March 2006 - Page 10 of 11

Most of the Parking Commission members have been chosen

March 6, 2006 Anne Linehan

Whoa! At the very end of this Chron story on new downtown parking meters is a whole ‘nother — much more important — story: A new city Parking Commission will determine where meters are placed.

Houston 1836 is now Houston Dynamo

March 6, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Houston MLS soccer team is now officially the Houston Dynamo. The team called a morning press conference to announce the change, which has been in the works for several weeks after a handful of

New anchors join KPRC-2; KTRK-13 and KHOU-11 battle for first

March 6, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Mike McDaniel reports on KPRC-2’s new anchors: Wendy Corona, an anchor at ABC station WPLG in Miami, and Lauren Freeman, an anchor at independent station WJXT in Jacksonville, Fla., have been added to

Do they read these things before printing them?

March 6, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle editorial board follows yesterday’s editorial gaffe with an editorial today that again makes us wonder if any adults actually read these things before they go to the printing press. In twelve paragraphs, the

How embarrassing for the Chron's editorial board!

March 5, 2006 Anne Linehan

The hapless Editorial LiveJournalists wrote up a doozy for the big Sunday Outlook section: an editorial about how President Bush KNEW those levees were at risk of being breached: Although reports documenting the federal government’s

Would this be considered a red light camera shenanigan?

March 5, 2006 Anne Linehan

TheNewspaper.com covers Houston’s delayed red light camera contract and adds this: The initial police request for contract proposals specified that the red light camera system must photograph both the front and rear of vehicles. Systems

Chief Hurtt's jailer "initiative" creeping along

March 5, 2006 Kevin Whited

KTRK-13’s Andy Cerota checks in on the Chief Hurtt’s efforts to move police officers from jail duty back to the streets (previously, the department had decided to replace jailers with police officers): There’s been a

When will Alvarado resign?

March 4, 2006 Kevin Whited

Local media outlets can’t seem to agree whether or not the report on the bonus pay scandal in Mayor Pro Tem Carol Alvarado’s office has been passed on to Mayor White and the Harris County

No big headlines and front page story for this clarification

March 4, 2006 Anne Linehan

The latest media hysteria — Bush KNEW those levees would be breached! — has taken a rather quiet turn. The AP issued a clarification, and the Chron has included part of the clarification in its

Mayor White to ask Alvarado to step down as Mayor Pro Tem?

March 3, 2006 Kevin Whited

Embattled Mayor Pro Tem Carol Alvarado is still a hot topic among local journalists, despite the best efforts of her high-powered PR firm to change the subject. The Chronicle‘s Kristen Mack devoted her entire politics