March 2005 - Page 2 of 16

Filling city coffers

March 30, 2005 Anne Linehan

Here’s a letter to the editor in today’s Chronicle: A tax to fill coffers If the city of Houston is broke, then why not just say so and stop coming up with all these ways

HPD crime lab has new leadership to conduct probe

March 30, 2005 Anne Linehan

The Chronicle is reporting a development in the HPD crime lab probe: The former inspector general for the U.S. Justice Department will head the probe of the Houston Police Department’s embattled crime laboratory. The City

SAFEclear success?

March 29, 2005 Anne Linehan

This morning the Chronicle ran a story that said Mayor White was going to announce some SAFEclear statistics. Matt Bramanti at Lone Star Times has some thoughts on the story that was running earlier this

DMN: Rodeo gives Houston reporter a rough ride

March 29, 2005 Kevin Whited

As usual, Dallas Morning News Houston reporter Bruce Nichols is beating the Chronicle in their backyard, with a solid story on Wayne Dolcefino and his recent dustup with the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo (and

KTRK runs a story on Galveston's Social Security experiment

March 29, 2005 Anne Linehan

We recently wondered when the Chronicle would ever get around to reporting on the Galveston Social Security model. Well, now there’s an AP story on the subject that is making the rounds, and KTRK-13 is

A Houston protest in support of Terri Schiavo

March 29, 2005 Anne Linehan

It’s too bad this protest didn’t take place in front of the Chronicle building: Disabled Houstonians held a protest in downtown Tuesday over the removal of Terri Schiavo’s feeding tube, Local 2 reported. The severely

Houston is #1 in rental car sticker shock

March 29, 2005 Anne Linehan

The disparity between the base rate for a rental car and the final bill is higher at Bush Intercontinental than at any other airport: Rental car customers experience more severe sticker shock at Bush Intercontinental

MetroRail's service disruption inconvenienced Lucas Wall

March 28, 2005 Anne Linehan

Poor Lucas Wall was inconvenienced by Metro. It’s really not wise to do that to the Chronicle‘s transportation guy, because then he doesn’t write a happy column:

Chron editorialists reject the Constitutional Option

March 28, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle editorialists try to pull a fast one in today’s ranting against what the Powerline crew has dubbed The Constitutional Option: Frustrated that Democratic senators have used extended debate to reject seven of Bush’s

A perplexing correction from the Chron

March 28, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle ran a confusing correction today: An article on page A12 of Sunday’s Chronicle inaccurately described President Bush’s explanation of Mexican Independence Day. In a television interview, the president said the day is celebrated