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Month: February 2005

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Metro's January ridership numbers

February 14, 2005 Anne Linehan

The Chronicle reports the latest ridership figures released by Metro: January’s ridership report shows 32,384 average daily boardings on MetroRail. That is the second highest monthly average reported since passenger service began in January 2004.

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Peter Jennings tackles Houston traffic

February 14, 2005 Anne Linehan

If you’ve been listening to local news today, you may know that Peter Jennings has been in Houston and interviewed Mayor White. ABC News has posted a story about Houston traffic and at the end

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Silverman resurrects tech blog

February 14, 2005 Kevin Whited

Chronicle tech guru Dwight Silverman has resurrected his tech blog. This is a “big deal” on a couple of levels. First, Silverman knows his stuff, so the blog will be interesting substantively. Second, Silverman is

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Further thoughts on Houston radio ratings

February 13, 2005 Kevin Whited

Recently, this blog and the Brazosport News called attention to newly released radio ratings on a public website. The discussion that ensued prompted KSEV-700’s Dan Patrick to post an explanation of those ratings and his

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MetroRail crash victim speaks out

February 13, 2005 Anne Linehan

KHOU-11 has interviewed the driver of the van that was hit by a MetroRail train last week: “All I could do was close my eyes and say, ‘oh my God, oh my God’ and I

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Chronicle: Metro's funding problems are DeLay's and Culberson's fault

February 13, 2005 Anne Linehan

Today’s Chronicle tells us, in a four-reporter story carrying Lucas Wall’s byline, that Metro’s funding hiccup isn’t the fault of Metro’s self-described “innovative” funding proposal. It’s actually the fault of Rep. Tom DeLay and Rep.

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Chronicle scolds Sen. Whitmire

February 12, 2005 Anne Linehan

The Chronicle editors decided to wag their fingers at state Sen. John Whitmire for his bill that would end $AFEclear, the way it is currently structured. The editorial is vintage Chronicle editors, showing a lack

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Chron finally covers HPD manpower woes

February 12, 2005 Kevin Whited

Some television stations, talk radio hosts, and this blog have been pointing out HPD’s manpower shortages for some time. The Chronicle finally took up the topic today, in a lengthy article by S.K. Bardwell. Here

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Saavedra gets okay for administrative restructuring

February 11, 2005 Anne Linehan

The HISD board has approved Superintendent Abe Saavedra’s plan to reduce the size of HISD’s bureaucracy: Houston schools Superintendent Abe Saavedra was given the go-ahead Thursday to radically change the district’s administrative structure by replacing

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Local media covers the latest MetroRail crash — with one exception

February 11, 2005 Anne Linehan

As most people probably know, there was another MetroRail crash yesterday and it’s interesting to look at the local media’s coverage. KPRC-2’s story immediately places the blame on the van’s driver: A handicap van hit

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