June 2005 - Page 9 of 18

More Bob Stein — this time on SAFEclear

June 17, 2005 Anne Linehan

Bloomberg.com is running a fawning SAFEclear story: Tow trucks are doing what politicians can only hope to achieve with billions of dollars in transportation spending: easing traffic congestion in Houston, the fourth-largest U.S. city. A

How to identify Bob Stein

June 17, 2005 Kevin Whited

Chronicle politics columnist Kristen Mack reports today on the companies vying for the city’s red-light-camera contract, and the city-hall ties of some of their lobbyists. The column concludes with a proper identification of Rice University

Uh oh: Sports Authority still working on Major League Soccer deal

June 17, 2005 Anne Linehan

Here’s a perfect example of why the Sports Authority should be sunsetted out of existence: Officials with Mexican soccer league champion Club Am

HISD employees to receive at least three percent raise

June 17, 2005 Anne Linehan

All HISD employees should be seeing a three percent raise, with teachers also being eligible for performance bonuses, thanks to the proposed 2005-06 budget: Teachers could earn extra money next year if their students show

Beware of a Dwight Silverman media appearance near you

June 16, 2005 Kevin Whited

Chronicle tech guru and “Houston Driver” Dwight Silverman is everywhere! He’s blogging. He’s writing columns. He’s broadcasting. He’s random podcasting. He’s burning up the Chron servers with new blogs. And now, he’s helping out KHOU-11

Does Mayor White trust the voters?

June 16, 2005 Anne Linehan

We nearly passed out this morning when we saw Rad Sallee’s story in today’s Chronicle: Two days after Metro’s revised transit plan was announced, criticism was bubbling up in the minority communities whose votes for

How not to report on an audit

June 16, 2005 Kevin Whited

Yesterday, we gave the Chronicle‘s evolving coverage of the SAFEclear audit a bit of a break, suspecting that the story that appeared in the morning editions of the print version would be significantly different. Instead,

A potpourri of blather from the Chronicle DC bureau

June 16, 2005 Kevin Whited

Sedosi Alhambra points out something interesting about a Bennett Roth/Samantha Levine story from the Chronicle‘s underwhelming Washington bureau. The story comments on House financial disclosures, covering Majority Leader Tom DeLay’s disclosures in some detail, while

Metro's holding board meetings today

June 16, 2005 Anne Linehan

I check Metro’s “Meetings and Notices” page frequently (just like the Sports Authority) and it has been empty. Well, today a whole slew of board meetings are listed, with some interesting topics. For example, during

HISD students help restore Evergreen Cemetery

June 16, 2005 Anne Linehan

Some HISD students have been busy cleaning up a historic Fifth Ward cemetery: Almost three dozen students from HISD’s Wheatley High School (4900 Market Street) have been honoring their neighborhood’s rich heritage over the past