Opinion

[Print]  [Email]        

State Watchdogs: Something very strange going on with Houston airport

By: Mark Tapscott
Editorial Page Editor
06/29/09 10:30 AM EDT

Lots of independent investigative journalism outfits focused on state and local issues are springing up across the country. One of the best is Texas Watchdog, led by Trent Siebert, a former Nashville Tennessean investigative reporter.

Siebert and a handful of similarly experienced investigative journalists have been at it for three years uncovering all kinds of great stories from one end of Texas to the other. In recent months, they've been paying particular attention to the strange circumstances surrounding the retirement of the Houston Airport System's chief executive.

This looks increasingly like one of those "ball of string stories," but instead of the ball getting smaller as you pull on the string, it keeps getting bigger and bigger as more and more layers of the story are exposed. Check out Texas Watchdog because it is showing the way for independent, online investigative journalism.    




To view this site, you need to have Flash Player 8.0 or later installed. Click here to get the latest Flash player.


Most Popular Headlines



 


 



 

Reader Comments

All comments on this page are subject to our Terms of Use and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Examiner or its staff. Comment box is limited to 250 words.

Post a comment


Email:
(This will not be displayed or shared. Privacy Policy)

Display Name:

Comment:




Sports

California's Jahvid Best (4) leaps over Oregon State's Cameron Collins to score during the first half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009, in Berkeley, Calif. Best was removed from the game on a gurney. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Cal star Jahvid Best gets concussion on second-quarter touchdown

California tailback Jahvid Best sustained a concussion and was taken to the emergency room after he leapt high into the air, flipped over a defender and landed on the back of his head in the end zone. Full story

Politics

Demonstrators chant on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, during a Republican health Care reform rally. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

House Democrats clear impasse over abortion holding up vote on health care legislation

Capping months of months of struggle, House Democrats cleared an abortion-related impasse blocking a vote on sweeping health care legislation late Friday and officials expressed optimism they had finally lined up the support needed to pass President Barack Obama's top domestic priority. Full story

Entertainment

'Golden Girls' star McClanahan has bypass surgery

Rue McClanahan, who played sexy Southern belle Blanche Devereaux on "The Golden Girls," was recovering Thursday from heart bypass surgery at a New York City hospital. Full story