Last week, the Chronicle‘s Matt Stiles reported that Mayor White was spreading the word that the city might need to take up redistricting due to population growth. KTRH-740’s Brent Fuller reports that it does not
Since rumors started flying about the future of several landmark buildings owned by Weingarten, the firm has pretty much stiffed local reporters looking for comments. In a subscriber-only Wall Street Journal story by Thaddeus Herrick
A few days ago, the Chronicle‘s Matt Stiles wrote quite a story on the seemingly endless stream of ordinances passed by City Council which are not enforced: The object of concern was “pocket bikes” —
I just caught a portion of a KPRC-2 on-air news story that said Councilman Michael Berry is proposing towing the cars of drivers who are uninsured. Since I didn’t catch the whole story, I’m not
News (KTRH-740, KHOU-11) that Houston’s Veterans Day parade might be canceled this year prompted lots of talk on the Houston airwaves today. On KPRC-950, Councilmember Michael Berry faulted US for the possibility, suggesting that nobody
The Chronicle Editorial LiveJournalists are raging predictably today about an old “bad guy,” Rep. John Culberson. They’re so wound up it could almost be described as the LiveJournal equivalent of a hissy fit! Still, one
As noted in Ubu Roi’s City Council agenda post, Mayor White is attempting to gut Prop. 2 (item #47). On KSEV-700 this afternoon Harris County Tax Collector/Assessor Paul Bettencourt said the same thing — that
The Chronicle‘s Matt Stiles reports on a new collection of SAFEclear data compiled at the request of a federal judge. Houston bicyclist Bob Stein even makes an appearance: While the city has released information about
As always, readers are cautioned that I delete what I judge to be extraneous text, and often paraphrase in order to make the legalese a lot more readable; also that comments added are a mix
Retired police officers will soon be helping to alleviate HPD’s manpower shortage: The first retirees began training Monday at Houston’s downtown police headquarters. “We look at the background of the particular retired officer–how long they’ve