Commentary

THE MOVE TO INCREASE WATER RATES* that blogger Ubu Roi has been warning about for some time has finally spilled onto the pages of the Chronicle. Here is the ominous warning from our mayor: “Council

SLAMPO POSTS about the Chron‘s latest effort to generate some interest (while apparently littering driveways of non-subscribers). We’re a little more bullish on the enterprise — maybe with the addition of some reader party pics

ANDY ICKEN, quaintly described as former Mayor Bill White’s City Hall “troubleshooter” by the Chron.com Houston Politics blog, will be moving from Public Works to Mayor Parker’s office. Since so much of his *ahem* troubleshooting

ON WEDNESDAY, COUNCIL voted to expand the city’s curbside recycling program. We liked the conclusion to KHOU-11’s story: The program is being paid for with federal stimulus money. That’s so… stimulating!

KTRK-13’S TED OBERG checks in on the City of Houston’s backlog inspecting and tearing down dangerous, derelict buildings. Mayor Parker promises improvement, and tells Oberg to check back in a year’s time.

HOUSTON STRATEGIST TORY GATTIS argues that “point-to-point express buses are the future of commuting.” We hope someone in the mayor’s office is reading, since METRO seems determined to sink several billion more dollars than voters

AMERICA’S WORST BIG CITY DAILY thinks this “exclusive” content will entice you to purchase their product this weekend: A Chron Eye for the Death Row Killer Guy certainly plays to the newspaper’s strengths (they have

CORY CROW highlights the “Houston Way” angle of the proposed Galleria-area/Dynamo stadium complex. You knew there had to be such an angle, right?

SLAMPO continues his fine series on carpetbagger Councilmember Al Hoang, alleged campaign-finance and voter-registration scofflaw.

MIKE MCGUFF posts that KHOU-11 reporter Lee McGuire has left the station for a new post in his hometown of Boston.