Issues

Your Editor recently had a front row seat in the City of Houston runoff race between Sylvester Turner and Tony Buzbee.

If you live in Houston and haven’t voted yet for Mayor, please get out and vote on Saturday.

It is fascinating to watch the runoff for Mayor of Houston. Incumbent Sylvester Turner has an overall weak record.

In the Houston Mayor runoff on December 14, 2019, one thing is clear – Sylvester Turner is doing all he can to make partisan a non-partisan race.

Below are the questions we asked City of Houston candidates and give a letter grade based on their responses.

Let’s be clear, the daily newspaper we grew up with is dying.

There are only two days left to vote – today, the last day of early voting and of course Tuesday, Election Day, November 5th – which means conservatives have only two days to change the direction of the city of Houston.

In the “You Can’t Make This Up” department, the Houston Chronicle announces support for Sylvester Turner for Mayor while on its front page tells us “Rocky Roads Ahead – Years of Underfunded Maintenance Leave Houston Task of Improvement in a Deep Rut.”

It has been sad to witness the decline and fall of Bill King. In 2015 TCR supported Bill as the better choice for Mayor.

While the Mayoral candidates debate, our crime situation analytics are a useful tool in evaluating where we stand.