March 2006 - Page 11 of 11

Mayor White's not going to be happy

March 3, 2006 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11’s Doug Miller reports (via Audioblog) that MayorWhiteChiefHurtt’s plan to install red-light cameras will be delayed. With a contract awaiting approval, a City Council committee instead has referred the matter back to the White Administration

Houston's daily entertainment source (cont'd)

March 2, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle Editorial LiveJournalists are now backing away from an earlier, emotional editorial that criticized President Bush on the ports issue. Here is an entertaining excerpt from today’s editorial: Mistaken reporting and some political leaders

Will a twice-convicted triple murderer get the death penalty? (Updated)

March 2, 2006 Kevin Whited

[UPDATE: Yes. See below] The Chronicle‘s Dale Lezon checks in on the Max Soffar trial, reporting that jurors failed to reach a decision yesterday on the death penalty: Jurors determining the fate of convicted murderer

Chron.com wipes the big-newspaper field in blogging

March 2, 2006 Kevin Whited

New York University journalism professor Jay Rosen (whose PressThink blog is popular among alt-media enthusiasts like ourselves) and a collection of journalism students just completed a study of blogging by the nation’s 100-largest newspapers. Rosen’s

TMC: Metro needs to fix "stray current" problem

March 2, 2006 Anne Linehan

Despite Metro’s best (and continuous) efforts to downplay whatever-in-the-heck is going on underneath the Danger Train, the issue of “stray current” will not go away: Electrical current escaping from the Metropolitan Transit Authority’s light rail

Transit backbone still suffering from osteoporosis (updated)

March 1, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Main Street light rail system, METRO’s so-called “transit backbone,” is still facing service disruptions caused by a water main break. KHOU-11’s news blog has the details: The break washed out support under the tracks

New Orleans added to Chron's metro/state coverage

March 1, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle dispatched its featured metro/state editorialist and gossip columnist to New Orleans, and he posted a column about Mardi Gras today. Because Mardi Gras in New Orleans is all about Houston Texas err, never

Oh those Chron headline writers

March 1, 2006 Kevin Whited

Here’s a headline from a staff editorial in the Chronicle today: Snow job: Poor behavior and performance at Turin indicates a need for new attitude — and leadership — in 2010. It’s impressive when a

Alvarado: Oh all right, I'll take responsibility…but it's still not my fault

March 1, 2006 Anne Linehan

Embattled Mayor Pro Tem Carol Alvarado’s PR team has seemingly convinced her that playing the victim is not the way to go, if she wants to survive politically. So, in an about-face, she has written