August 2020 - blogHOUSTON

Weekend brunch for 23 August 2020

August 23, 2020 Kevin Whited

Two potential hurricanes bear down on Houston; Area COVID-19 numbers continue to trend positively; Downtown is dead; and more!

Weekend brunch for 16 August 2020

August 16, 2020 Kevin Whited

COVID-19 numbers continue to improve (despite misleading newspaper headlines); Rodney Ellis’s artwork stash continues to draw attention; Ike anniversary approaches; Houston exodus? and more!

Weekend brunch for 9 August 2020

August 9, 2020 Kevin Whited

Area COVID-19 numbers continue to improve, although some still want you locked down forever; Dem bond reform is deadly; Dem tax plans could get expensive; SpaceX successes continue; and more!

The 2020 Covid-19 (coronavirus) saga: The transportation and land use edition

August 9, 2020 Neal Meyer

COVID-19 will be the single greatest disruptive event on transportation and land use in decades. Neal Meyer suggests we rethink both.

On bond election reforms and the upcoming Dallas ISD school bond election

August 2, 2020 Neal Meyer

Neal Meyer observes that the Dallas area will be holding a bond election under a new reform he’s pushed for years.