The Houston Chronicle calls the recently completed session great for the city.
Among the highlights:
- the toll road moratorium will not affect six on going projects in the county.
- money was set aside for the purchase of 20 undeveloped wooded acres in order to turn it into a park.
- red light cameras were approved, but restricted.
In what is certainly good news for The Woodlands, an agreement between the area (not incorporated as of yet) and Houston was reached where they will enter a partnership that will prevent it's annexation into the city. This may be a first for Houston, I don't know.
Efforts to limit the city's ability to regulate out of town polluters whose pollution drifts into the city dies also, though their efforts are likely to continue.
The story raises interesting issues concerning the relationship between the city and the county. Their interests and politics do not always coincide.
