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Noteware: Pension reform can no longer be postponed

July 1, 2017 Jim Noteware

In previous articles, I discussed the explosive growth of City of Houston expenditures over the past twelve years. The per capita cost of City government has risen 46% over that time, and the City projects

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Noteware: Eliminating Prop 1 will not solve, and may exacerbate, Houston’s systemic fiscal problems

July 1, 2017 Jim Noteware

To address the City of Houston’s unsustainable fiscal trajectory, several current (and aspiring) elected officials have proposed increasing property taxes. They seem to view the City’s chronic deficits of more than a decade as a

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Noteware: Budget disconnect: City Leaders vs. their own budget experts

July 1, 2017 Jim Noteware

A number of smart and caring Houstonians have watched in dismay as the City of Houston’s finances have deteriorated over the past twelve years. Only recently, however, have the City’s elected leaders and a few

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Noteware: The City of Houston Has A Spending and Priorities Problem, Not A Revenue Problem

July 1, 2017 Jim Noteware

As the reality of the City’s budget has become apparent in recent weeks, Mayor Annise Parker and even some prospective 2015 mayoral candidates have begun to call for more revenues. This has led others to

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Noteware: The city is broke — and has been for a very long time

July 1, 2017 Jim Noteware

There is dispute raging at City Hall – has the City of Houston balanced its budget or not? According to Mayor Annise Parker, the City has balanced its budget, every year, in compliance with the

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Noteware: Houston is #1 – Or Is It?

July 1, 2017 Jim Noteware

Houston is a wonderful place to live and work. Some of us were born here; many of us moved here, attracted by opportunity and the welcoming culture. We chose to stay because of our success

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King: Turner pension plan includes largest bond issue in Houston history

October 17, 2016 Editor

TURNER PENSION PLAN INCLUDES LARGEST BOND ISSUE IN HOUSTON HISTORY: BUT YOU DON’T GET TO VOTE ON IT! by Bill King Included in the “outline” of the City of Houston’s new pension plan is a

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King: A tale of two local governments

October 6, 2016 Editor

THE FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF HARRIS COUNTY VS CITY OF HOUSTON by Bill King The divergence of the financial performance of the City of Houston and Harris County since 2003 is stark and telling. Since that

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King: The pension amortization scam

September 22, 2016 Editor

THE PENSION AMORTIZATION SCAM by Bill King Fair warning: This post is going to get way off in the weeds of the complex math that defined benefit pension plans entail. So if you are a

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King: Turner’s Pension “Plan” – The good, the bad, and the incredible

September 17, 2016 Editor

TURNER’S PENSION PLAN: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE INCREDIBLE by Bill King Sylvester Turner announced his pension “plan” Wednesday. I put the word plan in quotes because the outline Turner delivered was so painfully

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