May 2006 - Page 8 of 13

Chron headline writers still have problems with gas

May 13, 2006 Kevin Whited

Chron.com posted an AP story yesterday with the following headline: Texas gas prices fall for second week in row KPRC-2 posted the same story with the following headline: AAA: Texas Gasoline Prices Fall For Second

blogHOUSTON gathering Wednesday, May 17 (POSTPONED)

May 12, 2006 Kevin Whited

The blogHOUSTON crew is planning a get-together next Wednesday (May 17) at Byzantio on West Gray. We’ll get started about 4:30 pm or so, and go well into the evening. Byzantio does have free wireless

Rice students produce alternative fuel (and yummy smelling exhaust!)

May 12, 2006 Anne Linehan

Rice University students have developed an experimental bio-diesel fuel processing plant: Could the road to relief at the pump be paved with French fries? That might sound crazy, but it’s a real theory being explored

Houston: a model light rail city…but not in a good way

May 12, 2006 Anne Linehan

Phoenix is building a downtown light rail line and is looking to Houston on, ahem, how NOT to do things: When light-rail trains roll through busy Valley streets, transit officials hope they run more like

Server crash scrambles today's posts/comments (updated)

May 12, 2006 Kevin Whited

Unfortunately, the server hosting blogHOUSTON experienced a hardware failure earlier, following routine maintenance. The hosting service had to restore backups to a new server, but those backups were from yesterday, so posts and comments from

KPRC: Alvarado begs municipal employees to help pay legal bills

May 11, 2006 Kevin Whited

Councilmember Carol Alvarado has managed to get herself back in the news. Here’s the latest from KPRC-2: Several Houston City Hall employees are upset after receiving fundraising e-mails for City Council member Carol Alvarado, KPRC

Council delays action on airport-shuttle proposal

May 11, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Alexis Grant reports that City Council has delayed action on a plan to allow one company to offer door-to-door shuttle service from the airport after objections from cab companies and another shuttle company:

Customer service, Metro-style

May 11, 2006 Anne Linehan

This would be so sad, if it was unpredictable. But Metro’s customer service is predictably bad, as we all know from reading Laurence Simon’s adventures. Laurence mentioned this classic Metro-moment, courtesy of a Chron.com blogger:

Rep. DeLay to step down June 9

May 11, 2006 Kevin Whited

Rep. Tom DeLay’s office passes along the following letter that was delivered to the Speaker of the House today: Dear Mr. Speaker: It has been a great privilege, a high honor, and one of my

Chron's Manfull reports on the future! (updated)

May 10, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Megan Manfull reports that Charley Casserly’s future status with the Texans will be officially determined today: Texans general manager Charley Casserly is expected to resign during a meeting with owner Bob McNair today,