KHOU COULD’VE JUST RAN MY REPORT AGAIN AND SAVED SOME TIME!
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KHOU COULD’VE JUST RAN MY REPORT AGAIN AND SAVED SOME TIME!
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The city of Houston will be forced to make up an estimated $50 million budget shortfall with a combination of spending cuts and new revenues in what portends to be a challenging few months in the waning days of Mayor Bill White’s final term.
Sagging property and sales tax revenue estimates released in a report Friday have extended an austere fiscal climate that has loomed over City Hall for more than a year. Through a combination of slowing capital projects, borrowing and minor, across-the-board budget cuts, White so far has managed to avoid some of the more drastic measures other cities have used to stay afloat.
Full Story at: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6595994.html
HE’S FILING THE PAPERWORK TO TAKE ON JO!
The Insite ran into a Facebook friend who says he wants to make a difference in the community. That person is Carlos Obando. He is running for Houston City Council. He’d like to slide into the At-Large position 5 at the big horseshoe in City Hall. His competition in this race will be no other than Ms. Survivor herself Jolanda Jones. Obando says he is running an issues oriented campaign. Here’s more about Obando from his website:
Carlos’ work with the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in Kansas City led to his appointment to a national Latino organization in Washington D.C. He later moved into the private sector working for an international investment company, running all their operations in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, including part-ownership of Bianco Restaurant and Lounge and Villa Estrellas, a boutique hotel. Along with his extensive international work experience, Carlos has traveled widely and is fluent in three languages, providing him an insight into the world of international trade and business.
THE GREAT DOG ADOPTION DEBATE!
The headline above is a question that came up in Houston’s City Council on Monday. At special committee meeting on BARC (Houston’s Animal Shelter) Council member Wanda Adams read an email from the contractor who was hired by the city to turn BARC around. He is Gerard Fusco. In that email he indicated the agency should focus its adoptions in more affluent areas. Adams says there was also a list of zip codes that were shown at council that were to be considered essentially no adoption promotion zones. One of those zip codes is where Council member Adams lives. She immediately took offense to the whole premise that BARC should not concentrate its adoption efforts in less affluent or areas where Fusco says pets are treated poorly. She says, “it doesn’t define that everybody in that area that we are bad pet owners because we live in those areas.” Fusco says he was not indicating BARC should flat out exclude poorer areas for pet adoptions. He says it’s a matter of economics. Fusco told the Insite, “in today’s economy it’s very very difficult because people can’t feed their families and so they’re turning in animals because they can’t feed them.” He went on to say the agency should focus more in areas that have been ignored or not targeted where animals have not been poorly treated. So what do you think? Should their be some could of moratorium on the poor adopting pets in this tough economy or does it matter? The Insite would love to hear your opinion!
WANDA ADAMS SAYS SHE IS OUTRAGED BY THE INVOICE FOR BARC!
UPDATE: FUSCO RESPONDS!
A Houston City Council member is hot after receiving a copy of the invoice for a private contractor who is now working for BARC. That’s the city’s animal shelter. The vendor is described as a change agent and is identified as Gerard Fusco. Council member Wanda Adams spoke with the Insite early Monday morning and she says this “ridiculous.” Adams is upset by some of the charges Fusco allegedly submitted to the health department for his contract work at BARC. Sources tell the Insite Steve Williams, who heads the health department, refused to sign off on the invoice. Adams says according to the purchase order she has received the contractor is asking to be paid for the following services at $200 a hour:
Fusco tells The Insite it was his mistake to detail his hours. He went on to say he has a very hard job to do and the city is getting his experience and knowledge in exchange for his contract. Fusco also says he’s donated $25,000 of his salary back to the animal shelter.
CITY WORKERS MAY BE ASKED TO TAKE A FURLOUGH?
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