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CORY CROW highlights (lowlights?) the latest odd editorializing from America’s Worst Big City Daily.

YESTERDAY, THE CHRONICLE reported that Council would consider temporarily tightening the city’s property-use regulations, “long maligned as overly deferential to developers” (as the Chron lede characterized* the matter). The “temporary” tightening would go into effect

SWAMPLOT calls our attention to the news that any tar balls found along Texas shores at this point are almost certainly not from BP’s ongoing offshore environmental disaster.

CLEAR THINKER TOM KIRKENDALL comments on a New York Times piece on the government tactic of obfuscation, which frequently is used to hide/obscure the true cost of promises made today for benefits tomorrow. Kirkendall cites

KPRC-2 reports on the City’s shameful efforts to defend the recent water-rate hike by way of a pre-emptive lawsuit away from Houston: Former Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector Paul Bettencourt said he takes issue with the

THE CHRON.COM HEADLINE on the “new” METRO settlement with Lloyd Kelley is succinct: Metro: Open-records suit settled, but secret for now How’s that for transparency and accountability? Reporter Renee C. Lee did determine that METRO

AS UBU ROI notes in the comments, the City’s drainage fee is back. Or a big tax increase (as Bill King notes at the end of the story). Or whatever euphemism one prefers for a

METRO announces today that its board has authorized a settlement of the Lloyd Kelley lawsuit. The press release does not indicate how much hush money will be transferred from taxpayers, but METRO does assure that

THE HOUSTON PRESS ran a fine piece by Paul Knight last week with a title that’s perfect: Train Wreck: How Metro and its president Frank Wilson got so far off track It’s a comprehensive look

OF THE CHRONICLE EDITORIAL BOARD’S Memorial Day effort on the day’s meaning and succulent corn (not kidding!), Unca Darrell asks: Has there ever been a more awkward and inapt pairing of topics in a single