March 2005 - Page 6 of 16

Metro has an executive shake-up

March 21, 2005 Anne Linehan

A new face has joined Metro’s leadership: David Feeley joined Metro’s executive staff March 9. The 62-year-old, who recently returned from working in Iraq and was planning to sail across the Atlantic Ocean before being

Jackson-Lee always finds the press

March 21, 2005 Kevin Whited

KTRH-740 news just ran a blurb that included comments from Representative Sheila Jackson-Lee (D) that suggested that she supported the Terri Schiavo legislation passed by the House early this morning. That’s all well and good,

Hello? Anyone home at Metro?

March 20, 2005 Anne Linehan

Laurence Simon had a little problem trying to call the hotline Metro lists on its signs: Folks, I’ve never talked to a live human being on that number. Ever. I’ve waited for over 30 minutes

Carnival of the Cats is one year old!

March 20, 2005 Anne Linehan

We have covered the Carnival of the Cats before, when the New York Times and Time Magazine reported on it. The Carnival just happens to be organized by local blogger Laurence Simon. Well, today is

Correcting some errors in Jason Spencer's story

March 20, 2005 Anne Linehan

Yesterday I was dismissive of a Jason Spencer story about the lower TAKS test scores at some HISD schools. What Spencer led the reader to believe is that schools with lower scores are the same

KPFT: The sound of fringe-left purity

March 20, 2005 Kevin Whited

Many of us who are Americana/Texas country music fans remember well KPFT-90.1’s heyday in the late 1990s, when its “Sound of Texas” format made the station a big player on the Texas music scene, even

A little balance to the "peace" march

March 20, 2005 Anne Linehan

Yesterday, the Chronicle sent two reporters to cover Houston’s Iraq war protest, which drew, we are told, 200 protesters. This is my favorite part: The Houston Area Department of Peace held the “walking meditation” on

Ho-hum: Chron runs another HISD-is-bad story

March 19, 2005 Anne Linehan

You’ll have to pardon me for not getting too worked up over this Chronicle headline: Test scores fall sharply at scrutinized schools. First, the story is by Jason Spencer. Second, it’s in the Chronicle. Third,

Eckels abandons conservative principles on gas tax

March 19, 2005 Kevin Whited

There’s an old phrase used by academics who study bureaucratic/organizational politics, “where you sit determines where you stand.” The phrase means that institutional pressures frequently shape the preferences and advocacy of policymakers, sometimes as much

Metro's "smart card" saga rolls on

March 19, 2005 Anne Linehan

I chuckled when I saw this Metro press release yesterday: METRO recently made buying fare passes even more convenient with the launch of the Online RideStore, where patrons can purchase fare items using a credit