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Month: September 2005

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Mack on the Mayor's technocratic/progressive parking plans

September 8, 2005 Kevin Whited

In her column last week, Kristen Mack wrote the following about Mayor White’s parking priorities: Last week, the city created a 15-member public parking commission — composed of nine voting members with experience in the

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KTRK followup on New York Times

September 8, 2005 Kevin Whited

We hear from KTRK-13 that the station will be airing an update on the recent story by Tom Abrahams on a couple of articles from the New York Times company that put an ugly slant

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"Houston hospitality has been the best"

September 8, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Michael Murphy writes about several new members of Tom Penders’ Cougar basketball family: A group of UH basketball players were playing an impromptu pickup game at Hofheinz Pavilion. It was a mix of

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HISD begins massive enrollment effort (updated)

September 7, 2005 Anne Linehan

Today HISD began the tremendous job of enrolling thousands of school-aged children displaced by Katrina: The massive task of enrolling thousands of displaced children in Houston schools begins in earnest this morning at the Reliant

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Chron: Perry overestimated; No, he underestimated

September 7, 2005 Kevin Whited

Tom Tyler calls our attention to a recent article by the Chronicle Austin bureau’s R.G. Ratcliffe that can’t seem to decide how to attack Gov. Rick Perry’s response to the Act of God that devastated

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KTRK's Abrahams calls out NY Times

September 7, 2005 Kevin Whited

KTRK-13’s Tom Abrahams engages in a bit of media criticism related to recent coverage of Houston’s Katrina efforts by New York Times outlets: Houston is home to the largest relief shelter in American history. From

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Chron doing its part to help Katrina evacuees

September 7, 2005 Anne Linehan

This is an interesting look at how the (often criticized by us) Houston Chronicle is meeting the needs of Houston’s many new residents: As the population of Houston swells — it’s estimated the city has

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Katrina gives city reprieve from SAFEclear headache

September 7, 2005 Anne Linehan

The City of Houston bought itself some time in dealing with a judge’s SAFEclear-killing ruling by saying it needs to focus on the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina: At the city’s request, U.S. District Judge Kenneth

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They are killing trees to print these editorials (cont'd)

September 6, 2005 Anne Linehan

The Chron.com blogs are must–reads. The Chronicle‘s news pages are everywhere, covering the news that should be covered. The Chronicle‘s editorials…well, some things don’t change. After an incredible week that has seen Houston do the

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City Council approves disaster relief funds

September 6, 2005 Anne Linehan

Charles Kuffner points to this Matt Stiles story noting that city council has approved $10 million for disaster-relief efforts: The money, which would come from a street and bridge construction fund, might be used to

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