Now that we are in the doldrums of summer elections, my circles are starting to seriously buzz about Houston city politics in 2013. While we are only weeks away from the Texas Primary Run-offs, they are just not as much fun as the early speculation for 2013 in Houston. The bonds on the 2012 ballot […]
Continue reading →My Twitter feed was filled with anticipation of the Supreme Court decision on the President’s health plan yesterday morning. National reporters and bloggers that I follow were joking about who would “break the news first”. Then, it broke and my feed was a little lighter than I thought. First I tried the SCOTUS blog but […]
Continue reading →As most of you know, I’m a lifelong Houstonian. My family moved here from the Valley of Texas when I was a mere 3 years old. I’ve been blessed to live and travel elsewhere and always come back to the City I love. One of the treasures of “My Houston”, is the Astrodome. I remember […]
Continue reading →Last week, both Presidential candidates addressed the National Association of Latino Elected/Appointed Officials (NALEO). President Obama had just recently taken the drastic step of issuing an Executive Order supporting the “Dreamers”, immigrant children. The details are complicated but suffice it to say that it primarily addresses children who have lived in the U.S. for at […]
Continue reading →It took me a day to ponder my thoughts on the City of Houston budget process this year. While I joked last week about the “Christmas Tree” affect of the voluminous amendments to the budget, I was actually stunned that some of these became presents for Council Members. How a budget amendment on term limits, […]
Continue reading →During the spring, this blogger let you know that bonds were high on the agenda for multiple local governmental entities. Now, we are moving closer to reality. HISD publicly floated their bond consideration in the news this week while Metro has truly stepped up their game. HISD reported on what they have been able to […]
Continue reading →It’s the time of year when City Hall becomes solely focused on adopting a budget for the next fiscal year. This ritual of summer is one that always brings out the best and worst in Council Members and city departments. This year, for the first time in the last several years, a severe shortage of […]
Continue reading →Lots of discussion centers around how to make the Houston “region” better and more cohesive. Any one unit of the region standing alone is not as strong as the cumulative area. We do have some government operations that function regionally. The Port of Houston and Metro are two examples. The City appoints the majority of […]
Continue reading →Admittedly, this is one quirky election year. And, now, it is Political Party Convention weekend! Both the State Republican and Democratic Party’s are gathering for their bi-annual, morale boosting rallies. Normally, primary elections would be over and the conventions serve as the end of “family feuds” (my definition for primaries). People are able to put […]
Continue reading →It’s that time of year again – time to determine the City’s budget for the next fiscal year. This year seems to be slightly better than last. No lay-offs of city employees are planned and for this year, there seems to be enough money to keep services at there current levels. The City’s Budget and […]
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