POTD: Udaipur Framed

From 2016 02 12 Udaipur

Today's photo-of-the-day is taken through a window at the City Palace in Udaipur, India.

Twinsters (2015)

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Twinsters (2015): Korean twins raised apart in US and France who discover each other at age 25. Lightweight, giggles, emojis. I liked it. C+

POTD: Putting Their Backs Into It

From 2016 02 12 Udaipur

Today's photo-of-the-day is from outside the City Palace in Udaipur, India.

Theeb (2014)

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Theeb (2014): 10 yr-old boy with Arabs, Turks and an Englishman cross Arabian desert in 1916. Survival story as stark as the landscape. B-

Richardson's Budget - Black or Red?

It's August and that means it's time for Richardson budget roulette. Will the proposed city budget be balanced? You'd think that would be a simple question. Isn't the city required by law to have a balanced budget? Well, yes, but it all depends on the meaning of "balanced".

Last year when I looked at this question, I concluded that the city's 2015-2016 budget was indeed balanced and didn't require use of that sneaky asterisk ("plus reserved fund balance and other financing sources").

After the jump, reviewing that conclusion and looking ahead at 2016-2017.