July 2019 - blogHOUSTON

Weekend brunch for 28 July 2019

July 28, 2019 Kevin Whited

Private investigators share more distressing details of HPD’s Harding Street Massacre; Harris County tackles bail reform, HGAC votes to spend $100M, and more!

Weekend brunch for 21 July 2019

July 21, 2019 Kevin Whited

A happy 50th to the Apollo mission; the city keeps mixing trash and recycling; Ike Dike thoughts; and more!

Weekend brunch for 14 July 2019

July 14, 2019 Kevin Whited

The City of Houston is no more resilient post-Harvey; the Houston Way continues; the Houston-area will not be overtaking Chicago in population any time soon; and more!

METRO Next: Why the building of rail lines and transit guide ways to connect activity centers theory is bunk

July 8, 2019 Neal Meyer

Neal Meyer debunks the METRO Next rationale behind connecting Houston “activity centers” with expensive fixed guide way transit.

Weekend brunch for 7 July 2019

July 7, 2019 Kevin Whited

Hurricane Harvey recovery continues to consume capital improvement funding; Steve Le won’t stand for re-election; former fiscal conservative Ed Emmett knocks down a straw man; light rail to Hobby is a bad idea; and more!

First words on the 2019 METRO Next referendum (and a little self-grading)

July 2, 2019 Neal Meyer

Neal Meyer considers the METRO Next referendum in light of historical usage data, and also updates a couple of recent articles.