Houston's budget Archives

$7 billion, budget balancing over $50 million deficit by not painting new garbage trucks

October 16, 2025October 16, 2025

I was reading an article on “Community Impact” regarding the city council and its members’ adoption of the tax rate, when one of the council members’ remarks caught my attention. Council members Fred Flickinger and… $7 billion, budget balancing over $50 million deficit by not painting new garbage trucks

$107 million in the hole, but it is a balanced budget.

May 7, 2025May 7, 2025

Mayor Whitmire’s double talk. Only in his world, and maybe Trump’s world, is spending more than what he brings in, a balanced budget. Houston Mayor John Whitmire announced a “balanced budget” of $7 billion for Houston’s… $107 million in the hole, but it is a balanced budget.