Major announcement on controversial Post Oak project
The news conference will be held at 11:00 am outside Masraff’s Restaurant at 1753 Post Oak Blvd
This announcement may very well spell the beginning of the end to that controversial plan to tear up Houston’s “Rodeo Drive” for an unwanted bus project in the heart of Uptown.
The Post Oak Property Owners Coalition representatives will be joined by prominent Houston Attorney Andy Taylor.
The news conference will be held at 11:00 am outside Masraff’s Restaurant at 1753 Post Oak Blvd, shortly after Uptown officials and the Mayor hold a ceremonial ground breaking for the project down the street for the project.
In recent weeks Houstonians have learned some Uptown Board Members lobbied for taxpayer money without disclosing their conflicts of interest and potential financial windfall. The plan to dig up Post Oak for two exclusive bus lanes will force the street to be widened and the chairman of the Uptown Board stands to make millions on the deal. At least three other Uptown officials have conflicts of interests in the bus project.
An investigation by Dolcefino Consulting exposed so many questions about the inflated ridership claims of the proposed project the chairman of Metro has now ordered a review of the projections.
“It is sad that Mayor Parker once ran for office as a watchdog and now looks the other way to blatant conflicts of interest. Taxpayers think this project is unneeded and an incredible waste of money in a city with a lot of real needs”, says Wayne Dolcefino, President of Dolcefino Consulting.
Major Post Oak Property owners aren’t the only ones adding their voice to the growing opposition to the project. Uptown’s own State Senator Joan Huffman now says she is personally opposed to the project and does not think “tearing up Post Oak” is a fabulous idea. Huffman is joining the call for a review of management districts in Houston in light of growing transparency questions.
The Post Oak Property Owners Coalition will make their major announcement Monday morning at 11:00 am, and will not be available prior to comment.
Wayne Dolcefino of Dolcefino Consulting will be available to answer questions for any of the Monday morning early shows if needed. My e-mail contact is below.
office 713-360-6911 wayne@dolcefinoconsulting.com
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