Mayor White, Czar Saperstein, and Councilman Berry continue to insist that their new $AFEclear initiative is rooted in concerns of public safety, and not revenues for the city. Interestingly, they ignore the fact that we
With the New Year’s festivities behind, Houston drivers took to the freeways today, and many of them were confronted with Mayor White’s expensive and intrusive new SAFEclear program (which we’ve dubbed $AFEclear), by which an
We got a little nervous there for a while, but the Chronicle didn’t disappoint. The paper came through today with the latest installment of Chron Eye for the Death Row Killer Guy. Now, they did
We’ve argued previously that we think the Chronicle needs to improve its local coverage significantly, and that it needs to exercise much better judgment about the wire copy that it runs (and edits). That’s because
Rob Booth notes this Chronicle story about the city trying to book medical conventions — it appears Jordy Tollett actually spoke to a media person. Maybe he’s trying to keep his job — and the
Charles Kuffner calls attention to a Chronicle investigative report from R.G. Ratcliffe on potential conflicts of interest and improprieties within the Texas system of health and human services. The article typifies the gap that will
It appears that Houston Community Newspapers has decided to go the way of the Chronicle and build a pay archive wall: News reports may be accessed free of charge for 21 days from the day
David Kaplan has an enlightening and entertaining article filled with predictions from Houston area business folks. Some of it’s serious: Dan Pickering, president, Pickering Energy Partners The city will enjoy a slowly improving economy. Employment
As promised in recent posts, the blogHOUSTON bloggers have been doing some brainstorming to come up with a list of suggestions to improve the Houston Chronicle — because this great city deserves a much better
Yesterday’s editorial page featured two fun house editorials. The first was a celebration of light rail’s first year in Houston, and praise for Metro in reducing accidents along the line. One expects no less from