November 2013 - blogHOUSTON

NEW METRO’s downtown station procurement fiasco: Who dropped the ball?

November 29, 2013 Kevin Whited

Last week, word came from the NEW METRO that a rather OLD METRO-like failure with a capital project had occurred. The Chronicle‘s Dug Begley did not put it quite that way, of course, as that’s

On the history of recent City of Houston charter amendments – and their enforcement (and this means same sex benefits too!)

November 25, 2013 Neal Meyer

Well, well, well. The November 2013 City of Houston elections have come and almost gone. As is often the case, the show isn’t entirely over, as there are some runoffs to determine the final winners

Week in review (11/24/2013 edition)

November 24, 2013 Kevin Whited

We’re trying out a “Week in Review” post this week to highlight news and such from the week with links (and commentary, perhaps). It may or may not become a regular feature. *** The mighty

Leadership failure: City of Houston cancels annual New Year’s event

November 21, 2013 Kevin Whited

For a city whose leaders are constantly touting all of the things they are doing to make Houston “world class,” we sure do seem to have a lot of trouble putting on an annual New

New Houston Chronicle editor Nancy Barnes hopes to boost newsroom

November 19, 2013 Kevin Whited

Last week, CultureMap’s Clifford Pugh provided some nice coverage of the Houston Chronicle‘s new editor, Nancy Barnes, who was the guest of a group of female Houston leaders. Barnes is the first female to head

A luncheon with Marc Levin of Texas Public Policy Foundation

November 18, 2013 Neal Meyer

This past September, the Houston Property Rights Association (HPRA) welcomed Marc Levin, director of the Center for Effective Justice at the Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF), to discuss his background and his work at the

BH Meetup Saturday

November 14, 2013 Kevin Whited

We’re overdue for a blogger/beer/bs meetup, so… We’ll be hitting the Stag’s Head Pub on Saturday (Nov 16) from 2pm – ???? Come on by, have a beverage, and say hello if you are so

Five years later, Bayport cruise terminal sees first passengers

November 14, 2013 Kevin Whited

Last week, KTRK-13 had a brief report that the first cruise ship had finally arrived at the five-year old Bayport Cruise terminal. We were surprised at the brevity of the report, since former KTRK reporter

White candidate Dave Wilson implies he is black, takes HCC seat from incumbent

November 11, 2013 Kevin Whited

The Drudge Report picked up a fun story that seems to have originated with KHOU reporter Doug Miller, who noted that local activist Dave Wilson won an HCC seat in an unorthodox manner: In one

Voters reject quarter-billion dollar Astrodome boondoggle; trough feeders try to regroup

November 11, 2013 Kevin Whited

The proponents of the Billion Dollar Astrodome Redevelopment Boondoggle are very disappointed! Or, as it is sometimes put on twitter, they “haz a sad.” Voters were supposed to give them a quarter-billion dollar credit card