A Plan for Fixing City Permitting
I have consistently heard complaints from Houstonians about the difficulty in getting building permits from the City. The complaints mostly...
Ethics
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...
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...
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...
Turner Accepts $50,000 in Campaign Contributions from Strip Clubs While Human Trafficking Flourishes in Houston
In what is unquestionably the most disturbing pay-to-play discovery to date, we have uncovered that Sylvester Turner has accepted...
The First Pay-to-Play Endorsement Is In
On Friday, the American Council of Engineering Companies of Houston (“ACEC”) endorsed Sylvester Turner for a second term. The...
Turner Spent $400 Million without City Council approval . . . And Look for Your Water Rates to Go Up Even More
Stunning information released at this week's Budget & Fiscal Affairs Committee of the Houston City Council raises new questions...
Back from Touring U.K & Ireland
I recently returned from nearly three weeks of touring the United Kingdom and Ireland. Some of you that followed my...
Time to Ban Campaign Contributions from Special Interests
I know that most of you are aware that those with special interests before governmental entities disproportionately make campaign contributions....
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