City Elections are finally kicking into gear as summer approaches. This is actually a late start to the campaign season. The City’s redistricting process has held up the usual frantic fundraising process as candidates study the lines and watch to see districts materialize. Mayor Parker drew an opponent last week. Deputy Fire Chief Fernando Herrera […]
Continue reading →The Mayor announced and presented a revised redistricting plan for the expanded City Council, surrounded by a diverse group of supporters. To the Mayor’s credit, she has made the city redistricting process an open and engaging experiment. To recap, the Planning Department staff initially presented a plan that added the two new seats but did […]
Continue reading →As the Legislative Session approaches critical deadlines, the emotions are running deeper. Most Legislators, with few exceptions, are not happy with the reduced budget they must balance and everyone has something important they do not want to see cut. Over the weekend, emotions in the State House rose to such a level that the Speaker […]
Continue reading →Texas needs rain! We are in a terrible drought and it is causing all kinds of problems for us. Wildfires are breaking out across the state and farmers are losing an entire season of crops. While in the urban areas we worry about our yards and green grass, the farmers are suffering serious setbacks that […]
Continue reading →Dr. Stephen Klineberg of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research at Rice University released the results of the 30th Annual Kinder Houston Area Survey last week. Dr. Klineberg and his team have been conducting this systematic research for over 30 years. “It has measured this region’s remarkable economic and demographic transformation and recorded the way […]
Continue reading →Houston area Latinos pulled their disparate organizations together and presented a revised redistricting plan to the Houston City Council yesterday. Most of you probably think this makes good sense and see nothing unusual about it. However, I must tell you that it is significant. There are many forces that work for varying aspects of improvement […]
Continue reading →My friend, Joe Roach, passed away yesterday. Many of you may have heard the reports of his too soon departure on the news. The focus of most of the news reports was that Joe was a dwarf and overcame all odds. This is true but Joe was so much more. Once you knew Joe for […]
Continue reading →On Friday, April 15, the Mayor delivered her State of the City address to the Greater Houston Partnership. This annual event is one of the largest of the year and I have been attending it through several Mayors. Approximately 1500 leading Houstonians from the business sector and elected leadership gathered to listen to the Mayor’s […]
Continue reading →The State House released their redistricting plan this week and many people are unhappy with the picture. The Legislature this Session is an already strained environment with extreme budget cuts proposed and tensions boiling over at every point. Toss in the drama of Redistricting and you have a recipe for complete collapse. The fact is […]
Continue reading →I am heart broken that the retiring Space Shuttles are flying away elsewhere. I am an admitted space junkie. Due to my age, I still hold “the last frontier” in complete awe. Astronauts were the heroes of my generation. I remember watching the landing on the moon as a child – even to the pajamas […]
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