2014 - blogHOUSTON

Remembering Bob Lanier

December 31, 2014 Neal Meyer

Greetings everyone! It’s been several months since I’ve posted at this little corner of the Internet universe, but I couldn’t let pass without commenting on former City of Houston mayor Bob Lanier, who passed away

Strange HPD stunt: Red-light cameras make appearance in flawed “study”

October 30, 2014 Kevin Whited

HPD went to City Hall this week with a strange message: Accidents are way up at intersections that used to have red-light cameras, but this “fact” (more on that below) should not be taken as

Dazed and confused: Parker Administration backtracks on religious subpoenas

October 29, 2014 Kevin Whited

Houston’s increasingly beleaguered mayor, Annise Parker, backtracked Wednesday on her administration’s efforts to intimidate her perceived political enemies in the clergy via the subpoena process. The move came only two weeks after she effectively doubled

Houston Chronicle editorial board endorses single-issue candidate for governor, commits major gaffe

October 18, 2014 Kevin Whited

The Houston Chronicle editorial board, led by diminutive former editor-in-chief Jeff Cohen, has endorsed Democratic candidate Wendy Davis for governor. It’s not particularly surprising that this irrelevant editorial board would endorse a largely unqualified candidate

Parker Administration goes after religious political enemies, then backtracks by blaming others

October 15, 2014 Kevin Whited

On Monday, the not-entirely-reliable site World Net Daily reported that the Annise Parker Administration had subpoenaed the sermons and other communications of certain pastors who have been critical of Mayor Annise Parker’s preoccupation with imposing

Happy Birthday to us — blog meetup Saturday (Sept 20)

September 16, 2014 Kevin Whited

Ten years ago this month, a few of us threw open the doors to this little blog about Houston-area politics and media. Contributors have changed, and we’ve had active periods and slow periods, but we’ve

Bond reform in Texas: Because if at first you don’t succeed, try try again…and again…and again…and again…and again….

August 12, 2014 Neal Meyer

There have been a number of interesting issues that have flared up recently in local politics, most intriguingly the recent update to the City of Houston vehicle for hire ordinance, that I would like to

Lemer: Mayor Parker’s despotic quest for free (fiscal) reign must be stopped

August 10, 2014 Editor

The following is a guest submission from Bob Lemer. Feel free to submit topical posts/essays for our consideration to [email protected]. As with our usual blog posts, the views expressed are those of the author. MAYOR

ReasonTV looks at zoning and planning in D.C. (and elsewhere)

August 8, 2014 Kevin Whited

ReasonTV posted a very interesting video this week on zoning and planning in D.C. We’re posting it here for reasons that don’t become apparent until about four minutes (or so) in.

A public meeting on the Uptown light rail bus rapid transit line

July 29, 2014 Neal Meyer

This past Monday, July 21st, 2014, a public meeting was held at the Hilton Post Oak hotel in the Galleria area concerning the construction of the Uptown light rail bus rapid transit (BRT) line. I