It seems that many of our public entities are facing challenges and questions on their behavior these days. The Houston Community College System is dealing with questionable contracts issued by their board. The Houston Independent School District has Board members who are being questioned about their involvement in issuing contracts. The Port of Houston is […]
Continue reading →We recently received a new magazine at our home. This publication featured Matt Schaub on the cover and indicated an interview was inside. Intrigued, we opened it and flipped through the magazine. Personally, I’m embarrassed I took this action. I quickly realized that this was a “men’s interest” magazine. What gave it away? The article […]
Continue reading →The City campaign season moves into full swing and the races are all confirmed. Due to term limits and redistricting, there will be 5 new members of City Council in January. Three seats – Districts B & C and At-Large 2 – are term-limited while Districts J & K were added in redistricting. Additionally, we’ll […]
Continue reading →The weather is cooling off. The temps this Tuesday morning are comfortable for the first time in weeks. And yet, not a drop of rain is expected anytime in the forseeable future. Wildfires are raging out of control in Texas while the land longs for a good, slow soak. Our Louisiana neighbors just received too […]
Continue reading →Today I am speaking on the City Elections to the Women Professionals in Government. While preparing my remarks, I realized that few people seem to be interested in this election cycle. If you are a true political junkie, there is actually plenty to find interesting about this cycle. There are two brand new Council seats […]
Continue reading →Houston is turning 175 years old! It’s a truly amazing city given humble beginnings and a bit of false bravado. The Houston Chronicle Sunday edition had a great special section on the city’s history and the story of the founding Allen Brothers. The Allen Brothers truly represent the type of attitude that has driven this […]
Continue reading →The weather this year has left me befuddled. Some days, I think I am in one of those disaster type movies that have a big, unexpected event as the base storyline. Have you ever seen one of those movies about droughts? Not so much. But my home state is in a major drought. Even if […]
Continue reading →Mayor Parker is just having a tough time. She is facing so many challenges simultaneously that she just can’t get a break. Unfortunately, she’s getting too many breaks – water breaks that is. As of yesterday, the City reported more than 800 water breaks and some of them are serious. Several HISD schools were put […]
Continue reading →I am so privileged to teach at the University of Houston. They have allowed me to teach Women in Politics again this semester and I’m so looking forward to meeting my 45 new students this morning. The first day of the Fall semester is always one of my favorites. Everyone is excited, energetic (well, mostly) […]
Continue reading →The Yell Leader, our Governor, has finally come home to Texas after journeying across the nation seeking the Republican nomination for President. One thing is for certain – he has put the State of Texas all over the news again. We Texans don’t like being shunned by any administration and Perry may be our path […]
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