Commentary

CORY CROW asks, “what is the difference between the downtown Dynamo Stadium and the Harris County Soapbox Derby Hill” (other than $32 million)?

PAUL KNIGHT writes that the City’s Dynamo Stadium plan is magic!

THE CHRON’S BRADLEY OLSON reports that Mayor Annise Parker is poised to name her new police chief this week… and that it will be acting police chief Charles McClelland. UPDATE (03-24-2010): Isiah Carey questions the

KPRC-2’S STEPHEN DEAN reports that various aides to Mayor Annise Parker have apparently been having quite a time riding around in HPD helicopters that are on patrol, occasionally posting about the adventures on Facebook. Mayor

REMEMBER THAT ATTORNEY who resigned from Harris County Attorney Vince Ryan’s office about the time that Texas Watchdog started asking questions about potential conflicts of interest? In a followup to the story, Texas Watchdog reports

OVER THE WEEKEND, PUBLIC POLICY PUNDIT BILL KING had a Chronicle op-ed noting the various myths espoused by our light-rail Houtopians and special interests. Tom Kirkendall followed with “The Bad METRO bet.” The editorial board

YOU HAVE ANY MONEY TO PAY FOR THAT DREAM? A Montrose resident doesn’t want a new H-E-B at the site of the former Wilshire Village apartments, so she has started a petition calling for a

AND WE THOUGHT THE DANGER TRAIN WAS METRO’S BACKBONE: Lamely attempting to counter the accusation that it has improved reduced bus service to focus resources on light rail, METRO now says, “Our bus fleet has

BEFORE MAYOR ANNISE PARKER’S METRO ANNOUNCEMENTS yesterday, the METRO board made one big decision: They voted in favor of paying CEO Frank Wilson’s legal expenses related to the allegations about an improper relationship with a

MAYOR ANNISE PARKER held a press conference today to release the findings of her METRO transition team and to announce her new appointees to the METRO board. This Texas Watchdog post is a one-stop shop