Mayor White wants to streamline permitting

KHOU-11's Lee McGuire has a story about how difficult one man has found it to get his guide dog's license renewed every year. This prompted Mayor White to send a memo to all city departments:

“I am not satisfied with the way our city handles the billing and collection of fees,” Mayor Bill White said in the memo.

And some agree.

“Today I think it’s probably a pain,” Alfred Moran with the Administration and Regulatory Affairs said.

Moran is in charge of fixing the problem, and after four months he thinks he has the solution.

It seems like Houston requires permits for not just dog tags but for many things. Permits for antique dealers, burglar alarms, valet parking and fruit ripening are only a few.

We have noted for several years that Mayor White has a revenue-stream fetish, but fruit ripening?? Really?!

Posted by Anne Linehan @ 05/15/08 08:17 PM | Houston Miscellany | Technorati | Sphere | Comments (3)

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