Commentary

METRO IS EXPANDING parking lot capacity at the South Point Park and Ride from 376 spaces to 766. Unlike inner loop light rail, moves like this will actually contribute to a stated METRO Solutions goal

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

SWAMPLOT says goodbye to two Harrisburg haunts.

HOUSTON STRATEGIST TORY GATTIS blogs about the smart-growth/land-use conference put on by Houstonians for Responsible Growth. He links to another post about the conference on the Land Use Prof Blog. It’s unfortunate that the website

THE CHRON’S MEDBLOG calls attention to Dr. Dickinson’s Medical Mission blog. Dr. Robert Dickinson is a local Kelsey-Seybold physician who is blogging about his medical humanitarian mission to Afghanistan.

HOUSTON NEWS OUTLETS report that Sheriff Adrian Garcia’s county-supplied SUV was vandalized. In his driveway. (Chronicle, KPRC-2, KHOU-11, KTRK-13) KHOU ran this quote: “I thought having him living across the street would make things safer

TEXAS WATCHDOG’S LEE ANN O’NEAL explores ethics loopholes and HISD.

THE CHRON’S JAMES PINKERTON reports that a court “has ordered the city to release 160 of 208 contested documents” related to the White Administration’s effort to withhold public information related to red-light cameras. Strangely, the

REPORTERS BRADLEY OLSON AND MIKE SNYDER report for the Chron that the Gene Locke campaign has resorted to negative advertising: “Peter Brown is spending millions of dollars in this mayor’s race because he can’t match

SWAMPLOT blogs that the Ashby highrise developers will ask for approval of their original concept, which included street-level retail and other features that the walkable/sustainable planning crowd claims they want (elsewhere). How’s that for an