by Bill King | Sep 23, 2019 | Flooding
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 The neighborhoods in the vicinity of Neuens Road have repeatedly flooded due to poor, outdated drainage...
by Bill King | Sep 20, 2019 | Economics, Flooding
Once again hundreds of Houston families are waking up from the nightmare of floodwater rushing into their homes. They, and everyone else who suffered from flooding over the last four years, should be outraged that the City continues to spend only about half the...
by Bill King | Sep 12, 2019 | Ethics
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,...
by Bill King | Sep 4, 2019 | Economics
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...
by Bill King | Sep 4, 2019 | Flooding
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...
