Commentary

IN RESPONSE TO LAST WEEK’S REQUEST, ANNISE PARKER has released her tax returns and those of her partner to Texas Watchdog. Will fellow mayoral runoff candidate Gene Locke follow suit and release his joint tax

CITY COUNCIL is considering letting Liliana Rambo’s parking enforcement employees and the Mobility Response Team authorize tows of illegally parked cars. The genius who thought her expertise could get Houston a bargain price of $7,500

SHERIFF ADRIAN GARCIA will hold a press conference this morning with Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano in Washington to discuss the (quiet) success of Harris County’s participation in the 287(g) program over the past year.

SLAMPO blogs about John O’Quinn’s post-mortem National Enquirer appearance.

KRIV-26’S ISIAH CAREY reports* that crime has spiked in downtown Houston since the HPD overtime budget was cut, beats are going unprotected and cases are going uninvestigated, and Chief Hurtt contends (in a letter to

THE CHRON’S CAUCASIAN THINK TANK is “furious.” Oooooo, transportation planners and local pols beware! KEVIN WHITED ADDS: So, the Chronicle follows Carolyn Feibel’s typically dull, incurious reposting of advocacy group findings and quotes from favorite

THE CHRON’S HOUSTON POLITICS BLOG notes that Mayor White’s spokesman Frank Michel has himself a new gig.

KHOU-11’S SHERRY WILLIAMS posts a cheerleading-style report on a City of Houston program that paid roughly one-third of the cost of a $110,000 home for a new homeowner. A Houston Hope executive tells Williams that

TEXAS MONTHLY’S PAUL BURKA followed the lead of other bloggers in noting that Houston Mayor Bill White still has no plans to shift from his quest for a U.S. Senate seat to the Texas governor’s

THE CHRON’S HOUSTON POLITICS BLOG reports that Harris County Commissioners Court yesterday questioned County Attorney Vince Ryan’s decision to assist the City of Houston with its air pollution prosecutions (which apparently came without input from