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    May 10, 2012

    Houston's Cryptic New Noise Ordinance

    Confusing new law has bar and club owners screaming.

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2012

    United vs. Southwest Deathcage Match: Your Campaign Donations Scorecard

    Houston City Council is currently in an uproar over Mayor Annise Parker's tentative proposal to allow Southwest to have international flights out of Hobby Airport. Councilmembers have said the proposal is rushed and would harm United Airlines, which, of course, merged with Continental and flies int ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2011

    Stricter Noise Ordinance Passes Council

    Say what?​The City Council didn't even tag the proposed new noise ordinance, which will let cops hand out tickets even if they don't have sound meters. The changes passed easily, with only council member Mike Sullivan voting against it. Mayor Annise Parker said the city receives 60,000 noise ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2011

    Turn It Down: Houston City Council Passes Stricter Noise Ordinance

    Say what?​As we mentioned yesterday, City Council discussed a new, restrictive noise ordinance Tuesday and didn't even tag it, which will let cops hand out tickets even if they don't have sound meters. The changes passed easily, with only council member Mike Sullivan voting against it. Mayor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2011

    Red-Light Cameras in Dilemma Zone Until Next Week

    Photo by Mandy OaklanderAndy Taylor, counsel for ATS, tells Houston to pay up if they renege.​In today's special-edition episode of Houston versus (?) Red-Light Cameras, the mayor and city council could have turned off the cameras -- immediately and forever. But no decision was made. Within ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2011

    Red-Light Cameras, Nearing Death, May Ironically Be Saved By Well-Intentioned City Councilmember

    Photo by Mandy OaklanderPaul Kubosh and Jolanda Jones held a press conference today.​Tomorrow, city council is holding a rare special session that may ring the death knell for red-light cameras. The to-be proposed ordinance, if passed, would immediately turn off the cameras. But yesterday, cou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2011

    Jolanda Jones Picks C.O. Bradford for Her Council Rep at Disciplinary Hearing

    Jolanda Jones has the former police chief repping her.​Houston City Councilman C.O. Bradford will represent Councilwoman Jolanda Jones at a three-member panel hearing to decide if the full Council will discipline or clear her of complaints related to an Office of Inspector General investigatio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2011

    Jolanda Jones Speaks, Sort of

    Jolanda Jones: No questions, please.​In the wake of an Office of Inspector General investigation that found she violated city ordinances in creating a flyer dispensing legal advice, Houston City Councilwoman Jolanda Jones said today that she was "confident that when all of the facts come to li ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2011

    Big Weekend for Pet Adoptions in Houston

    ​We're going to go ahead and make a terrible "raining cats and dogs" joke because there's simply no other way to describe the mondo pet adoption opportunities Houston's Bureau of Animal Regulation and Care is sponsoring this weekend.

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2011

    City Council Adopts Ethics Code Supposedly Among Toughest in the Country

    The sound of loopholes closing?​City Council has passed a loophole-closing revision to its ethics code that City Attorney Dave Feldman said is "the strongest ethics ordinance [of] any city in the country." Lawyers will no longer be able to avoid registering as lobbyists unless they are perfor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2010

    Strip Club Central: Clear Lake Gears Up To Fight T, A & Umlauts

    Not in Clear Lake, please​A Houston City Councilman and a Clear Lake community association manager are up in arms over what they fear might be a strip club moving into their turf.Luks Cabaret (it's fancy because it has an umlaut, or it would if we could figure out how to do it) has a website, a bu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2009

    Vote Delayed, Entertainingly, On BARC Chief's Contract

    Photo by abcrumley​City Council once again delayed the vote on extending BARC Interim Chief Gerry Fusco's contract today, possibly killing any chance to revive the vote in the future. Fusco's initial agreement with the city, made possible via a $49,500 purchase order, expires Friday.Health a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2009

    A New Name For Ellington Field? We're On It

    The Houston Chronicle reports this morning that the city is proposing to change the name of Ellington Field in order to attract more commercial business.We can only say it's about time.For years we wondered just what in the hell Duke Ellington ever did to get a Houston airfield named after him. Don' ... More >>

  • Music

    June 19, 2008

    Russian Circles, with Daughters

    The Houston Chronicle reports this morning that the city is proposing to change the name of Ellington Field in order to attract more commercial business.We can only say it's about time.For years we wondered just what in the hell Duke Ellington ever did to get a Houston airfield named after him. Don' ... More >>

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