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Before we get to Thanksgiving, with Turkey and stuffing and green-bean casserole and rolls and corn on the cob, and cranberry sauce and pump...

I will admit that, from time to time, this blog can get a teensy bit negative. That's probably more human nature than anything else, we ...

Preface:  My family was insanely lucky.  We suffered no flood damage, we only lost power for a couple of hours and everyone is safe.  What w...

****WARNING - Blog navel-gazing ahead - WARNING**** In the 11 plus years that I've been blogging on various platforms, from way, way b...

Political truism:  Any time a politician is personally invested in a law, if they consider it either a "personal crusade" or a ...

This is fortuitous.... Testy CIP meeting sparks debate about equity. Katherine Driessen, HoustonChronicle.com ($$$) (Pay wall protected,...

What passes for leadership in the Houston area is rolling out Mrs. White's catapult again. Amid mounting budget concerns, Parker plans...

"I do not like Houston. I've never been as miserable in any other place in the world as I am here." This is the first line i...

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 b...

Negative Shmegative........ Moody's hands City of Houston a Negative Debt Outlook, cites Pension costs. Chron.com One of the top t...

Apparently having resolved the tough issues, underfunded pension liabilities, an infrastructure that makes Havana look modern by comparison,...

There is a dream that is Houston. To paraphrase Richard Harris, acting as Marcus Aurelius in the movie Gladiator, a dream that is only a whi...

There is finally some polling data on the upcoming 2015 Houston Mayoral Election, conducted by KHOU and Houston Public Media. Exclusive Po...

Sometimes a story runs in an election cycle that's so unbelievable you would swear that it started as something from The Onion that ina...

Last weekend I joined a few political-types in Houston for some beers and discussions regarding things that we political blogger-types find ...

While doing some research on a local matter I ran across the following, rather humorous, Google search result: Houston Democratic Blogs ...

As Mayor Parker continues to obsess about who should be able to go into what public restroom, when, how and creative names to call her polit...

As waves of rain come into the region, along with (presumably) localized flooding, high water, closed roads and high winds, I hope that ever...

I wouldn't be surprised to see this become the next big transit mess in Houston: As officials celebrate Uptown transit project, oppone...

h/t to Kevin from BlogHouston Houston's publically elected Mayor y'all: First:  I don't have children and I'm not en...