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Officer who criticized HPD chase policy fired

June 3, 2006 Kevin Whited

KTRH-740 and the KHOU-11 news blog were two of the first news outlets to report yesterday that Tom Nixon has been fired by the Houston Police Department. Officer Nixon got himself in hot water when

City settles one lawsuit, prepares to bring another

June 3, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Dan Feldstein reports that the city recently settled a case that challenged the city’s affirmative-action contracting programs: Ten years ago, sod and seed subcontractor Robert Kossman made front-page news by saying the city

KHOU films brazen parking-pay-station thieves downtown

June 2, 2006 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11 apparently caught a man robbing one of the pay stations located in a downtown parking lot: A KHOU photographer taped Yevik’s lot in the wee hours of Friday morning and recorded video of a

Elam interviews Shelley Sekula-Gibbs

June 2, 2006 Kevin Whited

Chris Elam has posted an interview with Shelley Sekula-Gibbs conducted at the State Republican Convention, where Dr. Sekula-Gibbs is touting her Congressional candidacy. The Doctor-Councilwoman seems determined to get the message out regarding her recent

Time running out on muni courts computer system

June 2, 2006 Anne Linehan

Remember the new $7 million computer system for the municipal courts? The goal is to, one day, put all of the paper records on computers and make them easier to transmit digitally. The new computer

More on civilian traffic patrol

June 2, 2006 Anne Linehan

KTRH-740 has more details about a civilian traffic patrol program which would help HPD: Assistant Police Chief George Buenik says there will be two types of patrollers. One group will essentially be traffic signal repairmen

Local talker/pol expands reach to Dallas

June 1, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Kristen Mack reports that local talker and pol Dan Patrick has bought a Dallas radio station: Dan Patrick, whose years as a conservative radio pundit helped him win a Republican state Senate nomination,

Red light camera/day labor center radio

June 1, 2006 Anne Linehan

Councilman Michael Berry is discussing these two issues on his show this morning. Tune into KPRC-950 and give him a call: 713-212-5772 (He’s already got my blood pressure going with his defense of red light

Now why did the Chron reporters choose these examples?

June 1, 2006 Anne Linehan

Here’s a fluffy little features story that takes a couple of swipes at the local school district: It’s a big number: 22,000,022. And a record — in dollars — for a major-league pitcher. Most folks

Mayor White: What sanctuary policy?

June 1, 2006 Anne Linehan

I wish I had the exact wording, but KTRH-740 just had a soundbite of Mayor White saying something to the effect that Houston doesn’t have a sanctuary policy. The quote was in response to Rep.