January 2005 - blogHOUSTON

Define cooperate

January 31, 2005 Anne Linehan

Here’s an interesting excerpt from Mayor White’s State of the City speech: And I told you last year at my first State of the City Address that we had to get the stalled and wrecked

Rumbo pushes smart, local, Spanish angles

January 31, 2005 Kevin Whited

Tom Kirkendall points to a New York Times article on Rumbo, the new Spanish-language daily newspaper that has been launched in four regions of Texas, including Houston. At a time when the Chronicle has been

We probably need a task force, right?

January 31, 2005 Anne Linehan

We certainly can’t call Mayor White “Hop on a Flight White,” because he is firmly planted in Houston, taking on yet another project to better the lives of city residents — and I am not

Our MSM blogger can kick your MSM blogger's @#$%

January 31, 2005 Kevin Whited

Over the weekend, we called out Washington Post blogger Joel Achenbach for disrespecting Houston. Today, the Chronicle‘s blogger Kyrie O’Connor storms into the middle of the fray: Look, it’s not my job to defend Houston.

Iraq: An editorial page survey

January 31, 2005 Kevin Whited

Although we’ve urged the Chronicle to focus its editorial pages — and focus them on local issues – we were nonetheless surprised this morning not to find a mention of Iraq’s elections on the editorial

KHOU-11 takes its turn at toilet issue

January 31, 2005 Kevin Whited

Concern over downtown toilets seems to be a recurring theme among various Houston media outlets. Today, KHOU-11’s Doug Miller reports on the issue: Seattle is one of the cities that recently installed public toilets. But

Saavedra's challenge: which tests are necessary?

January 31, 2005 Anne Linehan

Today’s Chronicle has a story about how difficult it will be for HISD superintendent Abe Saavedra to choose which tests to get rid of, in his quest to reduce the amount of time spent testing

Ken Hoffman gets to the point

January 30, 2005 Anne Linehan

In his column today, Ken Hoffman tackles a pressing $AFEclear issue: If keeping the freeways clear of stopped vehicles is such a priority, the city needs to prevent cars from parking on the freeway shoulders

GM's Sequel will not appear at Houston auto show

January 30, 2005 Kevin Whited

Moving on from Washington Post columnists who criticize Houston, how about major automakers disrespecting Houston by declining to show some of their more innovative offerings at the Houston auto show? John C. Roper reports that

WaPo blogger regurgitates tired Houston cliches

January 30, 2005 Kevin Whited

Washington Post blogger Joel Achenbach takes some shots at Houston in a recent post. Criticism of Houston has become such a cliche that it’s surprising to me that self-important national-media types even take the time