Spend Every Penny of the Drainage Fee on Drainage
Once again hundreds of Houston families are waking up from the nightmare of floodwater rushing into their homes. They, and...
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The Day 126 Kelsey-Seybold Clinic Doctors and Executives Contributed Nearly $90,000 to Turner’s Campaign
This week Channel 13’s Ted Oberg reported that early in the Turner administration 126 doctors and executives with Kelsey-Seybold Clinic...
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The City Does NOT Have a Balanced Budget
Our City officials repeatedly make the false claim City's budget is balanced. But according to the independent auditor last year the...
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A Plan to Mitigate Flooding in Houston
When I was nine years old, my family was forced to evacuate Kemah ahead of Hurricane Carla. We returned to...
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City Flood Czar says Houston is No Better Prepared than Before Harvey
The city’s chief recovery officer/flood czar Steve Costello made this stunning admission this week: “When people ask us today if...
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City’s Sweetheart Deal with Strip Clubs is Not So Sweet for Victims of Human Trafficking
In 2013, the City of Houston entered into an agreement with sixteen of Houston’s most notorious strip clubs. The agreement...
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Bill King’s Seven-Point Ethics Reform and Transparency Plan
Everywhere I travel across this city, people are fed up with the pay-to-play and cronyism at City Hall. They are...
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Is HCAD Going to Pile on Harvey Victims?
In an incredibly tone-deaf statement, the Harris County Appraisal District (“HCAD”) announced yesterday that some homeowners who were flooded in...
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City Population Growth Grinds to a Crawl
City Population Growth a Warning we need to Change Course The U.S. Census just released the population estimates for 2018...
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Turner Should End the Divisive Fire Fighter Pay Dispute: Go to Arbitration!
I don’t think there is a citizen in Houston who is not fed up with hearing about the City’s ongoing,...
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What You Will Not Hear in Sylvester Turner’s “State of the City” Today
Sylvester Turner will deliver his “State of the City” annual address today. If today’s speech is like the others, he...
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Why Houston Floods: Case Study No. 2 Elm Grove & North Kingwood Forest
On May 7, several areas in the region experienced widespread street flooding and some isolated structural flooding. The folks...
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It is Now Clear that Turner Intends to Renew the Sweet 16 Agreement
One week ago, today, I...
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