September 2005 - Page 9 of 14

HPD changes its mind on conducting day laborer stings

September 14, 2005 Anne Linehan

One could get whiplash trying to follow HPD decisionmaking. First HPD was photographing “day laborers” (our newest euphemism to describe illegal immigrants apparently) as a means of ID, then HPD said it wouldn’t take any

Council refuses to renew MediaSource contract

September 14, 2005 Kevin Whited

Houston City Council gave Mayor White a rare setback today, refusing to approve the MediaSource contract. The Chronicle‘s Matt Stiles reports: In a confusing and unexpected vote today, a divided City Council refused to renew

Citizen-journalists look inside the shelters

September 13, 2005 Kevin Whited

Tom Kirkendall calls attention to a blog by South Texas College of Law professors Tracy McGaugh and Kathy Bergin, who are making daily trips to volunteer at the city’s official evacuee shelters: Each day, the

Blossom likes Dave Ward

September 13, 2005 Kevin Whited

Ken Hoffman chronicles the Houston media thoughts of Blossom, a Boston Terrier, in his regular pet adoption column: “I love when newscasters lose their temper on the air. Dave Ward blew his top when a

Hurtt: Crime rates haven't gone up since Katrina

September 13, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Matt Stiles reports that city officials are saying that Houston has not seen a spike in crime as a result of the influx of evacuees: Dealing with the influx of Hurricane Katrina evacuees

More on the DeLay Astrodome appearance

September 13, 2005 Kevin Whited

Yesterday, photographer F. Carter Smith emailed me regarding an earlier blog post about House Majority Leader Tom DeLay’s comments at the Reliant hurricane relief site. I’m posting his photo (bottom) and email with permission (secured

The Brown Administration legacy grows

September 13, 2005 Kevin Whited

With the trip out of town and the Katrina blogging last week, I neglected to mention that the legacy of the Lee Brown Administration managed to grow just a bit more. The Chronicle‘s Dan Feldstein,

Can commuter rail and Union Pacific share the same rail lines?

September 12, 2005 Anne Linehan

Rad Sallee and Patrick Kurp have a story in today’s Chronicle about Metro’s commuter rail plans: If everything falls into place, Metro President and CEO Frank Wilson said recently, at least one of three proposed

Yes, the Chronicle can still surprise us

September 12, 2005 Kevin Whited

In this blog’s first year (yes, it’s almost been one year), we’ve documented plenty of problems in Houston Chronicle copy. We’ve criticized strange editorial decisions. We’ve occasionally played a role in getting the newspaper to

Pass the tequila

September 12, 2005 Anne Linehan

I guess it’s my turn. Kevin is most likely hungover after yesterday’s Chron editorial-dissection post, so I’ll tackle today’s offering. You see, the editorial board wants us to know that journalists are REALLY courageous for