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Month: June 2005

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Chron runs first of multi-part olds from Casey

June 12, 2005 Kevin Whited

Rick Casey uses the recent BP explosion to take a trip down memory lane, recounting a tale of OSHA violations by a Houston company headed by Erik K. Ho in the 1990s. Casey contends that

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SAFEClear and rail touted as congestion-reducing solutions

June 12, 2005 Anne Linehan

KTRK-13 is running an AP story about the increasing problem of traffic congestion in Texas. One congestion-reducing idea included in the story is Houston’s SAFEClear program: “The traffic on our freeways tends to move when

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Editorial LiveJournal: Mr. Gibbons rides his bike!

June 11, 2005 Kevin Whited

Chronicle editorial page editor and Platonic idealist James Howard Gibbons has another of his Editorial LiveJournals in today’s newspaper. Here’s a sample: The summer day had set in with its usual severity when I set

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Northside residents don't want light rail in their neighborhood

June 11, 2005 Anne Linehan

Some north Houston residents are not thrilled with the MetroRail’s proposed route through their neighborhood: The route would extend from downtown to Greenspoint Mall and beyond. But people along one section of the proposed line

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One battle the city isn't interested in fighting

June 11, 2005 Anne Linehan

Remember when Mayor White got approval to spend $100,000 of taxpayer dollars to have Proposition 2 declared illegal, even though Prop. 2 was passed with 56 percent of the vote? Well, the residents of one

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Is HISD the only school district with TAKS scores to report?

June 11, 2005 Anne Linehan

I see the Chronicle is reporting HISD’s results from the second round of fifth-grade TAKS testing: Results released Friday by HISD show that 81 percent of fifth-graders have passed the math portion of the test

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Houston Emergency Center is feeling the heat

June 10, 2005 Anne Linehan

The Houston Emergency Center has been dealing with a new problem: An air conditioning problem at the Houston Emergency Center has at least one police officer concerned that dispatch calls could be delayed, Local 2

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Food and drink roundup (06-10-2005 edition)

June 10, 2005 Callie Markantonis

The weekend is upon us, and it’s time for a quick and easy (not to mention timely) food and drink roundup. Alison Cook does tapas at Rioja Spanish Tapas…and does them…and does them. Robb Walsh

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Kirby construction

June 10, 2005 Callie Markantonis

Michael Reed of the West University Examiner reports that the fifty thousand or so drivers who use Kirby Dr. each day are in for a bit of change, come the end of the year: Sometime

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Houston firefighter explains rejection of labor deal

June 10, 2005 Kevin Whited

Recently, Houston Fire Department union members rejected a deal negotiated by their leaders and Mayor White. Most media coverage hasn’t really gone into much depth why members rejected the deal, and the Chronicle even wrote

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