KHOU-11’s Lee McGuire reports on a drainage-fund proposal developed by Councilmember Khan and supported by Mayor White: A plan to create a special fund in the city’s budget to act as like a detention pond
This curious blurb appeared on KHOU-11’s website yesterday: Houston City Council approved a proposal to upgrade the lighting beneath the Pierce Elevated parking garage. They plan to spend almost half a million dollars to fix
Richard Vacar, who has been a proponent of an expensive renovation and expansion of Bush Intercontinental Airport despite significant planned capacity reduction by airlines, today is given a platform on the Chronicle news pages for
Some new residents in Spring have just discovered what many of us have been railing against for a while now: The Grand Parkway F-2 segment is going to require the demolition of many homes (via
An interesting post on a Harris County Democratic Party site indicates that the local Dems are working with the local sorta-professional soccer franchise to raise money for the party: On Sunday, September 7, the Dynamo
Consultant/advocate John Keeling, who’s never seen a boondoggle that didn’t merit a glowing feasibility study (so long as clients were paying), makes an appearance in a recent Nancy Sarnoff report for the Chronicle: Occupancy at
The Chronicle‘s Rad Sallee offers a primer on the confusing mess of managed HOV/toll lanes coming soon to the Katy Freeway: Sometime in late spring 2009, three important changes will occur. 1. Every vehicle on
Finger Furniture Stores Flip Houston The Bird (Hair Balls) Mincberg Campaign’s First Television Ad (PoliSci@UST) Oasis Of Self Pity (Houtopia) "Good News" for Metro (Lose an Eye, It's a Sport) Richard Justice's Kumbaya Weekend (Houston's
The Chronicle‘s substandard journalism has been taking more of a pounding than usual on blogs over the last few days (albeit not this one, because work, software maintenance, and life in general have been intruding
As he was speaking to the Asian Chamber of Commerce and the Greater Southwest Houston Chamber of Commerce last week, Frank “Procurement Disaster” Wilson tried to encourage Asian business owners to get some of the