- The Perry camp’s response (BurkaBlog)
I do think that White just wasn’t very smart about the way he handled his business. When you hold office, especially an executive office in which you have a lot of power, and you have a lot of investments at the same time, there is a simple way to insulate yourself against the kinds of trumped-up charges the Perry campaign made: You create a blind trust. Rick Perry is smart enough to know this. Why wasn’t Bill White?
It’s not a matter of smart. He truly doesn’t see it as an ethical issue, as he made clear today. That’s a real problem.
- Gov candidate White: no wrongdoing in investment (Michael Graczyk, AP)
“I liked their business plan,” White said. “I made an investment in the company. I didn’t stop investing because I was mayor.”
That’s a problem. The whole thing just kind of smells like the sometimes fetid Houston Way.
- The Alien in the White House (Dorothy Rabinowitz, WSJ)
- Obama Meets Toto (Dan Henninger, WSJ)
- BP Parody on Twitter Posts a Disclaimer (Brian Stelter, NY Times)
- UH unveils plan to build new football stadium (Steve Campbell, Houston Chronicle) Will the timing be good enough to improve their conference?
- Nance, et. al., on realignment and facilities expansion (Steve Campbell, Cougars Blog)
“The last time there was a major re-alignment, unfortunately for political reasons we got left out,” Nantz said. “It should have never happened. It should have never happened. You start comparing markets. Would you rather have Houston, or would you rather have Lubbock? Would you rather have Houston, or would you rather have Waco? Would you rather have Houston, or would you rather have Stillwater. Take all those three schools combined, and let’s brag about the history and heritage of what they have produced. I think combined, it won’t equal what the University of Houston has produced athletically.”
- University of Colorado Joins Pac-10 (Pac-10.org) For better or worse, it’s on. Bye bye, Big 12 (at least historic Big 12). And bye bye Big 12 Wraps (‘cos a 16-team conference is too damn much work).
- Conference realignment roundup: Reports say Nebraska on its way to Big Ten by Friday (Daily Oklahoman)
- Big 12 blew it by eschewing playoff (Dan Wetzel, Yahoo Sports)
- Nebraska's animosity toward Texas opens the floodgates (Kevin Sherrington, DMN) Texas certainly did its part to boost its new conference over the years. Nebraska’s mediocrity over many years, on the other hand, was a big drag. Good riddance.
- The Big Zero (Joe Posnanski, SI.com)
