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A brief announcement (and a mini-post) 14 Aug 2013 | 05:50 pm
Hello everyone. Why yes, it has been a while. Our crew got a little burned out, myself included, and life-outside-internet has taken precedence. But we're about to get this thing going again, in some ...
Area residents bring The Stupid. Hard. 11 May 2012 | 01:49 pm
Most often, the blog points out examples of local journalistic and/or governmental stupidity. Today, we interrupt the blog "slowdown" to share three examples of general stupidity. Be sure to click ove...
Let's translate "limited public participation" 26 Apr 2012 | 10:09 am
Just remember, if you keep it between $10 and $20 million, Houston's in: "At first blush, I am pleased with the response to our RFQ, but we have a lot of due diligence to do before we are ready to mak...
Chron scrutinizes bogus Dome demolition numbers; Bureaucrats start to back away from same 18 Apr 2012 | 03:29 pm
Experts say Astrodome demolition price tag seems high - Mike Morris, Houston Chronicle Willie Loston, executive director of the Sports Corp., said the estimated cost of [Astrodome] demolition is lower...
SLOW blogging ahead for a while... 16 Apr 2012 | 04:46 am
We're putting the blog in official slowdown mode for a little while. There's nothing "bad" going on. But we've been doing the blog pretty much continuously for quite a few years now, and Anne Linehan ...
North Forest ISD will stay open for another year 1 Apr 2012 | 12:44 pm
Students hardest hit: the Texas Education Commissioner said North Forest is being given another year to try to improve its status. Because after years of promising to improve (and failing), district o...
An expensive repository of crumpled Astroturf and trash 25 Mar 2012 | 03:18 am
A Swamplot reader recently took a detour while at the Rodeo and ventured into the Astrodome. Follow the link to see the pics.
Bazan: Revenue Reality vs Consultants on the Hilton Americas 22 Mar 2012 | 03:20 pm
Tom Bazan passes along this interesting chart he put together detailing the projections made by one of the city's favorite consultants to justify its deep involvement in the convention center hotel ve...
How to skirt Mayor Parker's proposed "charitable food service ordinance" 21 Mar 2012 | 09:55 am
While Mayor Parker wants to criminalize giving food to the needy, she is moving to de-criminalize tailgating at Houston sports venues: Houstons mayor and city council will consider amending city ordi...
News and views roundup (19 March 2012 edition) 20 Mar 2012 | 02:19 pm
The last week or so sort of got away from us, so here's a quick link post to catch up: Housing authority paid thousands to employees' friends, relatives, records show - Mike Morris and Susan Carr...
