Commentary

Agitators miss the mark

David Crossley, Jan 22, 08.

The outside agitators brought in to fight against the citizen movement toward planning in the City of Houston just had…

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Road activist Cox joins Lanier’s anti-planning team

David Crossley, Jan 12, 08.

Road activist Wendell Cox is being brought into Houston next week to talk to Houston City Council members on behalf…

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Mayor Lanier pushes “antiplanner” O’Toole

David Crossley, Jan 09, 08.

Former Mayor Bob Lanier, developer Richard Weekley, and construction executive Leo Linbeck last week sent a letter to Houston Mayor…

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Looking Forward to 2008

Houston reaches puberty

Jay Blazek Crossley, Jan 01, 08.

Written for OffTheKuff.com by Jay Blazek Crossley

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A great day for Houston

Jay Blazek Crossley, Oct 19, 07.

The METRO Board met today, listened to a long succession of citizens, and came back from an executive session with…

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The solution to Houston’s development problems

David Crossley, Oct 02, 07.

It looks like we've finally found the building project that lights a fire among citizens to do something about the…

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Kirby widening poses dangers

Pedestrian realm to be smaller

David Crossley, Sep 13, 07.

A fast-moving project to widen Kirby Drive, remove its trees, and make the pedestrian realm smaller needs some emergency attention…

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METRO begins mitigation efforts in earnest

Jay Blazek Crossley, Jul 12, 07.

METRO announced last week that they will open a METRO Solutions / East End Corridor Office in the Las Palmas…

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Public Comment Begins on 2035 Transportation Plan

"An enormous leap forward"

David Crossley, May 22, 07.

Here is our first reaction to the new 2035 Regional Transportation Plan (RTP): Conceptually, the plan is an enormous leap…

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Quality of Life vs More, Part 3

David Crossley, May 14, 07.

Do we feel good? Is that what we mean by quality of life? Here's one fine day for the author. -----

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