You Reap What You Sow.
You Reap After You Sow.
You Reap MORE than you Sow.
For years now, what passes for leadership in Houston has been pretty busy sowing debt and unsustainability.
Houston's Debt Outlook Downgrade a Warning Analyst Says. Katherine Driessen
The comments to this story are already a case study in why communities continue to elect societies lowest common denominator into positions of leadership. From denial, to smug "I told you so" comments to "why suddenly is this being reported about now?" there's the real chance that 70-80% of Houstonians have no idea this is going on and the rest (many of them city employees working with municipal unions) don't care. As long as they get theirs in the form of unsustainable pension payments and there's someone who's going to be willing to raise taxes.....
What? You don't think tax increases are likely?
Not initially of course, first there will be an "emergency" ballot initiative on freeing Houston from the shackles of the current pillow-soft revenue cap. Then, with a heavy heart and after deep consideration, taxes will be raised. Sure, it will be sold as impacting people with the most the worst, property taxes being falsely sold by some as only impacting those 'wealthy' enough to own homes, and they'll make more noise about the sham that is commercial property appraisal in Texas, but despite all of this the tax increase will be universal.
Sure, people will scream for a while but this will dissipate soon. After all, those in charge can always buy themselves a distraction or three by installing more trinkets. A pocket park here, a bike trail there, even parklets were a tool that the Parker administration used to draw attention away from the fact that, as a fiscal manager, she was somewhat clueless.
If all else fails? Just pass another controversial HER Ordinance or update the existing one to include the right of all people to have a wedding cake of their choosing. THAT should keep the proletariat busy for a while. Maybe keep Quannell X on speed-dial?
Or better yet, just make a bunch of noise about one bin recycling and let the useful idiots run around thinking you're addressing the "key issues" of Houston's future.
Hell, it's worked in the past.
