by Bill King | Jun 16, 2019 | City Of Houston Finances, Crime, Ethics, Human Trafficking
In 2013, the City of Houston entered into an agreement with sixteen of Houston’s most notorious strip clubs. The agreement settled some longstanding litigation between the City and the strip clubs over the City’s rules about the operation of such businesses. The...
by Bill King | May 2, 2019 | City Of Houston Finances, Crime, Ethics, Human Trafficking
In what is unquestionably the most disturbing pay-to-play discovery to date, we have uncovered that Sylvester Turner has accepted approximately $50,000 in campaign contributions from the owners of Houston’s most notorious strip clubs. This represents a new...
by Bill King | Dec 13, 2018 | Crime
The Texas Department of Public Safety recently released its annual report for crime in Texas for 2017.[i] There are several troubling results for Houston but the number that jumps off the page is that rape was up by 13% in 2017, increasing from 1,210 to 1,366 rapes. ...
by Bill King | Aug 23, 2018 | Crime
I had dinner last week with some friends at a restaurant in the River Oaks area. When I went to my car, I noticed the driver’s window was cracked in a couple of places. It was dark, and I assumed that I picked up some debris off our awful streets. But when I got...
by Bill King | Feb 1, 2018 | City Of Houston Finances, Crime
According to the City’s annual report, HPD made 51,910 arrests in FY2016-2017, down almost 10,000 from the previous year. The decline is consistent with a downward trend since 2002, which is as far back as I have been able to find records. Last year, HPD made less...
by Bill King | Jun 20, 2017 | Crime
I recently obtained a report from HPD that shows the number of cases reported and the percentage of those cases that were solved from 2012-2016. The report shows about an 8% increase in violent crimes in 2016 compared to 2015, while non-violent crimes held...
