Every once in a rare blue moon, perhaps once in a century, the Houston Chronicle editorial board manages to get something right. Amazingly, the Chronicle did in fact manage to pull off this rare feat
The Bill King campaign secured perhaps the most important endorsement of the mayoral race just before Thanksgiving: Mattress Mack is well known among Houstonians, of course, and well regarded. His “save you money” schtick works
In New Urbanist language, there are things that are “good” (mass-transit, density, local control [when their inner-city, suburban modeled neighborhoods are threatened], sidewalk cafes and Tesla) then there are things that are “bad” (people choosing
Tory Gattis has done excellent work in recent weeks debunking a couple of memes that have been making the rounds among what we often call the local “Houtopian” class (the New Urbanist types who are
In late August, the Houston Business Journal ran a story that suggests Houston’s public pensions may be in worse shape than previously reported, due to rosy assumptions about rates of return on investment. That’s news
Two weeks ago, the story broke in the Houston Chronicle that Houston First, a local agency chartered by the City of Houston to run the convention facilities in downtown Houston — the George R. Brown
The Houston Chronicle reports that the Bayport Cruise Terminal is about to be empty again: Less than three years after Port of Houston commissioners authorized millions of dollars in incentives to lure a pair of
Just over a month ago, the Texas Supreme Court delivered a stinging rebuke to the Parker Administration, holding that Mayor Parker’s handling of the rain tax referendum was deceptive and misleading to voters. Last Friday,
We’ve been busy the first half (or so) of the year — as tends to happen with folks who manage to remain employed in Houston’s energy sector during a major oil price downturn — so