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Astros say goodbye to Alan Ashby

December 20, 2005 Anne Linehan

Did anyone else see this coming? Alan Ashby, who played 11 years for the Astros and worked in the broadcast booth for eight years, was told today that he will not be retained by the

WaPo, Chron call for fairness in DeLay proceedings

December 20, 2005 Kevin Whited

Yesterday, the Washington Post suggested that Ronnie Earle might not be playing fair with Rep. Tom DeLay: In this case, though, the “proceeds of criminal activity” — the corporate-funded campaign checks — are the same

Sanctuary policy could jeopardize federal funding

December 20, 2005 Anne Linehan

Newly elected Rep. John Campbell (R-CA) was just on Hugh Hewitt’s show (KNTH-1070), and one thing they discussed was an amendment Campbell successfully added to recent House legislation on illegal immigration. Rep. Campbell explained that

HPD, feds round up criminals (but not illegal aliens)

December 19, 2005 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11 reports on recent cooperation between HPD and the feds: Houston’s top cop said the city’s streets are safer because of a new initiative between HPD officers and federal agents. HPD Chief Harold Hurtt credits

Food and drink roundup (12-19-2005 edition)

December 19, 2005 Callie Markantonis

It has been ages since a Food and Drink round up appeared. They stopped about the time of Hurricane Katrina. It didn’t seem appropriate for me to prattle on about such matters while people lost

Goldberg: Let's sue crime-heavy apartment complexes

December 19, 2005 Kevin Whited

Councilmember Mark Goldberg has a quaint solution to crime in Southwest Houston: Mark Goldberg represents District C, which includes Fondren southwest. According to Goldberg, police calls from 27 apartment complexes in the area cost the

Brain drain at the Houston Chronicle? (cont'd)

December 19, 2005 Kevin Whited

Banjo Jones follows up on his earlier “brain drain” post with the news that the Houston Chronicle is hiring. Along the way, he turns some really nice phrases and even works in Gabriel Garc

Councilmember Berry to discuss smoking bans

December 19, 2005 Kevin Whited

Councilmember Michael Berry notifies us that he’ll be subbing for Sam Malone on KTRH-740 today (10 am to noon). His topic will be smoking bans in general, but he’ll most likely touch on Houston’s smoking

Can someone please buy Metro a clue?

December 19, 2005 Anne Linehan

Rad Sallee’s Move It! column has some Metro tidbits in it today, including this: The public gave the Metro board some licks Thursday at its last regular meeting of the year. Janis Scott brought a

Mayor White rides in police car, says crime will end

December 18, 2005 Anne Linehan

KTRK-13 reports that Mayor White wanted to get up close and personal with Houston’s crime problem: The shooting death of an evacuee living in a motel is exactly the kind of crime Mayor Bill White