April 2005 - Page 7 of 15

Chron advocates banning some political speech

April 17, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle has spilled quite a bit of ink on its news and editorial pages agitating in favor of House Bill 1348, which is broadly characterized as campaign finance legislation. Interestingly, the bill would also

Taxpayer-funded Hilton Americas not living up to expectations

April 17, 2005 Anne Linehan

Here’s an Orlando Sentinel story about taxpayer-funded, convention center-hotels that highlights the Hilton Americas-Houston: This south Texas metropolis has what Orange County wants: a new, upscale hotel attached to an expanded convention center. Built at

Weekend fun with headlines (updated)

April 17, 2005 Kevin Whited

We sometimes wonder if any grownups oversee the Chronicle on the weekends. Earlier, the site posted a story with the following sub-headline (and page title): NRA fights efforts to keep terror suspects from buying firearms

Metro's winning friends

April 17, 2005 Anne Linehan

Here’s a comment on a Houston Metroblogging post: …Recently, I got taken off the metro-rail for supposedly ‘scamming fare’ when in fact I had a valid ticket, or so I thought. I paid a two-dollar

Why won't Metro release 2004's financial information?

April 17, 2005 Anne Linehan

If you go to Metro’s website you will find annual reports for 2001, 2002 and 2003. Since we are well into FY2005, Tom Bazan has been asking where FY2004’s report is. He has sent several

Gebe Martinez finds another "moderate Republican" to denounce DeLay

April 16, 2005 Anne Linehan

Gebe Martinez, who is no doubt hard at work investigating Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee’s congressional trips, manages to find time for another story on Majority Leader Tom DeLay: A former Republican congressman who was a

HISD in the news

April 16, 2005 Anne Linehan

10 groups submit bids to manage 3 HISD schools: The list of 10 groups that have submitted bids to manage three troubled Houston high schools includes private education companies, nonprofit organizations and current Houston Independent

Coming soon: Chronicle reporting on Reps. Jackson Lee and Green?

April 15, 2005 Anne Linehan

Yesterday an interesting thing popped up on Rush Limbaugh’s show: Now, I want to take you to C-SPAN this morning. There was a caller, a caller to C-SPAN’s Washington Journal. The host is Rob Harlson.

Municipal campaigns kick off in earnest

April 15, 2005 Kevin Whited

The campaign season for offices in the city of Houston seemed finally to get underway in earnest today, as KHOU-11’s Doug Miller reported on campaign finance allegations raised by candidate Sue Lovell against candidate Jay

Rick Casey's not in favor of sunshine for the Sports Authority

April 15, 2005 Anne Linehan

Rick Casey devoted his column today to Billy Burge’s on-air meltdown from last week: Mark Twain, Abraham Lincoln and Samuel Johnson left no record of their feelings on the use of their tax money to