As we told you last month, 29-year-veteran Houston Chronicle reporter Alan Bernstein started off his new gig as communications director for Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia by promising openness and transparency, a policy that did not quite include divulging his new salary."That will be a matter of public record once I start getting paid," he said.It turned out to be not the easiest matter of public record to uncover once he started getting paid -- it took a surprising amount of time fo
​Tough times have hit the employees, the lawyers, the defendants and the hangers-on at the Harris County courthouse complex -- the cafeterias have been shut down.On Monday, people strolled up to get their morning coffee and bagel and found only locked doors. On Tuesday there was a sign asking them to excuse the inconvenience and that -- joy of joys -- more vending machines would be provided to make up the slack.It's been a boon for the guy who has the pushcart in front of one of the buildings,
