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Month: April 2006

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KTRK: City hopes to build a windmill farm

April 30, 2006 Kevin Whited

KTRK-13’s Ted Oberg reports that Mayor White has plans for the City of Houston to become a producer of electricity: Electricity will cost the city of Houston $130 million this year. That’s $30 million more

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Lifestyles of the rich and academic (cont'd)

April 30, 2006 Kevin Whited

In a post on some recent reporting by Matthew Tresaugue on Priscilla Slade’s expenses at Texas Southern University, we wrote: It would be most informative for readers if the Chronicle would request similar expense information

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Casey and Hines draw salaries for this?

April 30, 2006 Kevin Whited

Chronicle readers who don’t read the New York Times might have found Rick Casey’s column on James Baker from earlier this week interesting. The New York Times article was better, though, not to mention more

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The ideal state isn't a very timely state

April 30, 2006 Kevin Whited

A week ago, Chronicle reporters Matt Stiles and Steve McVicker broke a story on one cop whose income has recently topped Mayor White’s, thanks to overtime pay. The Chronicle editorial board, having dispensed with that

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Houston Community Newspapers acquires Examiner weeklies

April 29, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Houston Business Journal reports that the Houston Community Newspapers group has purchased the Examiner Newspaper Group, which puts out free Examiner weeklies in select Houston neighborhoods: Houston Community Newspapers has purchased the Examiner Newspaper

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Chief Hurtt's chief of staff agrees to demotion, pay cut

April 29, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Rosanna Ruiz reports that Chief Harold Hurtt’s chief of staff has agreed to a demotion, in relation to a sexual harassment claim that was filed in February: Houston Police Chief Harold Hurtt’s chief

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Better wait a few days before trying the recipe

April 29, 2006 Kevin Whited

To celebrate the Jamaica-themed International Festival that opened last weekend and closes this weekend, the Chronicle editorial board has posted a recipe for Jamaican rice and peas as one of its two daily chances to

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Editorial LiveJournal: Mr. Gibbons goes to the theater!

April 29, 2006 Kevin Whited

It’s been quite a while since a member of the Chronicle editorial board treated us to a diary of one of his/her grand adventures in the city of Houston in the form of an Editorial

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Priscilla Slade goes to the victim card

April 29, 2006 Kevin Whited

Priscilla Slade, effectively fired from Texas Southern University for inappropriate use of university funds, is suing the university in an effort to squeeze even more money from the institution. The Chronicle‘s Matthew Tresaugue has the

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Sorry about the disruption

April 28, 2006 Kevin Whited

Our web host experienced a massive denial of service attack earlier today, and it rendered quite a few familiar sites unavailable in addition to ours. As Matt Bramanti notes, the problem has been isolated, and

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