March 2005 - blogHOUSTON

I-45 meeting this Saturday

March 31, 2005 Anne Linehan

Charles Kuffner has information on a meeting this Saturday to discuss TxDOT’s plan to widen I-45.

Groups fret over Taser usage; Chronicle hops to attention

March 31, 2005 Anne Linehan

The Chronicle‘s Roma Khanna — who has done yeoman’s work for Jeff Cohen in exposing the shocking fact that HPD officers have actually had to use their guns when dealing with bad guys, and in

Chron garners award for Enron-related coverage

March 31, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Houston Chronicle, criticized for its coverage of Enron as the company was unravelling, has won an award from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers in the Breaking News category, for its more

What's Jon Lindsay up to now?

March 31, 2005 Anne Linehan

Houston Architecture Info Forum has posted a bill that state Sen. Jon Lindsay (I’m suspicious already) has filed “relating to the planning, construction, and operation of toll road projects by certain counties.” Since Sen. Lindsay

Councilwoman calls for SAFEclear audit

March 31, 2005 Anne Linehan

KPRC-2 is reporting that Councilwoman Shelley Sekula-Gibbs is requesting an audit of the SAFEclear program: Councilwoman Shelley Sekula-Gibbs asked the city controller for a thorough accounting of the controversial program. “It’s important to know not

Texas shield law for journalists rears its head again

March 31, 2005 Anne Linehan

A few weeks back, the Chronicle editors wrote an editorial encouraging the Legislature to pass HB188, a bill that would give journalists special privileges — in essence, a shield law. We pointed out then that

Houston's tricky water billing method

March 30, 2005 Anne Linehan

I’d call this a creative way to increase water revenues: Let’s say your March bill says you used 3,000 gallons, but unknown to you, you actually used 3,800 gallons. The additional 800 gallons are rolled

Chron: high gas prices makes Metro appealing

March 30, 2005 Anne Linehan

Owen Courreges points out that in today’s Chronicle editorial on high gas prices, the editorial board takes an opportunity to promote Metro: The more the price of gasoline increases, the better Houston Metro’s $2 day

Hispanics support school vouchers

March 30, 2005 Anne Linehan

A large percentage of Hispanics in Harris County support school vouchers, according to a new poll: In a poll sponsored by a group working to pass a school voucher bill, almost 73 percent of Harris

New mainstream = secretive group that targets GOP?

March 30, 2005 Kevin Whited

Orrin Judd points us to an editorial posted to The Hill that excoriates Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), an interest group that promotes greater transparency in politics but, as the editorial points