Houston's Shadow Government
Mayor Pothole is just a damn embarrassment.
Is it any wonder the city is falling down around us? His cronies go around cutting deals with the former mayor, and Brown doesn't even know about it even though he's in the same damn room:
On the morning of the pivotal Metro meeting last week, the mayor still hadn't signaled to the five city appointees who control the nine-member authority board how he wanted them to choose between alternate transit proposals to go on the ballot for the upcoming November referendum. Months of maneuvering by pro-rail forces, including mayoral candidate Bill White, had gone into placating traditional rail opponents and averting a disastrous defeat at the polls. Now it appeared that on the last turn the train was about to plunge into a political gorge.That is classic Lee Brown, isn't it? Six years of shite like this explains a lot. And all you liberals who voted for the b@stard three times must be pleased to see your champion working so hard for you.Brown's advisers were appalled. "It was such a no-brainer," says one source. "I think there was some frustration that everybody had really worked to get to a place, and the mayor was going to stop that from happening."
At stake was the future of light rail in Houston. Brown's chief administrative officer, Al Haines, transit adviser Ed Wulfe and former mayor Bob Lanier, a rail opponent, had put the finishing touches on the compromise the previous week at a luncheon at La Griglia. Coincidentally, Brown was in the restaurant at the same time for an event and was unaware of the rail negotiations.
Or his cronies working hard for themselves.
Or something.
*sigh*
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 08/27/03 21:53 | Houston | Technorati
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that's the nice thing about living in a small, suburb city. there isn't even any mention of whether candidates are republocrats or demopublicans because it doesn't matter. :)
Posted by jonni @ 16:20 on 08/28/03
What exactly does "you liberals" do for you? For a political science major, you have a very myopic view of the sides in these matters. This could just be how it reads on this blog.
Eitherway, good luck, and glad you can express your view.
Posted by donald mcclure @ 15:56 on 10/24/03
It hardly requires an advanced degree to figure out that Lee Brown's support comes from left of center -- so yes, even a myopic person could figure it out.
And yeah, I am nearsighted. But only slightly so. I can play racquetball, for example, without my corrective lenses. They are handy for driving at night, however, when my loss of vision is most pronounced (and Lee's potholes are even more of a hazard). :)
Thanks for visiting the blog.
Posted by Kevin @ 18:19 on 10/24/03
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