April 2006 - Page 9 of 11

Councilmember Alvarado to propose new grease-trap revenue stream?

April 8, 2006 Kevin Whited

Councilmember Carol Alvarado, whose lack of oversight of the Mayor Pro Tem’s office dominated the news for weeks, is back in the news with a proposal that will surely cause Mayor White to frown less

Rumbo scales back operations

April 8, 2006 Kevin Whited

Rumbo, the Spanish-language newspaper that entered four Texas metropolitan markets (including Houston) over a year ago, announced some changes earlier this week: The Spanish-language Rumbo newspapers in San Antonio, Houston and the Rio Grande Valley

Food and drink roundup (04-07-2006 edition)

April 7, 2006 Callie Markantonis

It’s Friday and time for a pre-weekend food and drink review. Last week Alison Cook went Creole and did the Sunday buffet and more at Lagniappe Grill. She also traveled to Manville for barbecue and

Blunder: DeLay "campaign" organizes anti-Lampson swarm

April 7, 2006 Kevin Whited

Yesterday, what probably seemed like a great idea to a frustrated campaign staff that suddenly has nothing to do backfired in a big way. As KHOU-11 reports, supporters of retiring Rep. Tom DeLay crashed a

Chron business section owns the (prepared statement) franchise

April 6, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle recently announced the selection of an editor for the business section: Laura Goldberg has been named business editor of the Houston Chronicle, editor Jeff Cohen has announced. She has been interim business editor

New parking meters: world class, cutting edge AND trailblazing!

April 6, 2006 Anne Linehan

From KHOU-11’s story: This project represents the nation’s first parking meter system that does not rely on a cellular network but will communicate using a dedicated 802.11g WiFi network. Uh oh. Why does that sound

Lifestyles of the rich and academic

April 5, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Matt Tresaugue, who has done an excellent job covering the spending scandal involving TSU president Priscilla Slade, checks in today with some additional details on Slade’s spending obtained via public information requests: Slade’s

Trite headline of the day

April 5, 2006 Kevin Whited

KTRK-13 ran the following headline today: City of Houston steps in to help hurricane victims It’s hard to believe, I know.

Higher ed and flying (inferior airlines) get more expensive in Houston

April 5, 2006 Kevin Whited

The cost of flying from Hobby Airport will soon be more expensive thanks to your elected officials on Houston City Council: Travelers flying in and out of Houston’s Hobby Airport will likely face a $3

Mayor White: fighting crime takes time

April 5, 2006 Anne Linehan

Yesterday Sedosi highlighted Mayor White’s plea for Houstonians to hang in there while the city fights crime: Basically the theme of his message is: “just wait, and try not to get shot or killed while