2004 - Page 45 of 50 - blogHOUSTON

The relevance of Marvin

September 29, 2004 Callie Markantonis

Kudos to Eileen Faxas of KHOU’s Defenders for her story about making health department inspections public. This week, 11 News Defenders revealed how City Hall quashed plans to publicize health inspections by putting them online.

Ken Charles knows how to generate buzz

September 29, 2004 Kevin Whited

Back when the Dan Rather memogate controversy broke, KPRC-950 general manager Ken Charles received some media buzz when he announced that he was dropping Dan Rather’s news updates from the conservative-talk station’s rotation. Predictably, the

A giant, crippled chicken will cross Westheimer?

September 29, 2004 Callie Markantonis

The PETA freaks are at it again. No half-naked women in this protest though. If PETA protests become run-of-the-mill in Houston, we may just qualify as being world class.

Eckels loses on property tax proposal

September 29, 2004 Kevin Whited

Harris County Judge Robert Eckels couldn’t find a second for his proposal to cut property taxes at yesterday’s Commissioners’ Court. Commissioners later voted to retain the same tax rate. Afterwards, conservative and liberal members alike

Disgraced former HPD captain attempts comeback

September 29, 2004 Kevin Whited

Various news outlets are reporting on disgraced former HPD Captain Mark Aguirre’s attempts to get his job back, with back pay! Here’s an excerpt from the Chronicle‘s coverage: During emotional and sometimes angry testimony Tuesday,

HPD manpower issues begin to affect public parks

September 29, 2004 Kevin Whited

The Houston Police Department has looming manpower issues that are now starting to be felt. Carolyn Campbell reports for KHOU-11 that HPD is being forced to cut down patrols at area parks in order to

Checking in on the Enron proceedings

September 29, 2004 Kevin Whited

Houston attorney and blogger Tom Kirkendall checks in on the various legal happenings with regard to the Enron prosecutions here and here. Kirkendall brings the sort of legal/business expertise to the topic that no journalist

Metro could learn something from time capsule

September 29, 2004 Anne Linehan

Last night on the local Fox affiliate’s 9 p.m. newscast (KRIV-26), there was a story about a time capsule being found at the old Harris County criminal courts building which is currently undergoing renovation. The

Bias by omission on the death penalty

September 29, 2004 Kevin Whited

Sherri Sylvester of the invaluable Texas Media Watch penned a column for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram yesterday. She brought up an interesting point about bias by omission: There’s also an odd, anti-Texas-style bias that keeps

Not a good example of a love story

September 29, 2004 Anne Linehan

Last Friday the Chronicle ran this story on the front page, telling us about a little girl whose father is on death row: A bright-eyed girl with braided hair and a nose that crinkles when