Since the Houston City Council voted to affirm a group’s right to petition its government, the mayor, his appointees, and allies have taken every opportunity to warn of the fiscal calamity they claim will come if the referendum passes in November. However, a recent...
Houston City Council’s Budget and Fiscal Affairs committee hosted a public hearing on the pay parity petition submitted by the city’s firefighters. The meeting amounted to little more than political theater and barely touched upon the actual issue at hand —...
