The more I study the Rebuild Houston program, the more apparent it becomes that the City’s administration of the program is a complete fraud. The most recent discovery we have made is that the City has been using a legal loophole to shortchange the amount...
In 2006, I chaired a regional task force that made recommendations on redrawing evacuation plans after the disastrous Hurricane Rita evacuation. There was one storm scenario in the historical record that haunted our task force: a fast-moving hurricane that spun up in the Gulf and...
Early voting on the City's proposition A, which would reauthorize the failed Rebuild Houston program, begins tomorrow. Since no one at the City had the intestinal fortitude to debate Proposition A, I am left to make the closing argument directly to Houston voters. In 2010 the...
There is a little-discussed provision in Proposition A which will commit Houston taxpayers to the Rebuild Houston debacle through 2031, and perhaps beyond. The provision reads as follows: “This Section is subject to modification as permitted by law or termination at the end of fiscal year...
I spoke to someone last night who had attended the City’s townhall meeting in Kingwood on the propositions on the ballot. The person with whom I spoke left the meeting with the impression that the ballot provision represents a new and improved lockbox. This is...
In case you missed it, Channel 13 ran a story by Ted Oberg that exposes what a fraud the Rebuild Houston has become. Oberg obtained documents from the City that showed spending on streets and drainage is down by 7% and 4%, respectively. How in...
The federal government just finished up its fiscal year on September 30. It was not pretty. We added $1.27 trillion to the national debt. That is nearly double the increase last year. The debt grew about twice what GDP grew for the year. So far, the...
I have had a number of people ask me if I could tell how much it will cost the City if Proposition B passes. It is not an easy thing to sort out because the cost could vary significantly based on exactly how it would...