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Runoff Election Candidate Meet and Greet this Thursday
For those who are interested in the upcoming runoff election, there’s a great opportunity to meet many of the candidates who are running this Thursday night. CNU-Houston is leading a group of five community organizations in hosting the event, which is both a networking opportunity for locals and a chance to meet a group of [...]
Phone call with Robert Kane, candidate for District F
Robert Kane, a candidate for City Council District F, called me last week.
Now, I’m not a political whiz. I don’t intend to run extensive coverage of the local campaign (if you’re looking for such coverage, try Off the Kuff). I also am not planning to endorse any candidates, and I’m not endorsing Kane today. However, [...]
Solving the Ashby Paradox
The Ashby Hi-Rise situation has put the problems with Houston’s development regulations in the spotlight. The way the city does business today offers neither the protections that residents desire, nor the predictability that developers need to do business. If we’re not careful, the backlash from this event could make things even worse. Fortunately, there’s a win-win alternative that can solve this problem and make Houston a better place to live and do business.
Peter Brown’s Traffic Plan
I had a chance to look over Peter Brown’s traffic plan this weekend. It’s a pretty good document, and while it doesn’t go into tremendous detail it does clearly spell out his approach to traffic management. Kuffner wrote a great summary last week, so for the general idea take a look at his post.
I just [...]
A Radical Idea for Healthcare
What’s the real story behind the Health Insurance industry? Why is the current approach incompatible with American values? And what would it look like if we took a new approach to health care reform, and tried something completely different…
Boroughs of Houston
What if Houston remade itself as a city with 18 boroughs? What are the pros and cons, and where would the boroughs be? Today we’ll take a look at how this idea could help the city with Annexation issues, make our municipal government more responsive and efficient, and help establish Houston’s brand throughout the nation and world.
Imagining new currency
This is pretty cool…
Have you noticed how every time the Treasury releases new money it’s uglier than the old money? All the layers upon layers of counterfeit protection really take away from the original, classic design. So while our pal Washington is still looking pretty good, some of the other bills (Hamilton!) are hurting in [...]
Comparison of Houston Home Prices
Given Andrew’s recent post on property taxes and their effect on housing prices here in Houston (and the relatively intense reaction it garnered among some), I thought I would do a little comparison. I am currently looking at purchasing property here in Houston and my initial reaction has been surprise at how much more expensive [...]
Property Taxes and Home Prices
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Do to the many, many comments I’ve recieved from people who seem to think I’m somehow bashing Houston here, I thought I’d repeat here what I posted in one of the comments:
I’m not arguing that Houston collects disproportionately more taxes than other cities do, because I don’t know whether [...]
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