When Turner Helped Create a $95,000 Job, Houston Went Crazy. Whitmire Created a $127,000 Job. Why the Difference?
Houston has seen this movie before. A mayor knows someone. A city job appears. The salary is unusually high. The […]
Houston, how accurate are Flock cameras? They have been found to be as inaccurate as 71%.
Houston has embraced Flock Safety’s artificial-intelligence license-plate cameras as another tool for fighting crime. Police can search the system for
When Fear of ICE Becomes a Public-Safety Problem
A new Texas Tribune story from San Antonio describes something that is becoming increasingly important across Texas: immigrants are changing
Is reporting a crime worth the risk of being separated from your family?
Who Told ICE Where the Witness Was? The most troubling question in the case of ICE arresting a Houston crime
Meme and Santiago Have a Solution to Many Problems Confronting Texas
Texas has a strange way of solving problems. One city loses water by the billions of gallons. Another city worries
Mayor Whitmire called Gulfton residents “largely undocumented”
Houston Opened Cooling Centers. Are Gulfton Residents Too Afraid to Enter Them? The evidence already points in that direction. Gulfton
Houston Protected the Winners—and Lost the Program
Don’t feel sorry for the loss of the program; the beneficiaries needed to go on a diet. The city can
Some Mornings I Wake Up Humble. This Was Not One of Them.
Excuse Me While I Beat My Own Drum Some mornings I wake up humble. This was not one of them.
Houston May Be Pouring Tomorrow’s Fortune Down the Drain
Imagine Houston Residents as rich as Saudi Arabia, not because there is oil underneath us but because someone at City
I Have Lived Here Since 1973. Edward Pollard Is the Best Council Member I Have Had.
I moved into this part of Houston in 1973. Richard Nixon was president. The Astros still played in the Astrodome.
WHY DO HOUSTON’S BAYOUS KEEP BECOMING MORGUES?
A city should know why so many of its people are dying in the thing it uses as its name.
Is Houston the bayou-bodies capital of the world?
After heavy rains receded, another body appeared along Buffalo Bayou. Was it a new death—or an old secret the water
Is the City of Houston Putting People’s Lives in Danger With Its ICE Policy?
How a “Good Address” Can Put the Wrong Man in the Wrong White Van A Houston police officer stopped a
John Whitmire has made a 180-degree change in his stance on ICE. Why?
“During the past week, Chief Diaz and Mayor Whitmire have spoken several times with state and local agencies to ensure
City solid waste is attempting to deceive the public with measurements that fail the test of common sense.
Houston Residents Deserve Results, Not Metrics For years, Houston residents have been told that city services are improving. Officials often
Garbage fee is a F…ing bad idea
The video below shows how other cities have been transferring revenue from utility fees to general funds for years. John
How do we know that Houston and the County are not turning in records to ICE, when people visit a hospital or a government clinic?
Somehow, the police and or ICE seem to know which cars to stop. How is that possible?
