Latest Red Light Camera Study Questions the System’s Financial and Safety Perks

Let’s talk (some more) about red light cameras, the subject of a report released today by the Texas Public Interest Research Group (TexPIRG), a watchdog organization that researches various subjects of public importance. The report, Caution: Red Light Cameras Ahead, examines private companies’ agreements with municipalities (about 700 throughout the…

Date Set, Sort of, For “Project Wall-E” Bow

I had to call Karl Zavitkovsky, head of the city’s Office of Economic Development, about something that turned out to be nothing this morning. (Well, if you must know, I wondered if “The Collective” referred to here is just “The Orleans at La Reunion” by a new name, and it…

Rick Perry Is Either a Birther or a Jedi

In an interview published Sunday in Parade magazine, Rick Perry was asked whether he believes the president was born in the United States. His response, which you’ll find below, has caused some alarm, because it makes Perry appear to be aligning himself with the one-roll-of-Reynolds-Wrap-per-hat faction of the Tea Party…