June 10, 2004, 07:41 PM
They want more of your money
The White Administration seems keen to enhance city revenues in unusual ways, whether it's installing cameras on traffic signals to ticket misbehaving motorists or turning previously free after-hours downtown parking into a nearly 24-hour revenue source.
Some of us — conservatives mainly — would prefer the city spend the money it's already taking in more wisely, instead of relying on these sorts of revenue sources.
What we don't especially favor is fellow conservatives on council coming out for such revenue enhancements, and then trying to convince us it's not about the money:
“I assure you the reasons for these changes is to make a positive difference downtown and not to make more money or install more parking meters,” said [Councilman Michael ]Berry.”
In politics, when a politician says it's not about the money, it's almost always about the money.
We do invite Mr. Berry to submit a guest editorial to Chronically Biased, however, if he cares to elaborate as to why hard-working Houstonians need to spend more of their hard-earned money for the privilege of visiting our downtown attractions in the evening (some of which, in the case of the sports facilities, are already being supported by your taxes), and why conservatives should support such plans.
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