In the mid-1990s, labor union leaders in Houston proposed a referendum to raise the minimum wage to $6.50 per hour. As the debate over the proposal raged, my OpEd article, “Minimum wage proposal an attack on freedom,” was published in the Houston Chronicle. Click here to read the article.
The following article was published on Capitalism Magazine.com. $ $ $ If you were alone on a desert island you would not be able to escape the fact that you must work to sustain your life. Alone on the island you could spend your days in any activity of your choosing—hunting, fishing, building a home,…
The Court of Appeals First District of Texas recently ruled that Houston’s preservation ordinance doesn’t violate the city charter, which prohibits zoning. In the ruling, the court found that preservation ordinances are often a part of zoning, but the plaintiffs presented no authority indicating that the legislature’s grant of authority to pass zoning laws displaces…
This was originally posted on Live Oaks on October 19, 2009. Comments have not been migrated. A big topic on the mayoral campaign trail has been crime. The candidates agree that we need more police on the streets, but have offered few details on how they will accomplish this. I have previously suggested that one…