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Weekend brunch for 3 November 2019

November 3, 2019 Kevin Whited

Early voting turnout is way down from 2015; Trautman warns of slow election reporting; Mayor Turner’s airport intern has a nice time traveling; AJ Hinch’s World Series Game 7 was uncharacteristically bad; and more!

Weekend brunch for 27 October 2019

October 27, 2019 Kevin Whited

The Astros finally fix a mess of their own making; the Houston Way features again in the city’s mayoral and controller races; Hotze melts down; Ken Hoffman checks in on the decrepit (yet still standing) Astrodome; and more!

Weekend brunch for 20 October 2019

October 20, 2019 Kevin Whited

Mayor Sylvester Turner is shy of 50% in new UH poll; Former METRO chair Gilbert Garcia urges voters to reject the METRO Next referendum; City Controller Chris Brown defends his secretive land deal; and more!

Mason: Comparing the 2017 pension reform rhetoric with the latest actuarial results

October 17, 2019 Editor

Former City of Houston Chief Pension Executive Craig Mason argues that the rhetoric regarding the 2017 “pension reform” doesn’t match the actuarial results.

Weekend brunch for 13 October 2019

October 13, 2019 Kevin Whited

Commissioners Jack Cagle and Steve Radack nix Dem plans for a massive tax increase in Harris County; City Controller Chris Brown is accused of profiteering on a land deal; Mayor Turner’s noncompetitive “internship” created for a special friend still stinks; and more!

Weekend brunch for 6 October 2019

October 6, 2019 Kevin Whited

Mayor Turner creates a sketchy “internship”; violent crime in Houston went up in 2018; the state will manage Harvey funds; Wayne Dolcefino files a criminal complaint against METRO; and more!

Monday espresso: News links for 30 September 2019

September 30, 2019 Kevin Whited

The Astros set new records on their way to the playoffs; Responsible Houston opposes METRO Next; HRBC opposes Harris County Dem tax hike; and more!

Weekend brunch for 29 September 2019

September 29, 2019 Kevin Whited

This weekend, we pay our respects to Sandeep Dhaliwal, who died in the line of duty.

Houston’s 311 system should be better than this (Suffering Dog/Indifferent Employee Edition)

September 25, 2019 Kevin Whited

Kevin Whited blasts the City of Houston 311 system’s indifferent response to a citizen report of a suffering dog on the side of Richmond.

Weekend brunch for 22 September 2019

September 22, 2019 Kevin Whited

A growing, bipartisan chorus agrees that flooding has become an existential threat to Houston; former METRO chair continues to criticize METRO Next “plan”; the Astros clinch; and more!