For all of the self-congratulatory stuff the City of Houston is batting around these days you'd think our fair City is operating free of any issues whatsoever.
1. Where is the rest of this money going? I get that the value of the cut-down trees was placed at $400K and that the Wendy's franchisee settled for $300K, but did the cost of those three replacement trees really come to that? If so, where did the rest of the money go, what was it used for etc?
2. The BARC turn-around is a success story, no matter how you look at it. The Politicians will try and take credit, but much of the praise lies with the staff of the Center and the dedicated volunteers of the assorted rescue groups who are doing much of the heavy lifting on this.
3. Remember: TALK about pot-holes is not FIXING pot-holes. All we're being given now is a bunch of talk. While that's probably enough to satisfy Houston bloggers of a certain political persuasion, it shouldn't be enough to satisfy the general Houston public.
4. The next time you hear that the 'rain tax' is working....
5. I totally missed this. In seriousness, here's hoping that Ms. Pennington has a full and speedy recovery.
6. Ed Emmett's Grand Adventure - Remember that vote on the Astrodome? Yeah well guess what? It didn't turn out the way they wanted so they're going to keep plowing forward until you forget about that. Side Note: Wouldn't you think that an indoor theme park of this nature would be vetoed by either the Texans or the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo?
Is it election season yet?
