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AFTER MARK GREENBLATT’S REPORT FOR KHOU-11 last week on possible METRO funding shenanigans, the rogue transit organization’s bloated PR shop rushed to deem the report “distorted and just plain wrong” (with America’s worst big-city daily

TWO CHRONICLE STORIES illustrate the problems that can result from deferring tough decisions on the city’s budget. Bradley Olson reports on rumblings that City Council may increase water rates by nearly 30% for the average

KHOU-11’S RUCK RUSSELL reports that some activists are not happy with METRO and the City of Houston over a memorial on MLK boulevard. METRO insists that they are working on plans for the memorial and

CLEAR THINKER TOM KIRKENDALL links to a report on the perilous, unsustainable financial condition of San Francisco’s transit agency, and sounds this cautionary note: Meanwhile, Houston Metro is currently proposing to sell $866 in general

CORY CROW finds Texas Watchdog‘s latest video blog chat somewhat lacking in discussion of… actual blogs.

TORY GATTIS hopes that Mark Greenblatt’s reporting on METRO’s funny funding numbers might lead the agency to rethink its light rail plans: My proposal would be to scale back the core LRT network to connecting

SLAMPO offers praise for the latest effort by the Chronicle‘s junior metro/state diarist, who nearly earned herself a promotion to “Young Adult” columnist.

HAIR BALLS noticed an interesting piece of investigative journalism from Gary Scharrer of the Hearst Austin bureau (the combined capitol news desk of the San Antonio Express-News and the Houston Chronicle). The story questions the

THE CHRONICLE ran into a bit of a problem putting together the print edition today: Apparently, nobody caught the fact that the photo is of David Wolff, not Frank Wilson. Whoops! Substantively, the story isn’t

KRIV-26’S ISIAH CAREY reports that METRO CEO Frank Wilson “could likely be released from his contractual obligations on Friday.” It’s good to see Mayor Parker’s fumigation efforts beginning to produce results. We can’t help but