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MIKE MCGUFF informs that David Long, the head of the Houston Municipal Employees Pension System (HMEPS), is retiring in a few weeks. Long, an effective advocate for HMEPS, seemed not to be Mayor White’s favorite

THE CHRONICLE’S RESIDENT FAITH-BASED GLOBAL-WARMING ENTHUSIAST seems still to be in the first stage of grief (denial) over recent developments in the global–warming debate: Climate change is now firmly a plank of the Republican party,

UNCA DARRELL spotlights a laugher from the Chron editorial board’s endorsement of Bill White.

THE CHRON’S INSIDE EAST HARRIS COUNTY blog reports on increasing ridership on three circulator bus routes started by Harris County Transit Services at the beginning of the year. Elsewhere, Houston Strategist Tory Gattis offers his

THE CHRONICLE recently profiled the two Democrats trying to unseat Harris County Judge Ed Emmett. Former Council backbencher Gordon Quan, the preferred candidate for some local lefty bloggers, may need a little help with his

Sunday’s Chronicle had an “exclusive” for subscribers (available online today): A look at the city’s abandoned/derelict buildings. The poor writing notwithstanding, the “exclusive” really wasn’t even much of an enticement to subscribe to the declining

THE CHRON’S JOE HOLLEY provides a little contribution to the Bill White campaign: White works on introducing himself to Texas. Going into his second year of state-wide campaigning, White is still introducing himself to Texas

CHANNEL 11 REPORTS that METRO has allocated $5 million to give to businesses suffering due to light rail construction: Business owners adversely impacted by light rail construction will be asked to submit an application for

HOUSTON’S JANUARY SALES TAX ALLOCATION DOWN 12.4%: “The city will receive $51.4 million, down 12.4 percent from $58.7 million in January 2009. This is the third straight month of double-digit declines in the Bayou City’s

KRIV-26’s RANDY WALLACE posts a nice investigative report on recent failures at the Houston Housing Authority. Homebuyers who qualify for assistance complain of moving goalposts and ridiculous red tape. The Housing Authority offers any number