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As we’ve come to expect, Michael Reed has broken another story for the Examiner News on METRO’s absolute financial disarray courtesy of the White/Wolff/Wilson years. Here are some key excerpts: When Metro board members take

On the one hand, it’s good that METRO is posting more — and more detailed — financial info online. Transparent financial behavior should be the norm at taxpayer-supported organizations. On the other hand, some of

On Friday, various news outlets reported on the release of the 2010 Census info, which documents the area’s significant population growth. There’s so much information to wade through that we’d like to hear reader thoughts

In speed traps: Drivers note on Speedtrap.org that there are traps set at the Houston city limits and near attractions like the Astrodome. And, the speed limit can change rapidly and dramatically. One motorist wrote

For several weeks now, we’ve noticed that Unca Darrell‘s semi-regular critiques of the output of the Houston Chronicle‘s editorialists have been… missing. This week, Unca Darrell revealed that he’s retired from that sort of blogging,

Time to clear out the blog cache and post some lunchtime links: Mayor to Mayor: Parker Indicates Brown’s East Downtown Green Card Hotel Project Would Qualify for Tax Breaks (Swamplot) A boondoggle THIS convoluted would

… because Exxon Mobil is counting on it. That take is according to the Chron’s Lisa Falkenberg, and it sounds like vintage Billy Burge: This time, impetus for urgency appears to be Exxon Mobil. At

Sunday’s Chronicle ran an interesting analytical piece by Yang Wang on Houston gang activity (hat tip to Jason for the link to the belated Chron.com version). Here is some of the hard data from the

Sports Authority Chairman J. Kent Friedman in October, 2009: While it may make for good headlines or be politically beneficial to be critical of transactions structured 10 years ago that have been affected by the

It’s a midweek roundup of news and views: The real answer to Houston's traffic congestion (Houston Strategies) Some excellent proposals here (except for the University Line compromise — it’s time completely to reconceptualize what we