February 2005 - Page 10 of 15

State addresses Houston's new revenue generating ideas

February 11, 2005 Anne Linehan

State lawmakers are undoubtedly giving Mayor Bill White heartburn. Today’s Chronicle reports on last night’s news that Sen. Whitmire’s towing legislation is zipping through the Senate, and also talks about how the Legislature is addressing

Mayor White looks to combine $AFEclear with an expanded MAP

February 11, 2005 Anne Linehan

KPRC-2 is running a very interesting story about Mayor White, $AFEclear and MAP: Houston’s mayor made plans Friday to expand a motorist assistance program in an effort to save a controversial towing ordinance, Local 2

Increasing light rail ridership during Rodeo

February 11, 2005 Anne Linehan

In our forum, one of our commenters, Bill F, mentioned that Metro has stopped providing rodeo and football game shuttles so it can improve ridership numbers on MetroRail instead. That reminded me of a press

Food and drink roundup (02-10-2005 edition)

February 10, 2005 Kevin Whited

Houston’s food and drink reviewers head off the beaten path a bit this week. Robb Walsh likes Sabor for lunch and breakfast, but advises thinking twice about dinner. Alison Cook visits French Bistro Calais. Ken

Metro caused its own funding problem

February 10, 2005 Anne Linehan

Lucas Wall has written an eye-opening look at why MetroRail’s federal funding request was denied by the Federal Transit Administration. It basically boils down to Metro not wanting to play by the FTA’s rules.

Senate committee approves Whitmire's towing legislation

February 10, 2005 Anne Linehan

A state Senate committe has approved Sen. John Whitmire’s bill that would effectively put an end to $AFEclear, and according to KPRC-2, the full Senate is expected to vote on the legislation next week.

Public safety priorities

February 10, 2005 Anne Linehan

KHOU-11 has reported on two more instances of questionable prioritizing by HPD and the city of Houston. First, KHOU uncovered a taxpayer-funded study the city of Houston commissioned in 2003, that says the city’s emergency

TxDOT hears from public about I-45 expansion idea

February 9, 2005 Anne Linehan

TxDOT held its I-45 information meeting last night, and Charles Kuffner was able to attend and his question was asked: The Q&A session was where the action occurred. Well, in the questions, anyway, where the

MetroRail's not getting federal funding — for now

February 9, 2005 Anne Linehan

Lucas Wall, in today’s Chronicle, reports that Metro has been denied federal funding for 2006, which will impede Metro’s planned expansion: In a report to Congress released on Tuesday, the Federal Transit Administration details rail

Casey muddles through vote-fraud controversy

February 9, 2005 Kevin Whited

Charles Kuffner criticizes Chronicle columnist Rick Casey for getting “a bit muddled about the actual fraud that Rep. Will Hartnett found in his discovery process” in the Talmadge Heflin challenge. I agree that Casey is