A lot can happen in a week. Some of it good. Some of it bad. Some of it downright ugly. When faced with intriguing developments in the week’s news, we turn to a rotating panel of “non-experts” to parse The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of it all.

This week, our panel weighs in on these stories:

• The Houston area now being home to the third-largest statue in the country (but not without some controversy)
• A draft brochure advertising an opening for Dallas city manager featuring a photo of Houston on its cover

Our panel of non-experts this week includes:

• Charles Kuffner, who writes the political blog Off the Kuff
• David Branham, professor of political science at the University of Houston-Downtown
• Mustafa Tameez, media and public affairs consultant and the CEO of Outreach Strategists