Thursday, November 7, 2013

Now that Houston's mayor has been re-elected to a third term, what will she do?

Charles Kuffner weighs in here.

Here's a list of items she intends to take to city council, They are more controversial than items discussed earlier this year - the local agenda can be bland prior to elections. No need to stir the pot excessively. Now that the election is over these can be talked about again (perhaps this is an argument against 2 year terms).

- wage theft
- restrictions on payday and auto lenders
- regulations for food trucks
- nondiscrimination ordinance protecting gay and transgendered residents
- reduce chronic homelessness
- Bayou Greenways
- moving the crime lab from HPD to an independent lab
- develop a city-council inmate center and close two existing facilities
- obtain negotiating authority for city's firefighter pension system
- water conservation