Bill King has been writing about public policy issues, politics and economics for decades. This blog is a compilation of his previous posts, editorials and columns and a continuation of that tradition.
Many of you have heard by now that Houstonians will be voting on a proposition on the November ballot to mandate a pay raise for Houston fire fighters. The history of how we got to this point is long and contorted. The issues regarding the......
One of the greatest hoaxes ever foisted on the Houston public is the claim that the Rebuild Houston program has paid down $1 billion of the City’s bond debt. In reality it has not paid down one penny on the debt. Here are the facts.......
I had dinner last week with some friends at a restaurant in the River Oaks area. When I went to my car, I noticed the driver’s window was cracked in a couple of places. It was dark, and I assumed that I picked up some......
City Council voted yesterday to hold another vote on the Rebuild Houston proposition in November. You may recall that the Texas Supreme Court invalidated the original election held in 2010 because the City used misleading ballot language. But apparently your vote does not really matter,......
The U.S. Treasury maintains a very interesting website that tracks detailed information about the national debt. One of the reports on the website the “Monthly Statement of Public Debt.” This report shows the total outstanding debt for the U.S. Government as of the end of......
I recently returned from nearly three weeks of touring the United Kingdom and Ireland. Some of you that followed my posts about the trip on Facebook seem to have the misconception that this was a pleasure trip. I can assure you that was not the......
