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 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 | Jun 25, 2019 | City Of Houston Finances, Economics, Ethics
Four years after Sylvester Turner took office, Houston continues to kick the can down the road when it comes to fixing city finances. The city should have moved toward zero-based budgeting by now, but instead one-time fixes, deferred maintenance and depletion of our...
by Bill King | May 31, 2019 | Economics, Flooding, Harvey Recovery
In an incredibly tone-deaf statement, the Harris County Appraisal District (“HCAD”) announced yesterday that some homeowners who were flooded in Harvey might see a 21% increase in their appraised value this year! Really? These folks have got to be feeling like Job at...
by Bill King | May 28, 2019 | Demographics, Economics, Harvey Recovery
City Population Growth a Warning we need to Change Course The U.S. Census just released the population estimates for 2018 and listed the fifteen fastest growing cities. The good news is that five of the fifteen were in Texas. The bad news is that Houston was not one...
by Bill King | May 20, 2019 | City Of Houston Finances, Demographics, Economics, Flooding, Uncategorized
Sylvester Turner will deliver his “State of the City” annual address today. If today’s speech is like the others, he will mostly brag and take credit for a lot of goods things going on in our City that he has little or nothing to do with. He will not talk about the...
