September 29, 2017      5:23 PM
Smith: You've Got a Friend in Me
QR’s Liberal Columnist Glenn W. Smith wonders whether a political storm over Hurricane Harvey recovery has been calmed. But is it still political hurricane season?
Was
it just a tempest in a teapot, this brewing storm between Gov. Greg Abbott and Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner? You be the judge.
Their joint press conference in Houston today sounded something like this.
Abbott
brought Houston $50 million worth of love to Turner, an amount that helps the
city avoid a temporary tax increase for recovery efforts.
That’s
enough to make anyone sing like Randy
Newman sings in “You’ve Got a Friend,” from the film, Toy Story:
The full column by Glenn W. Smith is in the R&D Department.
By Glenn W. Smith
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