News and views roundup (11/15/10)
It's your "busybodies, fibbers, and hypocrites" edition of news and views:
- Few come to UH summit offering tools to fight bullying (Safiya Ravat, Houston Chronicle)
Could it be that this "problem" really wasn't such a problem?Not to worry, we're sure the busybody set will jump all over the next not-problem.
- This is not what Heights' residents signed up for when they agreed to be in a Historic District. Who can call this progress? (Cynthia Mullins' Real Estate Market Blog)
In the real world, the unintended consequences can be a problem. Never in A Place Called Perfect, of course. - What's next for Bill White? Not a run for Senate, he says (Joe Holley, Houston Chronicle)
A jeans-wearing Bill White happily took 21-year-old daughter Elena to lunch at a gourmet hamburger joint in the Heights on Saturday. The former Houston mayor has had precious few such father-daughter moments during 22 months of almost constant campaigning, first for the U.S. Senate and then for the Governor's Office.
22 months? Wait a second.... that would mean Bill White was running for statewide office as mayor of Houston, even though his parents taught him that's not the right way to do things.So here's an observation from a friend -- when Rick Perry repeatedly says he has no interest in running for another, supposedly higher office, the state's lackluster political media will not believe him. When Bill white says he has no interest in running for another office, the state's lackluster political media fall all over themselves repeating the news (while basically running a free "Hire Bill White" reverse want ad). Interesting.
- Houston drainage fee fight heading to Austin (Gabe Gutierrez, KHOU-11 News)
- Fighting city hall: Houston man's $2,500 water bill adjusted down to $3.74 (Steve Miller, Texas Watchdog)
Accident investigations? Huh?“We do accident investigations constantly, and when these things come up, they are red flags. We jump on them quickly,” said Alvin Wright, a spokesman for the public works department. Wright said the news coverage played no role in the billing adjustment.
They "jump on them quickly?" Texas Watchdog reported on a problem that dates to July. It is now November. Somehow, we think Alvin Wright's definition of "quickly" is not quite the same as a normal person's. We also think he might be fibbing when he suggests media coverage played no role in getting this problem fixed. But we might be wrong. *shrug*
- Derivatives, SubPrimes, Hedge Funds - and Republicans Against Tort Reform? (Big Jolly Politics)
Nice catch, David Jennings. - Eversole federal indictment either imminent or never (Rick Casey, Houston Chronicle)
There you have it.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 11/15/10 08:57 PM | Print |
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