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Last week, City Council took up Mayor Parker’s Hire Houston First initiative. The item was tagged, and returns to Council this week (item #33). We have not previously discussed the initiative, but here is an

Houston critics see red over traffic cams – Chris Moran, Houston Chronicle A little over a month ago, Houston Mayor Annise Parker announced she was turning the red-light cameras back on and declared she did

Assistant MPD Chief Makes Dream Team – Write On METRO With his new assistant chief in place, Rodriguez said they’re a “dream team on par with any agency. I’m pretty happy. I’ve got the man

Houston red-light cameras may be turned off again – Chris Moran, Houston Chronicle (08/12/2011) Houston’s red-light camera vendor said on Friday that Mayor Annise Parker is trying to turn the cameras off again, and it

HPD rape case backlog is far worse than feared – Anita Hassan, Houston Chronicle According to department officials and figures compiled for a grant awarded to HPD from the National Institute of Justice this year,

Houston expects mandatory water restrictions next week – Matt Schwartz, Houston Chronicle Mayor Annise Parker this morning said that the city is moving toward enacting mandatory water restrictions and a simultaneous draw-down of water from

George Greanias Signed No-Porn Policy Right Before Porn Binge – Richard Connelly, Village Voice Houston In which we learn that George Greanias is a hypocrite, in addition to visiting some highly questionable sites with possibly

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Metro chief docked over porn at work returns today – Carol Christian, Houston Chronicle A routine audit last month of Metro employees’ Internet use showed that Greanias used his personal computer in the Metro building

Parker defers to Metro board on Greanias – Chris Moran, Chron Houston Politics At Wednesday’s post-Council meeting news conference, Mayor Annise Parker again did not directly address whether she had confidence in George Greanias as