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 | Aug 28, 2019 | Ethics
In case you missed it, Amy Davis at KPRC Channel 2 reported Monday on the City Hall connections to the owner of a towing company recently convicted of running a racket that snared scores of Houstonians. Richard Gonzalez was selected by the City to participate in its...
by Bill King | Aug 22, 2019 | Ethics
There are a number of areas around Houston that chronically flood. One of these is south of the Katy Freeway near Memorial City. The City for years allowed intensive development along the freeway without requiring sufficient detention. As a result, neighborhoods to...
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 | 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 | Jun 10, 2019 | City Of Houston Finances, Ethics, Rebuild Houston, Uncategorized
Everywhere I travel across this city, people are fed up with the pay-to-play and cronyism at City Hall. They are sick and tired of the fact that people who make large campaign contributions play by a different set of rules than everyone else. They have lost their...
