Commentary

For some unknown reason, Metro’s press release announcing Mayor White’s new expansion plan is no longer listed in the News Releases section. (Update: the press release is listed again in the News Releases section. Hmmmmm.)

On Monday night Mayor White gave a speech before the Progressive Forum. I emailed Frank Michel and Pat Trahan in the mayor’s office asking when a transcript of the mayor’s speech would be posted. Today

As I mentioned previously, Rad Sallee’s Chronicle story presents both sides of Metro’s new expansion plan, and is filled with interesting bites including this: […]the agency plans to build rail corridors served by specially outfitted

Jeff McShan did some excellent reporting on HPD’s manpower woes for KHOU-11 this evening. The entire report should be read, but here are some excerpts: For months, Houston police officers have been telling 11 News

MeMo directs us to something that, uh, could come in handy? Not that we’re advocating its use, of course… No, no, no. Absolutely not.

City Controller Annise Parker’s limited audit of the SAFEclear program was released today. The audit estimates costs for SAFEclear from January 2005 to June 2005, and then for the next fiscal year. The full report

Yesterday the Chronicle had a story on the first day of HPD’s jaywalking crackdown: Bicycle messenger Ken Fairbanks sat down in the shade outside Chase Tower shortly after 3 p.m. Monday, unfolded the ticket he’d