Recent News About City of Houston, Texas

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  Recording shows Congresswoman Lee is ill-suited to be mayor

  Unlike many cities with a city-manager form of government, the City of Houston mayor is the chief executive officer of the City. In addition to the mayor’s role presiding at Council meetings, the mayor also is the day-to-day manager of the city’s twenty-two departments with over 20,000 employees. The ability of the mayor to lead and manage the city workforce is crucial to the success of any administration.

  By Bill King

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  City of Houston sales tax receipts up significantly in the last two years

  After seven years of mostly flattish sales tax receipts, the City of Houston saw double digit increases over the last two years. However, the sales tax receipts have begun to cool and appear to be returning to historical patterns.

  By Bill King

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