Turner’s Pothole Misinformation Campaign
Sylvester Turner’s press conference on potholes this week was masterful misdirection. Most of the media headlines were that Turner...
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Turner Attempts to Blackmail Kingwood TIRZ: “Give Me a Third of Your Revenue or Sit in Traffic Forever”
Not all TIRZs are created equal. Nor are they operated in the same manner. There are ones, like Uptown,...
Unpacking the Fire Fighters’ Pay Ballot Proposition
Many of you have heard by now that Houstonians will be voting on a proposition on the November ballot to...
A Case Study in Why Houston Floods: The Stanley Park Project
Recently, I ran across some news reports about a neighborhood that was fighting a new townhouse project on some adjacent...
City to Begin Charging for Parking in Memorial Park
In its never-ending quest to nickel and dime Houstonians out of every last dollar, the City of Houston recently announced...
City of Houston Consultant Proposes 83% Property Tax Increase over Ten Years
In September 2016, the City of Houston retained a consulting firm at a cost of $565,000 to develop a long-...
Reform TIRZs, Don’t Repeal Property Tax Cap
My former colleagues at the Houston Chronicle editorial board opined this week that the City's property tax cap should be...
HGAC Tables New Funds for Uptown Bus Project
On Friday, HGAC’s Transportation Policy Council (TPC) tabled a funding request from the Uptown TIRZ for an additional $16 million...
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