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Month: February 2006

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Downtown library to close for renovation

February 26, 2006 Kevin Whited

City Council quietly approved a library renovation project last Wednesday that will soon close the downtown library for an extended period: The City of Houston plans to spend $14.9 million to renovate the Central Library

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Houston girl stars in CSI: Miami

February 26, 2006 Anne Linehan

A local girl is set to appear on CSI: Miami Monday night: Cierra Ram

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FEMA agrees to pay for Katrina housing costs

February 26, 2006 Anne Linehan

Mayor White’s office has announced that FEMA has agreed in principle to continue paying for housing and public safety costs related to Hurricane Katrina evacuees: The Federal Emergency Management Agency, which had threatened in November

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Cactus closing affects local music scene

February 25, 2006 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11’s Nancy Holland files a report on the closing of Cactus Music and Video and the impact on the local music scene. A few weeks ago, Houston Press music columnist John Nova Lomax tackled the

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If it quacks like a duck…

February 25, 2006 Anne Linehan

Now HPD is calling its quotaproductivity policy a duck program: Johnnie McFarland calls it a “ticket quota”, which is illegal according to state law. McFarland gave 11 News an internal HPD memo as proof. In

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TSU's president comes down with Sudden Mute Syndrome

February 25, 2006 Kevin Whited

Today, the Chronicle‘s Matthew Tresaugue continues his solid reporting on financial irregularities in the Texas Southern University president’s office: Texas Southern University President Priscilla Slade charged the school more than $94,000 for travel, meals, event

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Editorial LiveJournalists laud Queen Elyse

February 24, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle Editorial LiveJournalists fawn over new Port Authority Commissioner Elyse Lanier today, and toss up this big fat pitch: Some have ridiculed Lanier’s hyperenthusiasm for promoting the city via such vehicles as the Houston

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Berger: Houston health services feeling Katrina crunch

February 24, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Eric Berger reports on evidence of increasing demand on local health services from uninsured Katrina refugees. His reporting also notes a post-Katrina increase in local reports of sexually transmitted diseases. Instead of excerpting,

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Newly Mute Mayor Pro Tem's spokesman: Others at fault

February 24, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Matt Stiles may get himself in trouble with Newly Mute Mayor Pro Tem Carol Alvarado’s enablers at his own newspaper if he keeps cranking out writing like this: “It was all doublespeak,” said

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Food and drink roundup (02-24-2006 edition)

February 24, 2006 Callie Markantonis

The weekend is upon us, and it’s time for a quick and easy (not to mention timely) food and drink roundup. I reread Alison Cook’s review of Bombay Sweets this morning at 8 o’clock, and

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