Archive for January 2025

It looks like KPRC Channel 2 News Investigative-Consumer Reporter Amy Davis has focused on an upcoming plea deal involving former City of H-Town water department officials. See this from Channel 2 News: First the headlines: ‘DRAINED’: Plea deal in works for ‘big fish’ of Houston water dept bribery scandal Years-long KPRC ‘DRAINED’ Investigation into Houston…

We learned this in the featured photo yesterday from the Chron: Criminal cases against at least two of County Judge Lina Hidalgo’s former employees have been dismissed by the Office of the Attorney General, nearly two weeks since District Attorney Sean Teare recused himself of the prosecutions. Prosecutors under Attorney General Ken Paxton, who joined the case last April, filed…

Caroline Kennedy came out with a blistering attack on her cousin, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. She calls him a predator. RFK, Jr., is a sick fella. According to Cousin Caroline, this nut job put chickens and mice in blenders. I don’t think it will matter to MAGA Senators. Just sick. _____ Commentary tries not to…

Most folks call them speed bumps. The City of H-Town calls them speed cushions. I got a letter from the City of H-Town yesterday informing me that the North Norhill neighborhood is requesting to participate in the Neighborhood Traffic Management Speed Control Program with 20 proposed speed cushions. See the featured photo of a map…

The Chron has a story today on an analysis by Good Reason Houston. Here is how the story starts: Less than 20% of Houston ISD’s high school graduates earn enough to make a living wage in Harris County six years after obtaining their diplomas, according to an analysis of by Good Reason Houston. A single…

I have addressed this before. The Harris County – Houston Sports Authority negotiated deals with the Astros and Rockets on how they maintained their venues, now Daikin Park and Toyota Center. The teams are financially responsible for the upkeep of their facilities. The then Republican controlled Harris County Commissioners Court handed a sweet deal to…

Back in 2023, former H-Town Mayor Sylvester Turner told KPRC Channel 2 News Investigative-Consumer Reporter Amy Davis that she was “very rude” and went on to tell her, “I don’t like rude people.” Davis was in the middle of her “DRAINED” series investigation of the City of H-Town’s water billing and water meters mess. Davis…

I must give a major thumbs up to the local coverage of the snow and weather provided by KPRC Channel 2 News yesterday. They were just about non-stop throughout the day.  Reporters were stationed across the region including Beaumont, Baytown, Sugar Land, and Eleanor Tinsley and Hermann Parks. They reported on road closures, snowman building,…

Snow, it won’t be long before we’ll all be there with snowSnow, I want to wash my hands, my face and hair with snowSnow, I long to clear a path and lift a spade of snowSnow, oh, to see a great big man entirely made of snow The featured photo is from my front door…

This sad news to report: Cecile Richards, the former president of Planned Parenthood and feminist activist, died Monday of an aggressive brain cancer, her family confirmed in a statement. She was 67. Richards, the daughter of the former Democratic Texas governor, was one of the nation’s most prominent advocates for abortion rights.  Here is the…