March 2006 - Page 3 of 11

TXDOT paints stripe on Spur 527 suicide merge

March 25, 2006 Kevin Whited

On Thursday, KHOU-11’s Jeremy Desel followed up on Chronicle Move It columnist Rad Sallee’s earlier reporting on the dangerous merge on the reopened Spur 527. Desel reports that TXDOT actually broke out some paint in

Houston's new Parking Commission will get to the bottom of this

March 25, 2006 Anne Linehan

via KTRK-13: Hart received the notice last month. It’s a reminder to pay $25 for a parking violation. So this week, after paying $3 for parking in the lot across the street and standing in

MST's Ouroboros shines

March 25, 2006 Kevin Whited

Main Street Theater is currently putting on Ouroboros, a difficult play by Tom Jacobson that centers on two couples who continue to run across each other in different cities in Italy. The catch is that

Chronicle should have stuck with AP copy on Martinez stay

March 25, 2006 Kevin Whited

With the recent revelation that a conservative blogger hired by the Washington Post was actually a plagiarist (a story carried in today’s Chronicle), it’s probably worth asking what constitutes legitimate use of wire copy in

Patrick continues political evolution (cont'd)

March 25, 2006 Kevin Whited

Fresh off his convincing victory over three primary opponents, Texas Senate candidate and local talker Dan Patrick will be getting a little help from Texas lobbyists to retire his campaign debt. The Chronicle‘s Clay Robison

HPD to boost police academy classes?

March 25, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Monica Guzman reports that HPD is finalizing a plan to boost HPD cadet classes in order to address the worsening manpower problem: If the city approves funding, HPD’s 20 proposed academy classes could

Alvarado headlining "financial literacy" seminar

March 24, 2006 Kevin Whited

David Benzion at Lone Star Times notes that former Mayor Pro Tem and current Councilmember Carol Alvarado will be holding a “Town Hall Meeting On Financial Literacy” this weekend with State Sen. Rodney Ellis. As

Mack connects the red light camera dots

March 24, 2006 Anne Linehan

We (bH bloggers and commenters) have speculated before on any connections the winning red light camera vendor (ATS) might have with MayorWhiteChiefHurtt. Today Kristen Mack has the details: HPD maintains that ATS won because it

Chronicle reporters analyze city's performance-pay spending

March 24, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Matt Stiles and Alexis Grant have been poring over records of bonuses to Houston municipal employees, and write about their findings in a story today. Their entire story is worth reading, but I’m

Press release coverage of the Parking Commission

March 24, 2006 Anne Linehan

As noted here, City Council approved Mayor White’s appointments to the new Parking Commission, and the mayor has issued a press release. KPRC-2, being ever vigilant, got the press release and posted a little something: