Greater Houston Partnership to end public contracts to avoid information requests

2014-12-05T15:18:05-06:00

By Mark Collette and Mike Morris Houston Chronicle Originally published Dec. 4, 2014 Greater Houston Partnership will terminate contracts with Houston, Harris County and surrounding governments, worth about $1 million per year, to avoid fulfilling public information requests, county and GHP officials said Thursday. GHP President Bob Harvey said the group is terminating the deals "in part due to the misperception that we are somehow beholden to the government agencies by virtue of these contracts." Recent court rulings forced GHP's hand, he said in an email. "As a chamber of commerce representing the business community of Houston and as the regional [...]