Articles by Kevin Whited

THE CHRON’S MIKE SNYDER looks at the coffers of the mayoral campaigns and their related advertising choices. There are also new quotes from the local media’s go-to sources on the race, Marc Campos and Nancy

JUST A FEW DAYS AGO, LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS were excitedly regurgitating the HPD press-release news on the city’s 10-day murder-free steak (the Chron had a few problems with their reporting and editorializing). That streak ended

NEAL MEYER blogs about Washington Avenue, development, and his real-world dilemma: The planners are going to gripe about how City codes dictate how much parking there is supposed to be. They’re going to gripe about

THE HARRIS COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY finally endorsed Roy Morales in the Houston mayoral race. Very quietly.

GUEST COMMENTARY: RETIRED PROFESSOR HOWARD KATZ proposes a police commission for Houston.

LOCAL ATTORNEY AND FORMER PROSECUTOR MURRAY NEWMAN blogs, “it’s tough being one of the spokespeople for the Gang Who Couldn’t Shoot Straight.” No doubt. Here is the KTRK-13 story by Ted Oberg that Newman references.

LOCAL ATTORNEY MARK BENNETT blogs, “not every wrong is a crime; nor should it be.” That ought to be enough to get you to click over.

SWAMPLOT blogs about YOUR tax dollars being used to purchase a 2-acre downtown site that had previously been touted as a great new private development. You’ll have to pardon us for wondering if there are

BRADLEY OLSON (WHO ELSE?) AND SUSAN CARROLL report for the Chron that three city councilmembers have dared to challenge Mayor Bill White by trying to force a debate on the city’s immigration policies. Better late

SLAMPO’S PLACE asserts that “Scooter Khan is still a campaign finance scofflaw.”