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Happy Birthday to us — blog meetup Saturday (Sept 20)

September 16, 2014 Kevin Whited

Ten years ago this month, a few of us threw open the doors to this little blog about Houston-area politics and media. Contributors have changed, and we’ve had active periods and slow periods, but we’ve

Bond reform in Texas: Because if at first you don’t succeed, try try again…and again…and again…and again…and again….

August 12, 2014 Neal Meyer

There have been a number of interesting issues that have flared up recently in local politics, most intriguingly the recent update to the City of Houston vehicle for hire ordinance, that I would like to

Lemer: Mayor Parker’s despotic quest for free (fiscal) reign must be stopped

August 10, 2014 Editor

The following is a guest submission from Bob Lemer. Feel free to submit topical posts/essays for our consideration to [email protected]. As with our usual blog posts, the views expressed are those of the author. MAYOR

ReasonTV looks at zoning and planning in D.C. (and elsewhere)

August 8, 2014 Kevin Whited

ReasonTV posted a very interesting video this week on zoning and planning in D.C. We’re posting it here for reasons that don’t become apparent until about four minutes (or so) in.

A public meeting on the Uptown light rail bus rapid transit line

July 29, 2014 Neal Meyer

This past Monday, July 21st, 2014, a public meeting was held at the Hilton Post Oak hotel in the Galleria area concerning the construction of the Uptown light rail bus rapid transit (BRT) line. I

Jury rejects Democrat County Attorney Vince Ryan’s gambit to overturn election of Dave Wilson

July 28, 2014 Kevin Whited

Nearly two weeks ago, Houston Chronicle reporter Ben Wermund reported that Dave Wilson had prevailed against Democrat County Attorney Vince Ryan’s effort to overturn his election to the HCC board. The main problem with the

Former fiscal conservative Ed Emmett doesn’t like Astrodome demo proposal, may push another bond vote

July 26, 2014 Kevin Whited

For years now, we (and other sensible people) have questioned the lack of leadership on the Astrodome coming from County Judge Ed Emmett, who likes to project himself as a fiscally responsible, sober-minded area leader.

Houston Chronicle’s “Houston Advocate” borrows from Wikipedia without attribution

July 25, 2014 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s “Houston Advocate” reporter (whatever that means) Cindy George wrote the following in a chron.com story today entitled “Feuding Protests on Westheimer,” referencing Quds Day: The annual event was initiated by the Republic of

Houston Leadership Vacuum: Mayor Parker shares blame for pension fund mess

July 17, 2014 Cory Crow

News that the City of Houston is considering bringing a lawsuit against the firm that provided the analysis that led to the 2001 changes in the HFD system by then Mayor Lee Brown is just

Renew / Rebuild Houston: Councilmember Stephen Costello gets punked

July 13, 2014 Neal Meyer

This past week, while Houston City Council was finalizing the City’s annual budget and capital improvement plan (CIP), Houstonians were greeted with the news that Houston City Council voted to siphon off $31 million from