Former City of Houston Chief Pension Executive Craig Mason argues that the rhetoric regarding the 2017 “pension reform” doesn’t match the actuarial results.
UPTOWN CANNOT KEEP ITS STORY STRAIGHT by Bill King For over two years, the Uptown TIRZ has been promoting spending about $200 million on its bus lane project on Post Oak. About $120 million of
In my last column , I described how City leaders misled citizens and taxpayers about the costs of the rain tax, earning a stern rebuke from a unanimous Texas Supreme Court. Unfortunately, City leaders have been
One of the recurring themes since my first columns were published by the HBJ has been that City leaders have not been telling the full truth about important issues. Indeed, my early columns specifically called
The proposed “BRT” (Bus Rapid Transit) project along Post Oak Boulevard is proceeding despite growing protests from affected businesses and the few residents who are aware of it. The BRT is a dedicated bus lane,
On April 14, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, deeply concerned over the financial practices and growing fiscal distress of the nation’s largest cities, convened a workshop entitled, “Chapter 9 and Alternatives for Distressed