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Over at METRO’s blog, Mary Sit addresses the issue of those who ride the Danger Train without paying. She said according to state code, only police officers can issue citations for not paying the fare.

Mayor Parker signed an executive order banning smoking in city parks (KPRC-2): The smoking ban applies to lighted cigars, cigarettes, pipes or any other device used for the burning of tobacco or other plant material.

There will be a candlelight vigil Tuesday night for the two precious children who were killed yesterday evening in Spring. The vigil will begin at 8:30 at the Church at Creek’s End, 20010 Kuykendahl, south

We’re putting the little blog (and ourselves) on vacation for a couple of weeks. Here’s hoping the cooler weather continues, with rain added to the mix…

Metro board hears little negative comment on Greanias – Carol Christian, Houston Chronicle The Rev. Dave Welch, executive director of Houston Area Pastor Council, read a letter to board chairman Gilbert Garcia from the council

Yesterday, Harvey Kronberg noted that Chronicle metro/state columnist Rick Casey will be retiring, to be replaced by Patricia Kilday Hart. There won’t be much change in ideology, as both are reliably left of center, nor

Battle brewing over Texas public pensions – Kate Alexander, Austin American-Statesman A group of high-powered Houston business leaders is starting a statewide campaign to overhaul retirement for future teachers, firefighters, police officers, judges and other

Note: The following report is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License. Click here to view the story on the Texas Watchdog website. BY MIKE CRONIN AND JENNIFER PEEBLES There’s trouble at the

Metro abandoning bid to payoff general mobility carry-over in fiscal 2012 – Mike Reed, Your Houston News Metro has abandoned plans to complete its carry-over general-mobility payments to the city of Houston and Harris County

ATS offers last-minute settlement – Chris Moran, Chron Houston Politics A top executive of the city’s red-light camera vendor publicly offered not to pursue damages for the eight months the city had the cameras dark