He said, he said quarrel has Houston astir

A Houston police officer quit his job, he said, so he could point out some indiscretions within city hall.

The mayor dismisses those complaints and says the former officer has some problems of his own.

But nobody is willing to offer any information to the public so we can understand the issue/issues at hand.

There is a letter from the former officer that alleges proof of wrongdoing in city hall. The mayor has it, but won’t share it. The letter writer won’t share it either.

And many residents of Houston are hopping mad about the whole thing and want answers.

Isn’t this so Houston?

Thursday night the city council went into executive session regarding the matter and after two hours came out smiling and said the discussion behind closed doors must continue during its next regular meeting — a month from now. Talk about letting something fester.

This isn’t new behavior in the borough’s largest per-square-mile city.

Houston has been a revolving door for police officers recently and not all of them, including Aaron Parker, are leaving for greener pastures. They just want to get the heck out of Dodge. And they’ve done so without so much as a whimper. Not this time, according to Parker, who is retired from the Navy.

He says he’s willing to shake things up. That may not be easy.

Mayor Roger Purcell has broad support on the city council and that means job security since the mayor is appointed by the council. In October’s election only two seats are up for a vote. One council member is running unopposed and the other, a longtime resident, appears to be a shoo-in.

So residents of Houston, don’t expect much change in the way your town is run for the next few years.

And apparently that’s fine. People have been complaining vociferously by posting comments on a story published in Tuesday’s paper, but when it came time to attend Thursday’s meeting, nada.

A small group showed up, but said nothing in reference to Parker’s departure or the way Purcell is handling the problem. So that group, at least, must be happy with the way the city is headed.

One Houstonian commented to a reporter recently that he’s relatively happy with Purcell because ever since the mayor arrived on the scene, “things have been happening.”

Nobody can argue that point.