/u/RuleSubverter - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/author/u-rulesubverter/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Tue, 28 Oct 2025 13:51:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 /u/RuleSubverter - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/author/u-rulesubverter/ 32 32 103504436 Houston traffic officer making $170K in overtime has been reassigned to patrol https://houstonnewmedia.org/houston-traffic-officer-making-170k-in-overtime-has-been-reassigned-to-patrol/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=houston-traffic-officer-making-170k-in-overtime-has-been-reassigned-to-patrol Tue, 28 Oct 2025 13:51:24 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=28ab63937a902389b5c897bbdccb1cfd Main points: Cop makes more in OT than with their base salary. The cop has been in trouble multiple times for stealing OT. He was giving jaywalking citations while his body camera was off. He's been caught collecting OT while working extra...

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]]> 1053212 NYT: The Democratic Mayor Who Thinks Cities Are Handling Trump Wrong https://houstonnewmedia.org/nyt-the-democratic-mayor-who-thinks-cities-are-handling-trump-wrong/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nyt-the-democratic-mayor-who-thinks-cities-are-handling-trump-wrong Sun, 19 Oct 2025 17:19:16 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=04e526d8d2022d8ebbaacc7edefaabd1 Quotes from the article about your effete mayor: John Whitmire is not like most big city Democratic mayors. The 76-year-old, first-term mayor of Houston avoids confrontations with President Trump, courts Republican state leaders and saves his biggest ...

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]]> 1047999 Houston is now the nation’s poorest big city, with a poverty rate of 21.2%. https://houstonnewmedia.org/houston-is-now-the-nations-poorest-big-city-with-a-poverty-rate-of-21-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=houston-is-now-the-nations-poorest-big-city-with-a-poverty-rate-of-21-2 Thu, 11 Sep 2025 16:53:12 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=d822b2ad439583dc7e122f3a28dc743e Philly is bragging about no longer being the poorest big city: "Houston is now the nation’s poorest big city, with a poverty rate of 21.2%. In last year’s census data, Texas’ most populous city was less than 1% behind Philly in poverty rate,...

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