If it sounds like, looks like, and smells like The Houston Way...
On Monday, the Chronicle ran a followup on the Rivercrest street-closing issue ("Debate reopens over Rivercrest street closures").
In the story, reporter Bradley Olson notes that the debate continues over the closing of the street, and whether any sort of regular policymaking process took place. Mayor White, of course, contends that everything was aboveboard, and The Houston Way played no role at all (we're not sure if he said it in that "aww shucks" voice of his and winked, but we are imagining it might have gone that way).
Still, the bolded phrase in this lonely little graf seems telling:
City officials said that while there was no council discussion or vote on the one-way closure, they took pains to notify residents in both neighborhoods of the proposed changes, including meetings with both groups.
Maybe if such controversial executive moves that seem to favor the politically connected were subject to council discussion and voting, there would be fewer accusations of a lack of due process. Just a thought!
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 05/13/09 09:44 PM | Print |
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