Commentary

CITY OF HOUSTON TO HARRIS COUNTY: We are not signing a tax collection agreement until you agree to withhold vehicle registrations for people who don’t pay their red light camera tickets. EYEWITNESS NEWS notes that

TEXAS WATCHDOG posts about a lovely sounding champagne and lobster party being hosted by the Houston Airport System and a vendor for local media. Sadly, blogHOUSTON did not receive an invitation to the event (we

VARIOUS MEDIA OUTLETS are reporting that Chief Hurtt has informed his command staff he’ll be resigning effective 30 December. Mayor-elect Parker made clear during the campaign that the bumbling police chief would be out if

TORY GATTIS posts his extensive “wish list” agenda for Mayor Parker, but starts with the basics: She faces a difficult financial situation at the city, and obviously her first priority will be getting that under

THE CHRON’S MIKE SNYDER reported last week that the Uptown TIRZ “paid $990,000 to settle a lawsuit over the city’s condemnation of a small piece of land adjacent to a mixed-use project being developed by

TEXAS WATCHDOG broke an interesting political story on Friday that sort of got lost in the shuffle on election eve: The Harris County Republican Party is apparently having difficulties accounting for/reporting some political donations. Jared

YESTERDAY, THE CHRON’S CAUCASIAN THINK TANK admitted that there are still too many problems with HPD’s crime lab: Seven years ago — seven! — we learned that HPD’s crime lab had botched thousands of cases.

SLAMPO posts his fine summary of the municipal elections that have mercifully concluded. And Cory Crow notes that the Chron has fired up the “newly elected public official cliche generator.”

YEAH, THAT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE IN THE ELECTION: It’s been interesting watching national media reaction to Annise Parker’s win yesterday. Many headlines are referencing her sexual orientation, continuing an ongoing media obsession with

THE EXAMINER NEWS ran a story earlier this week by Michael Reed on the traffic/mobility disaster METRO is trying to foist upon the Post Oak/Galleria area. The headline really drives home the point of the