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“The intent for this hurricane season is not well understood…FEMA is not ready.” Internal FEMA reports show an organization in full dysfunction as some suspect the administration is setting it up for failure, so the White House can try to eliminate it.

I'm not sure why Abundance/YIMBY rarely mention Opportunity Zones. Maybe because it's a financial lever through tax reduction rather than zoning de-regulation? Whatever the reason, OZ's (introduced by Tim Scott and Cory Booker in 2017 and proposed to be expanded this year) have

Whitney Tilson’s answers are consistently thoughtful and impressive (naturally he’s polling at 1%) nyeditorialboard.substack.com/p/whitney-tils…

The cost of living crisis in East Coast cities is downstream of the central rule of real estate being location, location, location. Everybody wants to live in NYC, etc. there is no reason it should cost $2 million to live 100 minutes from San Francisco

.Kim Ogg comments publicly on the motion filed to extend the gag order against her this morning Chron:

I remember when Ogg quoted the Houston Chronicle Opinion's endorsement of her in a campaign ad

As much as I like big transformational improvements like Shepherd/Durham, nothing annoys me more than seeing thousands of tiny incremental and inexpensive improvements around the city that could easily be done to improve safety for all street users. Best example is crosswalks 1/2

Good news of the day: All those anti-renewable energy bills the Texas Senate passed recently are now dead. Texas has been leading the country in energy abundance by making it easy to build all kinds of energy infrastructure. Renewables are winning on cost now, which is why

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If you just live in Houston, you are evidently more prepared for hurricane season than the head of FEMA

Love this. NYC is enjoying some of the best TV ads in local government history, truly a golden age

Build the Ike Dike

Since the legislature passed judicial pay increases, Houston City Council (+ mayor/controller) can take a pay increase too, will they? Someone should ask.

Self driving cars are going to explode VMT and make traffic much worse, which presents opportunities for congestion pricing to fund transit expansion.

The federal debt is already at 123% of GDP. That has real consequences for families and businesses. Lawmakers have a window to act responsibly — supporting growth and keeping debt in check. arnoldventures.org/taxreform

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Evan “Ike Dike” has a cool ring to it. Do you think Senators Cruz and Cornyn can fool David Richardson and President Trump into building it by convincing them it is something else?

New METRO cards & fare system coming soon!