Fatal-fire Landlord: Mighty Boxer Has Struck Out

After declining to comment Wednesday and promising to issue a statement on Thursday (that would be today), the owner of the Houston office building where three were killed in a fire has taken strike two and strike three. As of this post, the landlord has not issued the promised statement. A 6:03pm CDT update from the AP in the Houston Chronicle says:

John Rentz, a vice president for Boxer Property Management...has not returned messages inquiring about the building and its fire-prevention capabilities.

Boxer has blown it. Big time.