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What have I missed at City Hall?
I wrote at length about the brouhaha over Firefighter pensions yesterday, and it was certainly an important issue, but was definitely not the only thing that went on at City Hall. As many will probably...
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Another view of Uber
Uber and Lyft have been creating quite the uproar recently in Houston politics, openly challenging the current regulations for taxis and private cars. It seems that taxi operators are concerned that...
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Belated council update
The biggest news out of City Hall yesterday was that the contentious fire union contract was unanimously approved by the Council in order to prevent brownouts from occurring. As I noted about a week...
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Is Uber right-wing?
There was an article from The Wall Street Journal making the rounds today that literally made me facepalm in response to its many oversimplifications and errs. Accordingly, I would like to summarize...
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Taxi Co. sues Uber/Lyft
The Houston Chronicle reports that local taxi companies (i.e., the Greater Houston Transportation Company) have sued Uber and Lyft in Federal Court, alleging that the ridesharing apps (which moonlight...
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Uber openly breaks the law
The Houston Chronicle reports that Uber, the taxi/ridesharing company which has existed in a legal grey area of sorts for the past couple months, has decided to openly flaunt the law of the City of...
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Texpatriate opposes Vehicle-for-Hire overhaul
Editorial note: Noah M. Horwitz is currently employed by The Clifford Group, a public relations firm in Houston that counts the Greater Houston Transportation Company, Yellow Cab’s parent, among its...
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2015 Mayoral election
Since the beginning of the year, I have been intermittently trying to sit down with the prospective candidates for Mayor in 2015. Mayor Annise Parker, of course, is term-limited at that time, meaning...
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Civil Affairs: Law
CIVIL AFFAIRS Editorial note: Noah M. Horwitz has previously contracted work with the Clifford Group, a public relations firm that counts Yellow Cab among its clients. He currently does no work on...
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Texpatriate’s Best Councilmembers
Last year, this board examined the best and the worst members of the Houston City Council. After much debate and discussion, we decided to do it again. That being said, our criteria for inclusion — one...
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