November 2005 - Page 10 of 14

Chron: no need for differing opinion

November 9, 2005 Anne Linehan

Remember the Chron editorial where the editorialists raged at Harris County Tax Assessor Paul Bettencourt? This morning Bettencourt was on Edd Hendee’s show for some election analysis, and one interesting thing he mentioned was that

Thinking about Sweeney's circulation spin

November 9, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s self-serving story explaining away its decline in circulation did not escape the keen eye of Slampo, who does quite a thorough Fisking of the entire piece on his blog. Here’s an excerpt: The

End of the line for Gilley's

November 9, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Thayer Evans reports that the last vestiges of a Houston-area landmark of sorts are being destroyed this week: Long before Gilley’s Rodeo Arena was glamorized by the 1980 movie Urban Cowboy, Terry Rinehart

Casey: Mayors rarely move successfully to higher office

November 9, 2005 Kevin Whited

Chronicle metro/state editorialist and gossip columnist Rick Casey today writes about Mayor White’s resounding political victory, his possible ambitions for higher office, and the difficulties that popular mayors in Texas have had moving on to

SAFEclear costs to go up again

November 8, 2005 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11’s Mike Zientek reports on changes that Mayor White has proposed to SAFEclear in response to a federal judge’s ruling on the mandatory towing program: The mayor chose Election Day to unveil proposed changes to

Mayor's press release poses as reporting on KHOU

November 8, 2005 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11’s Chau Nguyen follows up on Doug Miller’s teaser about municipal wifi with coverage that amounts to a press release from the Mayor’s office: Mayor Bill White said that if all goes as planned, Houston

Metro cancels two public meetings on bus route changes

November 8, 2005 Anne Linehan

Remember Metro had scheduled public meetings Wednesday, to discuss that really long list of bus service “improvements”? Well, Metro cancelled them: The Metropolitan Transit Authority has canceled two public meetings that were scheduled for noon

Will HPD's new camera truck lead to confiscated cars?

November 8, 2005 Anne Linehan

Check out HPD’s latest toy: There’s a brand-new pickup truck decked out with video cameras cruising around town. While people are making u-turns and gawking as it passes them, it seems that truck is helping

Chronicle sees steep 6% drop in circulation (updated!)

November 7, 2005 Anne Linehan

The latest newspaper circulation numbers have been reported by the Audit Bureau of Circulations, and the Chronicle has suffered another decline in readership: Average weekday circulation of America’s 20 biggest newspapers for the six-month period

Maybe Tilman Fertitta could build a Park & Ride ferris wheel?

November 7, 2005 Kevin Whited

METRO, once a regional mobility organization, is moving full speed ahead with its new real-estate development mission: In its second venture into “transit-oriented development,” the Metropolitan Transit Authority is planning a four-story Park & Ride