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Month: March 2012

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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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New adventures in Houston trinket government, March 2012 edition

March 8, 2012 Kevin Whited

Mayor Parker and Comcast SportsNet Houston Announce Major Local Sports Media Investment – Office of Mayor Annise Parker Houston Mayor Annise Parker and Comcast SportsNet Houston, a partnership between the Rockets, Astros and the NBC

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Legendary former DA Holmes endorses Mike Anderson

March 8, 2012 Kevin Whited

Tom Kirkendall calls our attention to the following video put out by Mike Anderson, who is running against incumbent Harris County DA Pat Lykos in the Republican primary. We knew from the Big Jolly interview

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Houston establishment newspapers cheer on dinosaur park; local newspaper exposes boondoggle

March 7, 2012 Kevin Whited

Second dino-park in Jasper sunk by savvy officials – Cynthia Calvert, The Tribune On Nov. 9, 2006, the Houston Business Journal reported that Don Lessem, “a Philadelphia entrepreneur and nationally recognized dinosaur expert, [had] chosen

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Pro-regulation Parker Administration moves to criminalize charitable food service

March 6, 2012 Kevin Whited

Houston’s Plan to Criminalize Charity – Marc Levin and Tim Cook, Texas Public Policy Foundation Houston City Council will be considering an ordinance (see page 32) today which would criminalize the giving of food to

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