/u/VoyagerFox0 - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/author/u-voyagerfox0/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Fri, 15 Aug 2025 16:35:21 +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/VoyagerFox0 - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/author/u-voyagerfox0/ 32 32 103504436 Harris County Facing a $200M+ Budget Deficit https://houstonnewmedia.org/harris-county-facing-a-200m-budget-deficit/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=harris-county-facing-a-200m-budget-deficit Fri, 15 Aug 2025 16:35:21 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=b2145d442e093f9c0165214274843128 Currently, Harris County is facing a projected budget deficit of $200–$270 million heading into the FY 2026 budget process. Amid this, the Commissioners Court has just approved a 3–2 vote to raise the pay of all eight constables to around $290K/year, m...

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]]> 1007069 What are your thoughts on Mayor John Whitmire? https://houstonnewmedia.org/what-are-your-thoughts-on-mayor-john-whitmire/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-are-your-thoughts-on-mayor-john-whitmire Thu, 30 Jan 2025 01:00:57 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=b6405f572df714d0cc9fd044bb1cc2fe I wanted to open this up for discussion to hear people’s thoughts on the mayor. Do you think he is running the city appropriately, and are there any issues you wish he would address? submitted by /u/VoyagerFox0 [link] [comments]

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]]> 891663 HPD is so corrupt https://houstonnewmedia.org/hpd-is-so-corrupt/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hpd-is-so-corrupt Wed, 01 Jan 2025 04:52:30 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=a80d1916a4f9829561df0fd4fd5ccf5d I’ve been reading and watching many HPD incidents and investigations, and don’t know how anyone is held accountable. Just read about an incident that happened earlier this year about how 200,000 + incident reports were set aside since 2016. Just shows ...

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