October 2004 - Page 4 of 19

Freight trains hinder mobility, part two

October 26, 2004 Kevin Whited

KTRK-13 reports that Mayor White and other local officials are looking at ways to solve congestion caused by freight trains within the city: Railroad crossings tie up traffic all over the city. Mayor Bill White

Lunar eclipse

October 26, 2004 Anne Linehan

Tomorrow evening, Houston-area residents are in for a treat — a total lunar eclipse: The eclipse that will occur on Oct. 27 should last for one hour and 21 minutes. The next lunar eclipse visible

Shell Houston Open woes

October 26, 2004 Anne Linehan

What’s up with the Shell Houston Open? Tom Kirkendall has the details and it’s all about location, location, location: First, despite HGA protestations to the contrary, the Redstone Golf Course is not a PGA Tour-quality

Running with a debunked story

October 26, 2004 Anne Linehan

It wasn’t terribly surprising to see that big New York Times story on the front page of the Chronicle yesterday. You know, the one about the 300+ tons of missing weapons material. It WAS surprising

Two Texas country music shows of note

October 25, 2004 Kevin Whited

We normally post an Americana/alt-country/Texas country music roundup on Thursdays, but lately there have been midweek shows that deserve a mention. That’s surely true this week at the Mucky Duck. Tuesday night, up-and-comer Randy Rogers

Hurtt on manpower issues: patrol city desks more vigorously!

October 25, 2004 Kevin Whited

Carolyn Campbell of KHOU-11 reports that the Houston Police Department is moving cops from the city beat to the desk beat: Dozens of Houston police officers are being pulled off the street next week and

Dermatologist-councilwoman won't give up on smoking ban

October 25, 2004 Kevin Whited

Dermatologist-councilwoman Shelley Sekula-Gibbs just won’t give up on her grand plans to ban smoking in Houston. Today, she chooses to ignore any scientific evidence she might deploy for her cause in favor of pure emotionalism:

A record-setting transit authority

October 25, 2004 Kevin Whited

Callie Markantonis previously noted that Metro posted a press release on its website on October 19 praising itself for breaking its safety record. She snarkily wondered if Lucas Wall might explain the “safety record” to

Does anybody edit the thing?

October 25, 2004 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle recently ran a story by Rhea Davis and Rosanna Ruiz on a spate of vandalism that has seen cell phone and radio towers in northern Harris and southern Montgomery counties damaged significantly in

PJ's and politics

October 25, 2004 Callie Markantonis

C-SPAN’s BookTV.org links to a discussion on politics between John O’Neill, author of Unfit for Command, and Glenn Smith, author of Unfit Commander. The broadcast was recorded at Houston’s own PJ’s Sports bar, home of