By Curt Olson | Texas Watchdog
AT WORK: Houston city workers are shopping, running errands and working side jobs while working for the taxpayers.
AUSTIN — Taxpayers scoff when they see road crews standing around, but Houston’s Department of Public Works and Engineering has workers who are far more creative. They shop, run errands, go home and work their side businesses.
All while they are supposed to be repairing streets and sewers for Houston taxpayers, according to an analysis of personnel records conducted by KHOU in Houston.
