August 2005 - Page 12 of 16

IAH is tops in on-time performance

August 9, 2005 Anne Linehan

Bush Intercontinental has the nation’s best on-time performance rate: As far as on-time arrivals and on-time departures are concerned, no other major airport in the country has a higher rate of on-time performance than the

Thank goodness the Tex-Mex is good or else they'd REALLY be ticked off!

August 8, 2005 Anne Linehan

Phew! Do you think Julie Mason is a wee bit unhappy about spending August in Crawford? RELATED: Bush Country Faces Grim Shortages of Latte, Galleries (Iowahawk)

The House Majority Leader's new press man is dreamy!

August 8, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle D.C. bureau’s Samantha Levine has posted a fawning profile of Kevin Madden, the new communications director for House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. Here’s an excerpt: To Madden, the assignment with DeLay is as

Camacho touts benefits of tunneling for I-45 expansion

August 7, 2005 Kevin Whited

Back in June, the Houston Press ran a feature on Gonzalo Camacho, a traffic/civil engineer with a unique approach to TXDOT’s announced intentions to expand I-45 — tunneling. Here’s the gist of Camacho’s proposal: There’s

O'Connor sues Harris County Appraisal District

August 7, 2005 Kevin Whited

Recently, Patrick O’Connor brought suit against the Harris County Appraisal District (HCAD)and the Appraisal Review Board (ARB). Last week, he wrote an op-ed for the Chronicle explaining the lawsuit. Here’s an excerpt: Our state Legislature

The requirement seems benign for good reason

August 7, 2005 Kevin Whited

From time to time, the Chronicle editorialists produce truly entertaining work. Today’s editorial on foreign-aid related to AIDS is a good example: WHETHER it’s creating a nation of orphans in Botswana or widowing women across

DeLay criticizes, White/Hurtt support, HPD sanctuary policy

August 7, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle editorial board isn’t going to like this pointed criticism of MayorWhiteChiefHurtt from the House Majority Leader, which means they may comment on it in a week or so: House Majority Leader Tom DeLay

Comical complaint indeed!

August 7, 2005 Kevin Whited

Yesterday, the Chronicle ran an editorial with the headline Comical Complaint. Since a number of local bloggers and message board netizens refer to Houston’s sole English-language daily newspaper as the Comical, that headline prompted a

Creating political cover on the METRO Solutions switcheroo

August 7, 2005 Kevin Whited

On Friday, the Chronicle‘s Rad Sallee reported that some transit agencies obtained exemptions from federal cost-effectiveness rules that have hindered METRO’s plans to build light rail. Culberson, the only local congressman on the House Appropriations

Q and A with Laurence Simon

August 7, 2005 Anne Linehan

We don’t know why the Houston Chronicle won’t introduce its readers to one of Houston’s more interesting residents, so in the interest of (fun) public service, blogHOUSTON conducted a little Q and A with blogger