Read in Mike Snyder’s Houston Politics blog on the Houston Chronicle site about the panel discussion from Monday at Rice.

• Ashby case bound for the courthouse?

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Dear Neighbors and Opponents of the Ashby High Rise:

Your visible display of opposition to the Ashby High-Rise has been effective to date, but recently dozens of Stop Ashby High Rise signs, both large and small, have disappeared from the neighborhood. Over the past 2 weeks nearly every one of our large signs has been cut down in the middle of the night. On one block in Southampton, a man was seen removing yellow signs but leaving the stakes behind. When he realized he was being observed, he quickly fled in a white pickup truck.

It is vitally important that…

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As reported earlier, Matthew Morgan and Kevin Kirton, the Buckhead developers, initiated a series of meetings with small groups of neighbors who live immediately adjacent to Maryland Manor. The meeting notices were addressed to the male
members of the households and were received on the first day of spring break. The meetings were held at the downtown offices of Vollmer, the developers’ public relations firm.

Presumably, the purpose of the meetings was to provide feedback on alternative development options. The fact that these meetings occurred at the same time that the Buckhead developers…

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