Apparently the City of Houston has realized its position in attempting to withold data used in the Civil Service hearings was untenable, as KHOU has obtained a copy of the files entered into evidence:
There were 264 pages in the document, and that wasn’t even the report. It was a compilation of documents reviewed by the inspector general (OIG).
What blockbuster revalations await the intrepid reporters digging into the file? Well,
For the first time, it was revealed that a warning from the Finance and Administration Department had been sent to the mayor pro tem’s office, with a copy sent directly to Councilmember Carol Alvarado via e-mail.
It said the office was going over budget and specifically mentioned the bonuses Alvarado said she knew nothing about
Uh, actually, it’s not the first time. That was mentioned weeks ago. But you know how it is, everything old is new again….
Apparently the City of Houston has realized its position in attempting to withold data used in the Civil Service hearings was untenable, as KHOU has obtained
I’m not convinced the city relented. This may have just been good work by KHOU in getting the documents… well, however they could. 🙂
What I really like about KHOU since Jim Thompson took over their web news operation is that they are really good about posting those sorts of things to their website. For all the talk of the Chron embracing the web and such, KHOU consistently outperforms them in this regard.
Agreed. While I hate KHOU’s politics (consistantly left-oriented, like all Belo stations), their news operations & embrace of the web kick ass. First place I go looking. KTRK, with that damn annoying talking popup and tendency to strategically edit articles after they’ve gone up, have dropped very, very far. I only go there now if the Chron and KHOU have nothing.
The fix for really annoying websites: Firefox with the NoScript extension. 🙂