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Late Friday press-release action: HISD unveils tax-increase plans

September 27, 2013 Kevin Whited

HISD, which has been laying the groundwork to raise taxes for some time now, employed a familiar tactic for dropping bad news earlier today: the Friday 4pm press release. The important information is as follows

Leftist Chron editorial board thinks Harry Reid is House Majority Leader

September 26, 2013 Kevin Whited

The leftist Chron editorial board is, as readers might expect, all worked up today over Sen. Ted Cruz, upon whom they bestow faux praise for doing exactly what he told voters he would do before

Chron doodler slams Tom DeLay (with a Wikipedia assist)

September 26, 2013 Kevin Whited

Last week, an appeals court erased one of the few victories of the Democratic Left in Texas over the last decade or so, wiping out former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay’s conviction on money laundering

Parker Administration Ruling Class: Rules for thee, but not for me?

September 24, 2013 Kevin Whited

Last week, Mayor Annise Parker’s handpicked police chief, Charles McClelland, announced to media that he would be accepting a one-day suspension related to a September 4 incident in which the vehicle he was driving struck

A brief announcement (and a mini-post)

August 14, 2013 Kevin Whited

Hello everyone. Why yes, it has been a while. Our crew got a little burned out, myself included, and life-outside-internet has taken precedence. But we’re about to get this thing going again, in some fashion.

Area residents bring The Stupid. Hard.

May 10, 2012 Kevin Whited

Most often, the blog points out examples of local journalistic and/or governmental stupidity. Today, we interrupt the blog “slowdown” to share three examples of general stupidity. Be sure to click over for the full stories/posts.

Let’s translate “limited public participation”

April 25, 2012 Anne Linehan

Just remember, if you keep it between $10 and $20 million, Houston’s in: “At first blush, I am pleased with the response to our RFQ, but we have a lot of due diligence to do

Chron scrutinizes bogus Dome demolition numbers; Bureaucrats start to back away from same

April 17, 2012 Kevin Whited

Experts say Astrodome demolition price tag seems high – Mike Morris, Houston Chronicle Willie Loston, executive director of the Sports Corp., said the estimated cost of [Astrodome] demolition is lower than that produced by a

SLOW blogging ahead for a while…

April 15, 2012 Kevin Whited

We’re putting the blog in official slowdown mode for a little while. There’s nothing “bad” going on. But we’ve been doing the blog pretty much continuously for quite a few years now, and Anne Linehan

North Forest ISD will stay open for another year

March 31, 2012 Anne Linehan

Students hardest hit: the Texas Education Commissioner said North Forest is being given another year to try to improve its status. Because after years of promising to improve (and failing), district officials now have a