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Let the voters decide
Share this story: Metro lost the legal fight with the Texas Attorney General, and now the question for the transit authority is a simple one. Do you want to do this the easy way or the hard way? Today the[…..]
Texas AG suggests METRO broke promise to voters
Share this story: A Texas Attorney General opinion was issued today on the authority of the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO) to participate in the Uptown Houston Transit Project otherwise known as the Post Oak Boulevard Dedicated Bus[…..]
Do the math Uptown!
Share this story: Logic rarely works in government, especially when greed is involved. Let’s give it a try anyway, shall we? The Texas State Comptroller says sales tax collection for the City of Houston is the lowest it has been[…..]
METRO caught red handed
Share this story: In August and October Metro officials assured the public they were not spending any money on the Uptown bus project. They weren’t telling you the truth. Records obtained by Dolcefino Consulting show Metro has spent more than[…..]
Uptown wants you to pay for their broken promises
Share this story: So let’s get this straight. Uptown wants to tear up Post Oak Blvd and widen it so they can create two dedicated bus lanes for all these workers desperate to take a bus. They want taxpayers across[…..]
Pictures expose METRO’s Uptown lie
Share this story: You want to see the best evidence this $300 million dollar transit plan to tear up Post Oak for dedicated bus lanes is a colossal waste of money? We have it. Pictures speak a thousand words, and[…..]
Uptown loses battle to keep secrets
Share this story: The unelected bureaucrats of Uptown promised you transparency on that controversial $300 million dollar bus project. They lied. For months, they have fought release of records detailing who they are buying land from and how much they[…..]
Uptown condo owners want criminal probe
Share this story: Thursday morning at 9:00 am well-known Houston Attorney Andy Taylor will call on the Harris County District Attorney to launch a criminal investigation of the Metropolitan Transit Authority. Documents suggest METRO had improper contact with a State[…..]
The $200 million consolation prize
Share this story: The Mayor of Houston had some choice words about the Commissioner for the Texas Transportation Agency. Of course, Annise Parker must not have been thinking about public records when she sent the e-mail to her Chief Development[…..]
City Hall hiding the price tag?
Share this story: A once secret e-mail shows City Hall and Uptown officials are hiding the true escalating cost of a controversial project to tear up Post Oak Blvd for dedicated bus lanes. Dolcefino Consulting spent months fighting for the[…..]