Articles by Kevin Whited

CLEAR THINKER TOM KIRKENDALL comments on a New York Times piece on the government tactic of obfuscation, which frequently is used to hide/obscure the true cost of promises made today for benefits tomorrow. Kirkendall cites

KPRC-2 reports on the City’s shameful efforts to defend the recent water-rate hike by way of a pre-emptive lawsuit away from Houston: Former Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector Paul Bettencourt said he takes issue with the

THE CHRON.COM HEADLINE on the “new” METRO settlement with Lloyd Kelley is succinct: Metro: Open-records suit settled, but secret for now How’s that for transparency and accountability? Reporter Renee C. Lee did determine that METRO

AS UBU ROI notes in the comments, the City’s drainage fee is back. Or a big tax increase (as Bill King notes at the end of the story). Or whatever euphemism one prefers for a

METRO announces today that its board has authorized a settlement of the Lloyd Kelley lawsuit. The press release does not indicate how much hush money will be transferred from taxpayers, but METRO does assure that

THE HOUSTON PRESS ran a fine piece by Paul Knight last week with a title that’s perfect: Train Wreck: How Metro and its president Frank Wilson got so far off track It’s a comprehensive look

OF THE CHRONICLE EDITORIAL BOARD’S Memorial Day effort on the day’s meaning and succulent corn (not kidding!), Unca Darrell asks: Has there ever been a more awkward and inapt pairing of topics in a single

THE CHRONICLE followed up this weekend on Texas Watchdog‘s reporting on Sheltering Arms, a Houston nonprofit group that has been entrusted with millions of stimulus dollars for weatherization, yet has been accused of shoddy workmanship

BANJO JONES notes that the ever-shrinking Houston Chronicle will be outsourcing even more of its content these days, and that the newspaper’s diminutive editor says some of the dwindling content may go behind a pay

WHILE ON OUR BLOG VACATION IN MAY, we did not advocate bombing any (hypothetical) mosques. Local talker Michael Berry, on the other hand, apparently got into a heated discussion with a caller over the proposed