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On Rhonda Skillern-Jones, the HISD corruption case, and double dipping on the public dime

December 19, 2021 Neal Meyer

Neal Meyer reflects on the FBI’S HISD corruption indictments, and what to think about Rhonda Skillern-Jones and other governmental “double dippers.”

Weekend brunch for 12 December 2021

December 12, 2021 Kevin Whited

Conservatives defeat two sitting HISD board members; Area newspaper “investigates” churches; Is Houston on the verge of ending homelesness? And more!

Weekend brunch for 27 September 2020

September 27, 2020 Kevin Whited

No COVID-19 spike since Labor Day, but Harris County remains at Red Alert; Chron begins new series on local COVID-19 response; new details on the Feds’ raid on HISD’s COO; and more!

Weekend brunch for 20 September 2020

September 20, 2020 Kevin Whited

Texas improves its COVID-19 reporting; Harris County remains (inexplicably) stuck on Red Alert; Harris County Dems to redirect toll road funds to other priorities; Checking in on the Ike Dike; and more!

Weekend brunch for 13 September 2020

September 13, 2020 Kevin Whited

City and County shamed into improving their COVID-19 case reporting; County still inexplicably at “red alert”; HISD students pay the price; Bail and policing shenanigans; and more!

Weekend brunch for 23 August 2020

August 23, 2020 Kevin Whited

Two potential hurricanes bear down on Houston; Area COVID-19 numbers continue to trend positively; Downtown is dead; and more!

On bond election reforms and the upcoming Dallas ISD school bond election

August 2, 2020 Neal Meyer

Neal Meyer observes that the Dallas area will be holding a bond election under a new reform he’s pushed for years.

Weekend brunch for 20 January 2020 (long MLK Jr. weekend edition)

January 20, 2020 Kevin Whited

Bill O’Brien has the luckiest Monday ever; justice moves slowly in the Harding Street case; the latest METRO and Downtown boondoggle news; and more!

Weekend brunch for 12 January 2020

January 12, 2020 Kevin Whited

Gerald Goines makes a brief court appearance; Bill King analyzes the city’s latest CAFR; Tony Buzbee readies a food show; and the Texans collapse.

Weekend brunch for 1 December 2019

December 1, 2019 Kevin Whited

HPD’s Harding Street Massacre draws national attention, as does the HISD takeover; Buzbee’s campaign struggles; District B runoff reschedules; and more!