The Houston Chronicle has an article about potential expansion of the Board of Directors of Metro due to population changes.

This is another discussion related to redistricting. Population changes brought about by the 2010 Census will affect so much of our governing structures that we are only beginning to grasp the magnitude of change.

If control of the Metro Board shifts from the City of Houston to the broader county, will we ever build rail?

Here’s a lingering question that I have – in 2003, the voters of the Metro service area (including the suburbs) passed a referendum to expand the rail line. It is now 2011 and we still do not have an expanded rail line, though people are working on portions of it.

Will it ever get built?