November 2005 - Page 7 of 14

Crowne Plaza Hotel closing its doors

November 15, 2005 Anne Linehan

via KHOU-11: Out-of-towners visiting the Texas Medical Center may soon have a more difficult time finding a hotel room. One of the largest hotels in the area is set to close next month and the

KTRK's Willey reports on Katrina sex offender problem (updated)

November 15, 2005 Kevin Whited

In a Saturday blog post, we suggested that local media had neglected a key local aspect of the Katrina story: the dispersal of sexual offender refugees and FEMA’s seeming refusal to work with state and

Chron editorialists rant about prop. 2 (updated)

November 15, 2005 Kevin Whited

A week has passed since Texans voted overwhelmingly in favor of defining marriage in the state constitution, and the Chronicle editorial idealists finally ranted about it today, characterizing the position of the majority as “mean-spirited”

Chron's Roper fleshes out mayor's downtown wifi plans

November 15, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s John Roper reports on Mayor White’s determination to create a wireless downtown network. People who think this means downtown will be blanketed in free wifi courtesy of the city are going to be

Dan Patrick event Wednesday afternoon

November 15, 2005 Anne Linehan

On his show this morning, Edd Hendee announced that there will be a Dan Patrick for Senate campaign event at the Taste of Texas (Hendee’s restaurant) tomorrow (Wednesday) from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. The

Mayor touts pollution initiatives; Can he fund them? (updated)

November 15, 2005 Kevin Whited

KUHF’s Jack Williams reported yesterday on Mayor White’s press conference on pollution: After losing a contract with the state to inspect local refineries and industrial plants for clean air violations earlier this year, the city

Return of the Chron Eye

November 15, 2005 Kevin Whited

We thought perhaps the Chron Eye for the Death Row Killer Guy, the anti-death-penalty newspaper’s series of apologia for death-row killers, had been retired (much like the silly Editorial LiveJournals seem to have been retired).

Patrick continues transition from insurgent to pol

November 14, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Kristen Mack writes that KSEV-700 talker and Texas Senate District 7 candidate Dan Patrick has been sounding a little like those flip-flopping politicians he frequently criticizes on the radio: Patrick has made an

MediaSource likely to win contract renewal

November 14, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Matt Stiles reports that Mayor White is persisting in his effort to allow MediaSource to continue as controversial custodian of the public access channel: Mayor Bill White, whose first loss on a council

Transportation tidbits

November 14, 2005 Kevin Whited

There were a couple of interesting snippets in Rad Sallee’s transportation column today. First was METRO’s explanation of why public hearings were cancelled recently: Last week, the Metropolitan Transit Authority abruptly canceled two public meetings