Weekend news and views roundup (09/12/10 edition)

HERE are a few news items that popped up over the weekend:

• City Flip Flops on Cop-in-Court Policy (Isiah Carey, KRIV-26 News)
  This minor change is unlikely to make anyone very happy.
• Not everyone is opposed to a new Wal-Mart (Mike Morris, Houston Chronicle)
• Rocky road: Past Metro mistakes complicate the effort to build Houston's light-rail system (Houston Chronicle)
  Wait a minute, isn't this the same editorial board that basically shrieked at Mayor-elect Annise Parker NOT to mess with some of the shady characters who made those "mistakes"? We would also note that gubernatorial candidate Bill White seemed to agree with the editorial board's shrieking at the time.
• Spanish firm jumps into Metro rail dispute (Mike Snyder, Houston Chronicle)
  

  Metro officials were not immediately available for comment.

  What, nobody was around to okay a Snyder-supplied quote? We're sure this story will "evolve" by the morning and that METRO's PR section at 801 Texas Avenue will get their quote.
• 92 Eminent Domain Cases on 3 Lines: Metro’s Light Rail Land Acquisition Scorecard (Swamplot)
• Houston Votes Antagonistic Towards Leo Vasquez From the Start (Big Jolly Politics)

Posted by Kevin Whited @ 09/12/10 08:20 PM | Print |

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