April 2006 - Page 3 of 11

Will Enron PR lessons help Carol Alvarado?

April 25, 2006 Anne Linehan

(Temporarily only a) Councilwoman Carol Alvarado has an Enron tie? Kinda, sorta, according to Isiah Carey: Mark Palmer was one of the few high profile executives at Enron not indicted in the ongoing probe. He

Controller Parker shuts down special Council bank accounts

April 25, 2006 Anne Linehan

KHOU-11’s News Blog reports an interesting little thing that was discovered during the Bonusgate investigation and how it’s now been shut down: Houston City Controller shuts down 11 special bank accounts set up by councilmembers

Speaking of thieves…

April 25, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s blogging features editor is all riled up today on the subject of intellectual thieves (and for the record, this sort of thing riles us up too): But see, when I steal, I footnote.

Chron politics section overloads on New Orleans

April 25, 2006 Kevin Whited

Chris Elam notes that the Chronicle politics section has a disproportionate number of stories about New Orleans today. Perhaps Chron.com could just retitle “Politics” as “Times-Picayune” and be done with it?

Is Houston world-class enough for the Olympics?

April 24, 2006 Anne Linehan

George DeMontrond hopes so: Monday morning, the Houston 2012 Foundation Chairman George DeMontrond will present a report to City Council members on the latest push to eventually get the games. He said they will make

Richmond rail line voted down before

April 24, 2006 Anne Linehan

Rad Sallee’s Move It! column today says that Richmond Avenue rail is not a new idea. It was first proposed back in the early 1980s, but ran into problems: Retired architect Edward “Ted” Richardson dropped

Help Andrea Clarke

April 24, 2006 Anne Linehan

John Hawkins at Right Wing News blog came across a disturbing story playing out right here in Houston. It involves a woman who is on a respirator and receiving dialysis, and hospital officials have decided

Metro's new smart card system appears to be working

April 24, 2006 Anne Linehan

Now that Metro has a new company working on its smart card system, things appear to be moving along at a much faster clip: Some bus riders may already have noticed a small box mounted

Black voter turnout in New Orleans was big…or maybe not

April 24, 2006 Anne Linehan

What to make of New Orleans’ mayoral election? According to the Chronicle, black voters made the difference for Mayor Ray Nagin: The most intriguing news out of this city’s mayoral primary election is the story

Outstanding property tax radio

April 24, 2006 Anne Linehan

Dan Patrick (KSEV-700) has just finished debating someone, whose name I couldn’t quite catch, on the Sharp Tax Plan. Dan’s position was that this really is a tax increase, albeit on some businesses; that without