It's silly season time in Houston. (By that I mean both that the Texans are playing football AND Municipal Elections)
Promises and Votes. The Chron's Bag of Idiots. Chron.com - The bond was passed in 2012. Yet the bag of idiots thinks that HISD should outline it's plan to the voters "with all deliberate speed". I would argue we've already passed that point.
If Miley Cyrus stips at the VMA's it won't matter because people are tuning her out. - This proves the limitations of "shock for shock's sake" which is all we see from so-called "entertainers" these days. Pretty soon people stopped being shocked, and you run out of material.
I give you an article on the resignation of HISD Superintendent Greer that does NOT mention the on-going Federal investigation. - That's our ChronBlog.
Reminder: Mayor Parker is "most proud" of her accomplishments on Houston's infrastructure. It's NOT about HER Ordinance, nope, nothing to see here.
At the end of the day, this is what climate change is all about. - Poor nations, typically led by dictators or warlords living lavishly, want the US to pay dammit. PAY!!!!
Because, THIS is the news we were really wondering about. - In their endless search for more page-clicks the Chron has an odd habit of focusing on fringe groups to the exclusion of actual news.
How the TLSPM works. - The Chron runs a dodgy report, sourced solely from a liberal groups anger, and all of the rest of the TLSPM ignores fact and reports there are "questions" regarding the Land Commissioner. Convenient right?
The most amazing thing (to me) in this year's run-up to the Mayoral election is this: That Stephen Costello has managed to hang on to the "fiscal conservative" label. Just amazing that no one has seriously hit him on this.
This, however, does not surprise me. - Mayor Parker was poised to endorse one candidate, who, rumor has it, would not do exactly what she wanted so.......It is notable that her five is not determined by party affiliation, but by support for HER Ordinance (which she assures us is not a policy priority of hers)
Your moment of HALV - with some additional context. - It's notable that BOTH of these tweets were (supposedly) by Ms. Parker herself. That indicates that a.) she doesn't have much of an idea what is going on with infrastructure spending and b.) she's desperately trying to spin the fiasco that is Rebuild Houston as a win. (despite the courts suggesting it's not).
To Dream, the impossible dream. - Increasingly Turner's campaign is resembling a Stuart Smalley skit.
Although, daily affirmations are better than this. - What experience, other than voting yes or no (or, more likely, having the representative seated next to him reach over and vote yes or no) would Turner have crafting a budget? His career is patron and identity politics at it's highest form. He is a man who has made great hay out of accomplishing nothing at all. Although, given that, he might be the perfect Mayor for a modern-day Houston and the people who currently have policy influence.
Overly dramatic slow-clap - Good job by Cooke here.
And finally......
What food deserts REALLY do is let savvy developers figure out ways to have the public subsidize their failing projects. - Have a problem making a development a problem? Gerrymander a district where grocery stores don't exist, call the area a food desert and demand that taxpayers foot the bill to either improve infrastructure or build a grocery store from whose presence you can profit.
It's the Houston Way Y'all.
