Houston's hurricane response leads to online water bill payment
Rich Connelly found a letter from Mayor White in his latest water bill that explains the city's new online payment system is courtesy of the city's generous outreach to Katrina evacuees...or something like that:
Houstonians received a letter from White with their most recent water bills, informing them they could now pay those bills online. (Welcome to the 21st century!! Finally.) Somehow, that mundane announcement tied in with our sainthood: "We, as a community, have opened our arms to new residents displaced by the recent events on the Gulf Coast," White's letter began. "With that, we recognize our continued responsibility to serve our own citizens. We thank everyone for their generosity and good will shown to the victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and now as much as ever the City of Houston's top priority is to serve everyone's needs efficiently."
Huh?
Connelly decides there's gold in the mayor's thinking:
We can hardly wait for other improvements to city documents:
"As Katrina showed, Houstonians have hearts as big as Texas. That said, you have jury duty in municipal court."
"Unlike Houstonians, who passed with flying colors an inspection of their generosity in trying times, the inspection sticker on your car was expired as you drove near Richmond and Montrose at 2:17 p.m. March 2. Pay up."
"Martin Luther King could not have been more giving than Houstonians were during Katrina. Therefore, there will be no trash pickup on January 15, MLK's birthday."
Apparently the city of Houston has a Department of Non Sequiturs!
It's reminiscent of the Chron's many "In the aftermath of Katrina (or Rita)..." editorials. Not really related to anything, but a sort of claim to fame, nonetheless.
Posted by Anne Linehan @ 03/09/06 11:22 AM | Houston Politics | Print | Comments (7)
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