October 2005 - Page 12 of 14

There's something about Florida

October 6, 2005 Anne Linehan

Yep, ttweak should have handled it: For the second time in almost five months, Houston was rejected as a Super Bowl city. NFL owners today awarded 2010’s Super Bowl to Miami. Houston, Atlanta and Miami

Go 'Stros!

October 5, 2005 Anne Linehan

Do you have Astros fever? Tom Kirkendall has a preview of the ‘Stros-Braves series. Laurence Simon has the blogger scoreboard and his priorities straight. Businesses that didn’t have TVs last year are ready-to-go this year.

A subheadline that misses the point

October 5, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle ran a bit of “olds” on the editorial page today, an op-ed by Douglas Kmiec that appeared in the Washington Post yesterday. In the WaPo, the op-ed ran with only the headline An

WaPo discovers that red light cameras increase accidents in D.C.

October 4, 2005 Anne Linehan

Since Houston is on the verge of getting red light cameras — you know, for safety’s sake — I think this Washington Post story is worth highlighting, talking about what has happened as a result

Metro's new budget promises more bus route cuts and layoffs (updated)

October 4, 2005 Anne Linehan

In a recent state audit Metro was encouraged to figure out why ridership has plummeted over the past few years. We have been able to identify a big reason (cutting bus routes) and Laurence Simon

Council to target "visual blight" of news racks?

October 4, 2005 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11’s Doug Miller reports on a strange priority of certain councilmembers: As downtown Houston livens up and attracts more people, it’s also attracting more paper racks. By one count, there are more than 1,400 of

It really WAS hotter than usual

October 4, 2005 Kevin Whited

I’ve been whining to anyone who will listen that September was brutally hot. Most of the victims of my whining have just shrugged and given me some version of, “It’s Houston. What did you expect?”

Spring ISD doesn't let "no" vote stop it from raising tax rate

October 4, 2005 Anne Linehan

Wow! Dan Patrick (KSEV-700) just spoke with Dr. Bert Williams, who led the charge to defeat Spring ISD’s bond initiative, and Dr. Williams told Patrick that the election defeat didn’t stop Spring ISD. At a

HISD's (expensive) press office helps Chronicle reporting

October 3, 2005 Anne Linehan

It was a slow week for Chronicle Wrap-ups, so Jason Spencer had to dig deep to find this one that revives a tired Chronicle complaint — HISD spends too much money on its press office.

Councilmember radio on KTRH

October 3, 2005 Kevin Whited

Councilmember Michael Berry will be subbing for Sam Malone on KTRH-740 tomorrow (Tuesday), from 10 a.m.-noon. If you like talk radio that’s about Houston, this could be an interesting couple of hours.