December 2005 - blogHOUSTON

If Mayor White wanted to fight graffiti, he'd find the money

December 31, 2005 Anne Linehan

In this story on Houston’s growing graffiti problem, KTRK-13’s Deborah Wrigley says this: Funding cleanups is another matter for a cash-strapped city budget. Wouldn’t it be interesting if local media actually checked that out? It’s

Congratulations to the Texan of the year

December 31, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Dallas Morning News has named its Texan of the Year. It’s Houston. And it’s hard to argue with this: In 2005, Houston became the heart of Texas. For resilience, resourcefulness and good old Texas

LiveJournalists recap 2005

December 31, 2005 Anne Linehan

It’s year-end reflection time for the Chronicle‘s LiveJournalists, and they don’t disappoint — this editorial has all the oomph of a middle school essay: Among the less-happy reports of the past year was news that

Get those Dead Pool rosters in…today

December 31, 2005 Anne Linehan

Today’s the deadline for getting in on Laurence’s Dead Pool. Just be sure you follow the rules — he’s not above public humiliation to keep his players in line.

AP presents misleading revisionist Katrina sex-offender history

December 30, 2005 Kevin Whited

Earlier, Drudge linked an AP story that contained some serious spin by the federal government: Governors in states that accepted Katrina evacuees are being urged to locate about 2,000 registered sex offenders who fled the

Dan Patrick files for SD 7, chooses son as replacement host

December 30, 2005 Anne Linehan

Kristen Mack gives us the news that Dan Patrick (KSEV-700) has officially filed for SD 7, which means he’s off the air for a while now. How long is up to the voters. With much

Will we finally be world-class on New Year's?

December 29, 2005 Kevin Whited

Houston officials are preparing for the city’s latest, greatest push at being “world class” Finishing touches are going on what city officials promise will be a “star-studded” New Year’s Eve. It is a 9-foot by

Be careful with those lawnmowers (even in December)

December 29, 2005 Kevin Whited

The fine folks at KUHF-88.7 seem to be having a bit of a problem with their website. Here’s a story posted today: Lawn Mower Safety Thursday, December 29, 2005 By: Alison Young Full-blown summer is

Testing Houston's good will?

December 29, 2005 Anne Linehan

Today’s Chron has a story on the city of Houston’s struggle to pay rent for thousands of Katrina evacuees: Overwhelming participation in Houston’s housing voucher program for hurricane evacuees has left the city late paying

DeLay gains another (token) primary challenger

December 29, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Eric Hanson reports that Rep. Tom DeLay (R) has gained an opponent for the GOP primary: A 50-year-old attorney from Sugar Land has filed to run against U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay for the