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
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
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
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
In Sunday’s print and subscriber edition of the Houston Chronicle, longtime Chronicle business writer L.M. Sixel posted a justifiably optimistic story about the Houston-area real-estate market. The resurgence of the oil and gas industry, thanks to
Last week, Mayor Annise Parker (not campaign staff) personally tweeted the following: I share your frustrations with the condition of our streets. Can't fix years of problems overnight. We're rebuilding from worst first.-A — Annise
This past Friday, November 1st 2013, the Houston Property Rights Association had, as guest speakers, Kathryn Van Der Pol and Carlos Doroteo. Ms. Van Der Pol is owner of a local auto repair garage, while
Last month, Mayor Annise Parker’s handpicked police chief rammed a downtown pedestrian with his car (propelling the poor guy), gave a highly inaccurate account of the incident, and was not cited by HPD for the
We have been calling BS on the numbers put out by Astrodome Boondoggle proponents for years. As we’ve watched free-spending Houston Mayor Annise Parker and formerly fiscally conservative County Judge Ed Emmett jump on the
CM Helena Brown tries to give taxpayers relief; Parker and Council want the revenue Last week, Mayor Annise Parker and her Council voted to hold the property tax rate steady, which will result in a