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FBI Crime Statistics for 2018 Confirm Violent Crime Up Significantly Under Turner
Houston Economy Still Highly Dependent on Oil & Gas
Some of the Houston chamber-of-commerce boosters frequently claim that the area’s economy has diversified away from oil and gas. While there has been some nascent diversification, University of Houston economist Bill Gilmer reminded us last week how dependent our...
Book Review: Factualness
I recently completed Factualness. It was written by Hans Rosling, a Swedish physician. It is an absolute must read.[i] Rosling worked for decades on world health issues, personally traveling to hot spots of epidemic outbreaks, like the Ebola virus. Through his work he...
Tony Buzbee Did Not Vote to Repeal HERO Because He Did Not Bother to Vote in the November 2015 Election
At an LGBTQ forum earlier this year Tony Buzbee told those in attendance that he did not vote to repeal the HERO ordinance that was on the ballot in the City election in November 2015 and that he wants to bring the controversial ordinance back.Technically, what Tony...
Turner Broken Promise No. 3: Zero-Based Budgeting
I cannot even guess at the number of times I heard Sylvester Turner promise to implement zero-based budgeting on the 2015 campaign trail. Here is one such instance during a KUHF radio interview. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=663cfKkbrxQ&feature=youtu.be The...
A Plan for Fixing City Permitting
I cannot even guess at the number of times I heard Sylvester Turner promise to implement zero-based budgeting on the 2015 campaign trail. Here is one such instance during a KUHF radio interview. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=663cfKkbrxQ&feature=youtu.be The...
Neuens Flood Project Being Jeopardized by Turner’s Broken Promise & Cronyism
On the campaign trail this year I have consistently heard complaints from Houstonians about the difficulty in getting building permits from the City. The complaints mostly centered on exceedingly long delays. Many reported waiting as long as nine months to get a...
Spend Every Penny of the Drainage Fee on Drainage
A joint City-County project that could significantly reduce flooding in Spring Branch is being delayed by Turner’s insistence that his cronies get more of the work. The neighborhoods in the vicinity of Neuens Road have repeatedly flooded due to poor, outdated drainage...
The Day 126 Kelsey-Seybold Clinic Doctors and Executives Contributed Nearly $90,000 to Turner’s Campaign
The City Does NOT Have a Balanced Budget
This week Channel 13’s Ted Oberg reported that early in the Turner administration 126 doctors and executives with Kelsey-Seybold Clinic made campaign contributions of nearly $90,000 on the same day. Kelsey, which is one of our City’s outstanding medical institutions,...
Turner Owes Houstonians an Explanation for Why He Told Fire Fighters to Stay Home During Harvey
At last night's SN12/Garden Oaks mayoral forum, Turner repeated yet again the false statement that he has balanced the City's budget. I corrected him, pointing out that according to the independent auditor last year the City ran a deficit in its general fund of $435...
The Sleaze Just Keeps on Flowing from City Hall
About this time two years ago, many Houstonians were stranded in flooded homes, desperately awaiting rescue. Social media was overflowing with individuals begging for help. Many were forced to flee to any nearby high ground, including freeway overpasses. Some waited...