November 2005 - Page 3 of 14

Mayor Nagin holds town hall meeting in Houston

November 27, 2005 Anne Linehan

New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin held a meeting in Houston today with some of his former constituents: Frustration, doubt and anger greeted New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin on Sunday as he implored displaced residents from

Ellis campaign bungles sanctuary policy, begins to circle drain

November 26, 2005 Kevin Whited

Matt Stiles reported before Thanksgiving that the State Senate campaign of current city councilmember Mark Ellis committed a big blunder: Mark Ellis’ state Senate campaign has sent an e-mail to supporters calling two of his

Usually, it's just the downtown pols emitting gas

November 25, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Monica Guzman reports on a mishap at yesterday’s Thanksgiving Day parade: A woman watching the 56th annual Washington Mutual Thanksgiving Day Parade passed out after inhaling gas that was leaking out of a

Councilmember solicits blogger input on panhandling

November 24, 2005 Kevin Whited

Councilmember Michael Berry, who reads this blog among others locally, has circulated an email to various bloggers asking for input on panhandling/soliciting on Houston roadways. He’ll be sitting in for Chris Baker on KTRH-740 on

A Chron.com page we would have designed

November 24, 2005 Kevin Whited

With the redesign, Chron.com is touting this page as its one-stop headline page. However, it’s not a one-stop page. Unfortunately, only a handful of the day’s headlines from each section are contained on that page.

Blood-red cranberry sauce: Thanksgiving celebration of genocide

November 24, 2005 Kevin Whited

Chronicle editorial page editor James Howard Gibbons apparently just LOVES Robert Jensen. That doesn’t reflect well on the Chronicle or on Gibbons, given Jensen’s position WAY out on the fringes even of the far Left.

Eating turkey results in long naps which reduces one's posting

November 23, 2005 Anne Linehan

Following Kevin’s lead, this is probably it for me posting-wise, for a couple of days or so. Of course, the forum is always open, ready for fun and frivolity. =) Happy Thanksgiving, y’all!

Council changes SAFEclear…again…sort of

November 23, 2005 Anne Linehan

According to this Matt Stiles story, city council has agreed to change the SAFEclear program so it is in line with a judge’s ruling: The council voted 12-3 to do away with the exclusive freeway

Seven HISD schools earn higher school ratings

November 23, 2005 Anne Linehan

Several HISD schools have successfully appealed their TEA-determined school rankings: The empty hallways at Johnston Elementary say nothing of the pride this school has — impressive young artists, state acknowledgements for writing and social studies

A close encounter with the Danger Train

November 23, 2005 Anne Linehan

Laurence Simon had another Danger Train adventure yesterday. Someday grownups will be put in charge of Metro. Until then, though…