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• Beverly Kaufmans not-so-secret plan

  
  Houston Blogs: Houston Political Blog — Authority: 491
  A few weeks ago, when Harris County Clerk Beverly Kaufman announced she wouldnt run for re election, I didnt think it was a big deal.  Kaufmans always been friendly, and very available to the media during election season.  Shes always good for a "find your precinct and go vote" sound bite. When she announced her ...
  3 days ago

• The Election, the day after: lots of coffee.

  
  Houston Blogs: Houston Political Blog — Authority: 491
  Bleary-eyed politicians dutifully drudged to their day jobs after a long night of both reveling and loathing the election results.  One thing good about election nights is that there are definite winners and losers.  That was the case this time around as well. First up, the Mayors race.  After spending more than ...
  5 days ago

• The Pre-Results election day story!

  
  Houston Blogs: Houston Political Blog — Authority: 491
  
  6 days ago

• Its election day! Are you ready?

  
  Houston Blogs: Houston Political Blog — Authority: 491
  Four leading candidates who want to lead Houston as our next mayor are running out of time to win your vote. With election upon us and the early voting now over, the candidates for Houston mayor have set their sights on turning out their supporters. "I think there will be a decent turnout on Election Day. I think ...
  6 days ago

• Saving the Locke Campaign

  
  Houston Blogs: Houston Political Blog — Authority: 491
  Finally, some controversy in an otherwise boring mayoral campaign. Ever since the Houston Chronicle published a poll showing Gene Locke in third place, the private, high placed, hand wringing of some of Lockes most ardent supporters have become a little more public.  In addition, we are finally seeing some ...
  2 weeks ago

• HPD: Yea! No murders in 10 days!

  
  Houston Blogs: Houston Political Blog — Authority: 491
  Both the Houston Police Department and City Council members were excited by one little fact:  No one in the city killed anyone for ten days! HPD sent out a news release touting this lack of violence, and council members talked about this accomplishment this morning: For the first time in recent memory, the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Red Light camera tug-o-war

  
  Houston Blogs: Houston Political Blog — Authority: 491
  The City of Houston and Harris County are on opposite sides of the street, facing off over a plan to get drivers to pay up when they try to beat the light. Its a battle over how to punish people who dont pay their red light camera tickets. The City of Houston believes it can collect millions of dollars in additional ...
  2 weeks ago

• Local 2: Broken parking meters? That’s the ticket!

  
  Texas Watchdog — Authority: 567
  Broken parking meters may be causing some Houstonians to get ticketed downtown, according to a new piece aired tonight by KPRC Local 2 Investigates. Local 2 waded through almost 3,000 complaints filed with the city about meters on the fritz: This month, our cameras found what the records show. We found parking meters ...
  2 weeks ago

• Council Member confused over SafeClear subcontractors

  
  Houston Blogs: Houston Political Blog — Authority: 491
  There was a lot of back and forth this week as council members debated on whether or not to pass a SafeClear contract extension.  Everyone agreed that the program worked, but the topic of minority participation kept the City Council debating during the meeting. Namely, several council members thought there wasnt ...
  3 weeks ago

• Study up on Swine Flu!

  
  Houston Blogs: Houston Political Blog — Authority: 491
  The City of Houston is attacking swine flu on the informational front. With the H1N1 virus spreading around the country, local health departments are seeing an increase number of calls and questions. Earlier today, City Council approved two different contracts to tackle the virus. It will spend $317,000 to implement a ...
  3 weeks ago

• Term Limits Redux

  
  Houston Blogs: Houston Political Blog — Authority: 491
  Without much fanfare, the Houston City Council agreed to the creation of a committee to study the often talked about issue of term limits.  Currently, the Mayor, Controller, and City Council are elected for two years terms a maximum of three times.  While the turnover does ensure fresh blood, critics have felt the ...
  3 weeks ago

• Outgoing Mayor maps out 2010 budget for successor...

  
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  3 weeks ago

• Whats in a name.. in the controllers race..

  
  Houston Blogs: Houston Political Blog — Authority: 491
  First of all, condolences to Council Member MJ Khan, whose father just passed away. We’re sure it wasn’t intentional, but when fellow Controller candidate Pam Holm sent out a press release expressing her thoughts, she misspelled Khan’s name:   “My thoughts and prayers are with Council Member Kahn ...
  3 weeks ago

• Sorry, no Mayoral Forum for you!

  
  Houston Blogs: Houston Political Blog — Authority: 491
  Well, it looks like the major mayoral candidates have finally decided to put an end to the never ending churn of mayoral forums.  Ive been hearing some grousing from various people who are upset that their group is not getting to hold a forum.  Yesterday, I had that confirmed. Basically, it works like this:  The ...
  7 weeks ago

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