November 2005 - Page 13 of 14

Was Katy Taylor the favorite or not?

November 3, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s sports reporter Emily Davis seems a little confused: Katy Taylor was the No. 1 seed at last weekend’s Region III-5A team tennis tournament, but that didn’t mean the Mustangs were favored to win

Was that a secret meeting TxDOT held Tuesday night?

November 3, 2005 Anne Linehan

Something odd happened up here in far North Harris County a couple of days ago. On Tuesday, Nov. 1, Connie O’Donnell drove past Klein Oak High School at 6 p.m. to run an errand. At

Sekula-Gibbs criticizes mayor on healthcare priorities

November 3, 2005 Kevin Whited

Doctor/councilwoman Shelley Sekula-Gibbs is not happy that a majority on council voted to raise taxes even as Mayor White is cutting municipal health services: THE city of Houston is raising taxes while cutting back services.

Nothing like an endorsement after the voting starts

November 3, 2005 Kevin Whited

With early voting coming to a close, another Council endorsement trickled out of the Chronicle yesterday: Incumbent Toni Lawrence for District A. The election will be held on Tuesday. The value of an endorsement so

Metro's site adds new Solutions, real estate section and amazing facts!

November 2, 2005 Anne Linehan

In doing the last post on Metro’s bus route cuts, I discovered something interesting on Metro’s website: the old Metro Solutions page has been replaced with a new Metro Solutions page! Here’s the old Metro

That was fast!

November 2, 2005 Anne Linehan

Remember that eye-popping sign Laurence Simon saw on a Metro bus recently? Today he notes that Metro has changed the sign. Take a look at the new one. =)

Time for a new round of Metro bus route cuts

November 2, 2005 Anne Linehan

Metro must still think the path to increased ridership includes cutting bus routes, because Metro has a new round of “service adjustments” ready to go: METRO will conduct two public hearings to receive comments on

Cragg Hines isn't a fan of Judge Alito

November 1, 2005 Anne Linehan

Matt Bramanti points out today’s Cragg Hines column on Supreme Court nominee Sam Alito: IF you like machine guns, you’ll love Sam Alito. [snip] Alito, a rock star to conservatives who scuttled Bush’s nomination of

Temporary red light camera delay

November 1, 2005 Anne Linehan

via KTRK-13: Red light cameras that were supposed to be in place Tuesday at busy downtown intersections already face a snag. The cameras designed to catch red light runners were supposed to begin a trial

World-class panhandling

November 1, 2005 Kevin Whited

Laurence Simon had an interesting experience with Houston’s homeless and METRO. METRO really doesn’t need to commission $250,000 studies to figure out why people aren’t enamored of their transportation system. Reading Laurence’s blog would cost