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METRO bus hits downtown pedestrian

March 23, 2006 Kevin Whited

The KHOU-11 news blog reports that a METRO bus has struck a pedestrian (again): A mother and daughter were crossing the street when the 67-year-old mom was struck by a Metro bus at the intersection

Chron reader rep cracks on TMi page (again)

March 23, 2006 Kevin Whited

For the second time, the Houston Chronicle reader representative has publicly called out the newspaper’s inane TMi page (in the STAR section) for questionable editorial judgment. Here is what James Campbell wrote today, in the

Alvarado now the subject of criminal inquiry

March 22, 2006 Kevin Whited

After several weeks of (misleading) assurances from Mayor White and Carol Alvarado’s PR people that Alvarado was not the subject of the investigation by OIG, it turns out that Alvarado is being investigated by the

AP eye for the death row baby killer guy

March 22, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle chose not to dispatch a member of its staff to cover the execution of a baby killer in the form of a Chron Eye, instead running AP copy today: [Robert] Salazar, 27, was

DeLay, Hutchison secure $20 million for Houston cops

March 22, 2006 Kevin Whited

Yesterday, Mayor Bill White, Police Chief Harold Hurtt, U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay, and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison held a press conference downtown to discuss $20 million in funding secured by DeLay and Hutchison to boost

Downtown Houston parking trap?

March 22, 2006 Anne Linehan

Isiah Carey goes on a parking rant: This is the site [sic] that just kills me…people parked at meters in downtown Houston that are victimized when the the meter maids show up out of no

Mayor White to defend his SAFEclear program in court (updated)

March 22, 2006 Anne Linehan

Mayor White is heading to court today to defend one of his cornerstone programs: SAFEclear: “We’ll fight. We will fight the towing industry for the safety of the public,” said Mayor White on Tuesday. “We

Metro's University Line town hall meeting (updated)

March 22, 2006 Anne Linehan

Local media covered Monday night’s Metro town hall meeting discussing which route the University Line should take — Westpark or Richmond. It appears from media accounts that the majority of those who attended the meeting

Houston happenings

March 22, 2006 Anne Linehan

Let’s take a look at Breaking City News on the City of Houston’s website. The city’s water and sewer rates are going up, effective April 1: In accordance with City of Houston, Code of Ordinance

HISD's latest TAKS test results

March 21, 2006 Anne Linehan

The results from HISD’s February’s TAKS reading tests are in and the numbers appear to be encouraging, with fifth-graders making strong gains: According to officials at the Texas Education Agency, eight out of 10 HISD