These posts deal with Harris County government
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 →The City and County have been steadily handing out “pink slips” for the last few months. Each have been laying off employees, eliminating positions through attrition, and overall trimming their staffs to balance budgets. Government jobs are not as easy to eliminate as in the private sector. Due to the lower pay of most of […]
Continue reading →Alas, the long-awaited Census data for Texas has been released. It is full of fascinating information and this geek will be busy for days pondering the information. Preliminary reviews indicate some things we already knew. Texas is officially a minority majority population. The number of white/non Hispanic residents has dropped below 50%. Our urban areas […]
Continue reading →State and local politics are dominating the week. The Legislature convenes, the Houston City Council debates ethics, the new Commissioners Court convened and Tom Delay was sentenced to 3 years in prison. What more could a political junkie want? It’s just so overwhelming, I can’t decide which topic to focus on or write about. Thus, […]
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