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Criminal Complaint Filed on Behalf of Cosmo Residents over Post Oak Bus Lane...
Former ABC13 investigative reporter Wayne Dolcefino, representing residents of the Cosmopolitan condo tower on Post Oak Blvd., filed a criminal complaint with the Harris County district attorney last...
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Popularizing TIRZwatching as a Houston Pastime
This week the Houston Chronicle editorial board called for TIRZ authorities to keep publicly accessible and up-to-date records, as well as to start recording videos of their meetings, as occurs with...
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A Dry Interlude at Greenspoint Mall and Emergency Flood Shelter
From the space between Monday’s rain and today’s, here are some late-evening snaps of the scene around Greenspoint Mall, which became a staging center for flood rescue operations before dawn on Monday...
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Lawsuit: No More Private Projects for TIRZ 17 Until All the Flooding Is Fixed
Some Memorial-area residents (mostly under the banner of uncontroversially-named Residents Against Flooding) filed a previously-threatened lawsuit this morning requesting that the city of Houston and...
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Might White Oak Bayou Ditch Its Concrete?
The Harris County Flood Control District is looking at removing the concrete lining from sections of the White Oak Bayou channel, writes Mihir Zaveri. The agency is conducting a study on redeveloping...
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The 82 Square Miles of TIRZs Sponging Up Some of That Revenue Cap Spillover
A couple of state senators are mulling over potential reform options for Houston’s ballooning tax increment reinvestment zones, which have more than tripled in area in the past decade according to Mike...
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In Search of the Elusive Midtown Boundary, at the W. Gray and Webster Split
Where exactly, these days, does Fourth Ward end and Midtown begin? That may be a little bit clearer before long (depending on how you define the 2) — a reader notes that someone looks to be getting...
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Add Uptown to the List of Development Districts Being Sued Over How They Were...
A new lawsuit was filed yesterday against TIRZ 16, the Uptown Development Authority, and the city, alleging that the creation of the reinvestment zone in the Galleria area was in violation of Texas...
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State Bill Would Call for TIRZ Elections in Certain Cities That End in ‑OUSTON
A bill filed Monday in Austin would mandate that more than half of the folks running each of Houston’s often opaque but increasingly well-heeled tax increment reinvestment zones be elected for 2-year...
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Comment of the Day: An Absurdist Everyman’s Visit to His Local Management...
“If you attend a TIRZ meeting at 8:00 AM on a Friday morning, you will realize the distrust and dissent that the TIRZ has created in a once cohesive community. As the meeting convenes, you can hear the...
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Sunnyside Passed Over for List of Houston Places That Always Get Passed Over
The Texas Low Income Housing Information Service released a statement right after Mayor Turner’s Monday announcement on the Complete Communities program questioning why Sunnyside didn’t make the cut,...
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Finger Company Pokes Into the Montrose District Lawsuit Fray
A corporate appendage of the Finger Companies has filed a document to add itself as a plaintiff to one of the lawsuits trying to shut down the Montrose Management District, Nancy Sarnoff reports this...
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