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Houston-area trees worth $205 billion!

October 28, 2005 Anne Linehan

KUHF-88.7 reports that the Texas Forest Service has completed a four-year study of Houston’s trees and determined the value of our beautiful green canopy: It took over four years, but the Texas Forest Service was

Houston's property tax "cut" (wink, wink)

October 28, 2005 Anne Linehan

City Council voted to cut Houston’s property tax rate on Wednesday and Matt Stiles reported on the disagreement over whether or not it’s really a tax cut: The council cut the city’s tax rate by

Local bloggers' voting suggestions

October 28, 2005 Anne Linehan

Sedosi and Matt Bramanti have each helpfully provided their own recommendations for voting on the proposed constitutional amendments. The only proposition I am going to opine about here is Proposition 9, and I strongly support

Chron endorsements for council districts H and I

October 28, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle editorial board offered more Council endorsements yesterday. It’s hardly a shocker that they like the incumbents in District H and District I. They might have posted all of their endorsements prior to the

A sports column just waiting to be written

October 28, 2005 Kevin Whited

Friend Tom Kirkendall picks up on a theme we’ve sounded here previously — the fact that Texans GM Charley Casserly has been nearly immune to criticism until very recently. Kirkendall goes on to refer to

Chron runs chopped AP coverage of base closures

October 28, 2005 Kevin Whited

Today, the print version of the Houston Chronicle and Chron.com both ran an edited version of an Associated Press story on a House vote on base closures that will affect Ellington Field locally. The fact

Neighborhoods complain about graffiti; Mayor continues to "review"

October 28, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle has posted two “This Week” stories that cover Houston’s worsening graffiti problem. Kim Jackson reports on discussion of the problem at a Spring Branch meeting: Spring Branch civic association members, police and government

Thanks Astros — it was a wild ride!

October 27, 2005 Anne Linehan

Thanks to the Astros for making it to the World Series and giving us all something to cheer about and obsess over. (now what are we going to do?)

Metro's September data

October 26, 2005 Anne Linehan

Royko beat me to the post — about Metro’s September ridership and fare data — so I’ll link to his comment and point out that Metro’s numbers are not encouraging: — Train boardings are up,

Metro's $250,000 ridership study

October 26, 2005 Anne Linehan

You’ll recall that Metro commissioned a study to figure out why bus ridership has steadily declined over the past several years. We’ve offered our own (free of charge) reasons, but strangely, Metro officials still felt