided in the letter that nothing was illegal, but said it probably wasn’t the best way to handle this. [snip] By the way, there is no

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