Stopping to fill up his work truck at the corner of Bellfort and Martin Luther King Jr. northwest of Hobby Airport, Travis Madison can see signs of being in Houston — signs that state law changes are intended to eradicate but so far have not.
“Everybody has an angle,” Madison said, standing a few steps from a homemade sign offering free furniture and two offering quick home sales.
Meanwhile, nearly every intersection in many neighborhoods — usually the poorer ones, some lawmakers lament — is littered with signs offering deals on medical devices, quick cash for car titles and home deeds, and all sorts of local businesses…