Articles by Kevin Whited

TOM KIRKENDALL notes that Moody’s has further downgraded the junk-bond debt of the Houston Sports Authority: “Moody’s believes the liquidity reserves are sufficient to cover the November 2010 payment, but their depletion may result in

IN HIS LATEST OP-ED, BILL KING asks a question that will be familiar to our readers: If nearly every other major city has decided not to build their rail systems in the middle of their

KTRK-13 UNDERCOVER MAN WAYNE DOLCEFINO is back with another look at Councilmember Jarvis Johnson. It seems Councilmember Johnson has been soliciting city contractors for donations to a favored charity. Interestingly, as Dolcefino reports, Councilmember Johnson

THE CHRON EDITORIAL BOARD has finally penned a lede with which we agree completely: Here in the depths of a Houston August, we sometimes suspect that the heat has melted our brain. We frequently have

BH FAV TOM KIRKENDALL frequently comments on the TSA’s Security Theater, the agency’s intrusive, inconvenient, and sometimes ineffectual rituals designed to make someone (Pols? Largely unskilled screeners? Travelers? It’s really not clear) feel better about

HAIR BALLS posts about the arrest of Dr. Michael “Hand Center” Brown, who seems to have had some serious issues with spousal abuse over the years. As Hair Balls notes, however, that’s not been a

TORY GATTIS takes a look at Houston’s Wave jitney service, which is flourishing. It’s nice to see the market responding to shortcomings in the area’s transit coverage.

THE WEST U EXAMINER reports that West U’s council is functioning somewhat normally again, after a spat between Mayor Bob Kelly and Councilman George Boehme. Several weeks ago, Boehme apparently took umbrage at the mayor’s

A FEW WEEKS AGO, TEXAS TRIBUNE led the cheers for Houston Votes, which it characterized as a “nonpartisan” voter registration group targeting the Houston area. Of course, our cursory search indicated the board of the

THE EXAMINER’S MICHAEL REED reports that METRO’s liquidity ratio — a key measure of an organization’s ability to pay short-term debt — has dropped to its worst level in five years (0.86 to 1). The