by Bill King | Feb 25, 2019 | City Of Houston Finances, Mobility, Rebuild Houston, TIRZ, Uptown
Sylvester Turner’s press conference on potholes this week was masterful misdirection. Most of the media headlines were that Turner claimed the City was repairing 100% of its potholes. But if you read the fine print, the City is only repairing 100% of the...
by Bill King | Nov 19, 2018 | City Of Houston Finances, Kingwood, TIRZ, Uptown
Not all TIRZs are created equal. Nor are they operated in the same manner. There are ones, like Uptown, that are totally controlled by the commercial real estate interests in the area, resulting in debacles like the Post Oak bus lanes project. But there are...
by Bill King | Sep 7, 2018 | City Of Houston Finances, TIRZ, Uptown
Many of you have heard by now that Houstonians will be voting on a proposition on the November ballot to mandate a pay raise for Houston fire fighters. The history of how we got to this point is long and contorted. The issues regarding the merits of the proposition...
by Bill King | Jul 17, 2018 | City Of Houston Finances, Flooding, Uptown
Recently, I ran across some news reports about a neighborhood that was fighting a new townhouse project on some adjacent property on the basis that it would degrade drainage in their area. There is so much misinformation out there right now about the dynamics of...
by Bill King | Jun 27, 2018 | City Of Houston Finances, Demographics, TIRZ, Uptown
In its never-ending quest to nickel and dime Houstonians out of every last dollar, the City of Houston recently announced that it will begin charging for some of the parking spaces at Memorial Park. The City has said that the revenue will help maintain the park. ...
by Bill King | Feb 18, 2018 | City Of Houston Finances, TIRZ, Uptown
In September 2016, the City of Houston retained a consulting firm at a cost of $565,000 to develop a long- range financial plan to address the City’s structural budget deficits. As was Captain Renault in Casablanca, I know that you will be shocked to learn that their...
