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THIS made me wonder if Chief Hurtt is still pursuing a new $250 million HPD headquarters/compound.

BRADLEY OLSON (WHO ELSE?) AND SUSAN CARROLL report for the Chron that three city councilmembers have dared to challenge Mayor Bill White by trying to force a debate on the city’s immigration policies. Better late

METRO IS EXPANDING parking lot capacity at the South Point Park and Ride from 376 spaces to 766. Unlike inner loop light rail, moves like this will actually contribute to a stated METRO Solutions goal

SLAMPO’S PLACE asserts that “Scooter Khan is still a campaign finance scofflaw.”

SWAMPLOT says goodbye to two Harrisburg haunts.

HOUSTON STRATEGIST TORY GATTIS blogs about the smart-growth/land-use conference put on by Houstonians for Responsible Growth. He links to another post about the conference on the Land Use Prof Blog. It’s unfortunate that the website

THE CHRON’S MEDBLOG calls attention to Dr. Dickinson’s Medical Mission blog. Dr. Robert Dickinson is a local Kelsey-Seybold physician who is blogging about his medical humanitarian mission to Afghanistan.

HOUSTON NEWS OUTLETS report that Sheriff Adrian Garcia’s county-supplied SUV was vandalized. In his driveway. (Chronicle, KPRC-2, KHOU-11, KTRK-13) KHOU ran this quote: “I thought having him living across the street would make things safer

TEXAS WATCHDOG’S LEE ANN O’NEAL explores ethics loopholes and HISD.

THE CHRON’S JAMES PINKERTON reports that a court “has ordered the city to release 160 of 208 contested documents” related to the White Administration’s effort to withhold public information related to red-light cameras. Strangely, the