June 2006 - Page 3 of 13

The champagne corks are a-poppin' at HPD headquarters

June 26, 2006 Anne Linehan

Because Texas AG Greg Abbott passed down an opinion that said red light cameras could be placed at TxDOT intersections: “Now we can truly impact safety, because now we’re going to be using the (more

Rad Sallee wants your input

June 26, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s traffic columnist wants your input: Speaking of dangerous intersections, we’d like to hear readers’ opinions about dangerous ramps in the Houston area. The Southwest Freeway’s new Blodgett ramp, where the merge lane is

Houston's sanctuary policy is not confusing

June 25, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle ran a story by Alexis Grant and Matt Stiles on Friday that attempted to assess the notion that Houston is a “sanctuary city” for illegal immigrants (I think). It’s an unusual story in

Mr. Gibbons visits the sea, via Courbet and MFAH

June 25, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Editorial LiveJournal makes a return to the Chronicle editorial pages today. We frequently refer to the Chronicle editorialists as the Editorial LiveJournalists. That’s because opinion page editor James Howard Gibbons decided some time ago

Imploding building halts Metro's "transit backbone"

June 25, 2006 Anne Linehan

So, what else can shut down the Danger Train besides rain, falling cable lines and trees, power outages, water main breaks, rats, marathons, enthusiastic sports fans, and of course, 130+ accidents? Building demolition! A planned

Will George Clooney be at the economic summit this week?

June 25, 2006 Anne Linehan

The U.S.-Arab Economic Forum is taking place here in Houston this week: LEADERS from Baghdad, Cairo, Djibouti and across the Arab world are gathering in Houston this week for the U.S.-Arab Economic Forum in an

Chron.com: Houston blogosphere is on vacation

June 25, 2006 Anne Linehan

Well, someone’s on vacation. Which means there’s very little being said around town…apparently. We don’t think the entire Opinion page went on holiday, since we haven’t been spared the inane offerings of the editorial board,

Brazos Bookstore finds buyer

June 25, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle reports that the Brazos Bookstore has (finally) found a group of buyers: Brazos [Bookstore] seemed highly endangered this spring. Since it opened in 1974, owner Karl Kilian had overseen its daily operations, making

New bayou park's plants handle rains with no trouble

June 25, 2006 Kevin Whited

We’ve wondered several times on the little blog how Houston’s newest (better than the River Walk!) bayou park fared after the heavy rains of the last week. According to the park’s stewards, everything turned out

Chron reader rep defends Spanish sports section, rips critics' motives

June 25, 2006 Kevin Whited

James Campbell, the Chronicle‘s reader representative, has an odd column today in which he basically attributes racist/nativist motives to those who question why the city’s only English-language daily insists on taking up valuable sports-page real