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Restaurant smoking ban is in effect

September 6, 2005 Anne Linehan

Houstonians just got healthier (remember Mayor White is looking out for you) as the city’s new restaurant smoking ban is now in effect: Houston’s smoking ordinance went into effect Monday, requiring restaurants and other eating

Casey expands on bizarre government/religion theme

September 6, 2005 Kevin Whited

Some months ago, noxious Chronicle metro/state editorialist and gossip columnist Rick Casey let slip some interesting observations to the Harris County Democratic Party that promptly showed up on their weblog. In his most recent column,

What makes a world-class city?

September 6, 2005 Kevin Whited

The rest of the country is beginning to see what we Houstonians love about our city — that it may not be full of “world class” tourist attractions, but it’s a city that gets things

Chron links Katrina, Peak Oil, and mass transit

September 6, 2005 Kevin Whited

Unsurprisingly, the Chronicle editorialists have used the Katrina aftermath as an opportunity for a little Hubbert Peak scaremongering and mass transit cheerleading: Perhaps the shock of Katrina’s destruction, the demonstrated vulnerability of the nation’s energy

KHOU Interviews HISD bus drivers

September 5, 2005 Anne Linehan

I was hoping for this! KHOU-11 has interviewed several of the HISD bus drivers who have returned from helping evacuate residents of New Orleans. Click on the two video links to hear their tales.

Important transit lessons from New Orleans disaster

September 5, 2005 Anne Linehan

Tom Kirkendall has linked to an important piece that should be mandatory reading for City of Houston and Metro officials: Those who fervently wish for car-free cities should take a closer look at New Orleans.

Move It! covers Metro's "restructuring"

September 5, 2005 Anne Linehan

Rad Sallee’s Move It! column notes Metro’s layoffs, and also a new labor agreement: The Metropolitan Transit Authority last week approved a three-year labor agreement with the Transit Workers Union, which represents bus operators, mechanics

Labor Day reading

September 5, 2005 Anne Linehan

— Tom Kirkendall writes about the massive relief effort going on behind-the-scenes by a network of local churches and charities. My own church is one of those listed and its efforts to help are extensive.

Katrina news bites: medication, transportation for evacuees

September 4, 2005 Anne Linehan

— Mayor White has announced that evacuees will be able to get medication, both prescription and non-prescription, free of charge for up to 30 days. Also, people who do not have a doctor’s prescription will

RV's for evacuees

September 4, 2005 Anne Linehan

Banjo Jones has a post up about an idea Scott Chaffin has: Scott Chaffin, who writes The Fat Guy blog up in the D-FW area of the Great State of Texas, is wondering if there