Commentary

LIVE OAKS comments on Houston City Council “absurdity” regarding the latest jitney regulations.

ON FRIDAY, TEXAS WATCHDOG reported on some irregularities in campaign-finance reports from HISD board president Grey Myers. Not many hours later, Texas Watchdog reported that Myers was *ahem* correcting his campaign-finance reports. Maybe next week,

HOUSTON DWI BLOG has an interesting question about the Pat Lykos DWI divert program and preferential treatment for athletes.

TEXAS WATCHDOG is hosting a blogger/journo/activist/citizen-journalist meetup at the Stag’s Head Pub, Saturday, 3-5 pm. The BH crew encourages fellow bloggers/readers/commenters to show up a bit early (say 2pm), and have an early drink (or

HOOKERS! HPD! DISMISSED CHARGES! OH MY! In all seriousness, a hat tip to the Chron‘s Brian Rogers, who wrote up that story much more professionally than we might have.

THE ANNISE PARKER ADMINISTRATION started making headway today on another of many problems they inherited from former Mayor Bill White. Jim Noteware, the person Mayor Parker appointed to reshape the city’s troubled Houston and Community

HERE is the conclusion to a recent Chron editorial: It will take time to change Metro’s internal culture while altering its public image of executive arrogance and unresponsiveness. The new team has the right priorities

RICHARD MURRAY takes a closer look at the upcoming political redistricting in the City of Houston.

RICHARD CONNELLY is back on the KTRH beat for the Houston Press, lamenting that the radio station used to have “aggressive and competent” journalists “who covered the city well.” Funny enough, but some of us

TEXAS TRIBUNE’S BRANDI GRISSOM looks at the ongoing controversy over Harris County jail overcrowding.