Uh Oh

Kuffner's discovered that my choice for the next Mayor of Houston, Orlando Sanchez, has had the city pick up travel expenses for trips that seem, at best, to have only a marginal *ahem* relation to city business.

Mayor Pothole has perfected this practice, even earning the nickname "Out-of-Town Brown." During a budget crunch, this is just a political non-winner, and something the local media has been having a lot of fun with lately. Sanchez ought to reimburse the city for the relatively small amounts and be done with it. The good publicity that would come of it would more than compensate him.

[Posted at 10:33 CST on 11/14/02] [Link]