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Month: July 2005

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Maybe he thinks he's Saint Patrick?

July 20, 2005 Kevin Whited

Banjo Jones posts a two–parter that questions the fashion sense of Chronicle sports columnist and blogger Richard Justice. That green is just hideous. Definitely not world-class.

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DeLay and Hines on the same page

July 20, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Associated Press reported today that House Majority Leader Tom DeLay would support the repeal of the Wright Amendment, which restricts flights from Love Field in Dallas: House Majority Leader Tom DeLay said Wednesday that

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Alarmist headline isn't backed up by Chron story

July 19, 2005 Anne Linehan

Here’s a headline in today’s Chronicle: New grad rate formula OK’d by 45 states, but not Texas Oh no! What is wrong with Texas? Texas was one of five states that did not agree to

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The Hill (but not the Chron): Cornyn to run for leadership post

July 19, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Hill reports that Sen. John Cornyn will be challenging Sen. John Ensign for vice chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, the number five Senate post in the Republican party. The Chronicle‘s D.C. bureau? From

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Chronicle should consider shuttering DC bureau (cont'd)

July 19, 2005 Kevin Whited

Today’s column from the Chronicle‘s D.C. bureau reporter Julie Mason is the latest to lend credence to the notion that the newspaper should consider shutting down its D.C. operation and redeploying the journalistic resources locally.

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An Isolated Desolation doubletake

July 19, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle editorialists just can’t help themselves. Today, they managed to take an issue that many can agree on — poor conditions at the Harris County jail — and come up with a typical editorial

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Jon Lindsay not seeking reelection?

July 19, 2005 Anne Linehan

Lone Star Times has heard that state Sen. Jon Lindsay will not seek reelection: Multiple sources confirm to LST that State Senator and noted tree-farmer Jon “Appleseed” Lindsay has informed Lt. Gov. Dewhurst and key

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Jackson Lee: Internet outreach improves neighborhood safety

July 18, 2005 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11’s Carolyn Campbell reports that the Fifth Ward is engaged in a community internet outreach program of sorts: For all the news about high-speed Internet and the information age, there are still places in Houston

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Food and drink roundup (07-18-2005 edition)

July 18, 2005 Callie Markantonis

What better way to kick off a Monday morning than with a food and drink roundup. Alison Cook takes in sushi and robata at downtown’s version of Azuma and finds the sushi better than the

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A Wrap-Up story that doesn't wrap it up

July 18, 2005 Anne Linehan

Last week we posted on Spring Branch ISD’s fight to prevent the city of Houston from condemning a piece of land in front of an elementary school to create a new turn lane. Both the

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