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Chronicle reader rep takes on trash

October 4, 2004 Kevin Whited

Houston Chronicle reader representative James T. Campbell gets rare column space today for an article on… a proposed Fondren Southwest trash transfer station? No doubt, the trash transfer station is an important issue to folks

Register to vote

October 4, 2004 Anne Linehan

The Chronicle has an editorial reminding readers that today is the last day to register to vote for the presidential election. Pretty straightforward, one would think, but the editors couldn’t miss this opportunity: The outcome

GPS, EZ Tags, Transtar, and other concerns

October 4, 2004 Kevin Whited

Lucas Wall penned a column for the Chronicle today discussing research by transportation officials from several states (including Texas) on alternative funding mechanisms for the gasoline tax. The notion is that the gasoline tax might

Earth to the Chronicle

October 3, 2004 Anne Linehan

CBS News points out something interesting in an online story (we’ll assume the story isn’t based on fake documents) about the debate last Thursday: But, with the exception of Mr. Bush’s essentially hometown newspaper, the

Go 'Stros!

October 3, 2004 Kevin Whited

How about those Astros? They charged into the playoffs today after most everyone — this blogger included — had given them up for dead a couple of months ago. The usual staid analysis from the

The Grand Parkway

October 3, 2004 Anne Linehan

The Grand Parkway has turned into a grand brouhaha, in north Harris County, as opponents of the segment slated to be built through Spring fear it will be fast-tracked. The Chronicle reports on a meeting

Trees for Houston

October 3, 2004 Anne Linehan

Apparently, Houston needs some tree diversity as an ongoing inventory of the city’s trees shows a disproportionate number are live oaks: Surveys of various local neighborhoods consistently show that 60 percent to 70 percent of

Motorists complain about inadequate TXDOT signage

October 3, 2004 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11’s Wendell Edwards reports that motorists are having difficulties because of inadequate signage around TXDOT’s ongoing I-10/610 construction: One driver who decided to change lanes at the last minute ended up stuck in the median.

Chron editors misrepresent unreleased study

October 3, 2004 Kevin Whited

In a staff editorial today, the Chronicle endorses the smoking ban that has been proposed by Councilwoman Shelley Sekula-Gibbs. One can’t help but think that the city ought to be considering more important issues than

That Newsweek poll

October 3, 2004 Anne Linehan

One can imagine how excited the Chronicle editors were to pounce on this Reuters story of a Newsweek poll: Democratic challenger John Kerry has pulled ahead of President Bush in a poll published by Newsweek