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City of Houston Agenda 8-8-06 (updated!)

August 6, 2006 ubu roi

This week’s report is incomplete for now, as the RCA and agenda backup were not available by the close of business on Friday now complete, since I have the RCA in hand… for what it’s

Westpark light rail: Who's proposing what? (Update: Culberson comments)

August 6, 2006 Kevin Whited

Since the report that first appeared in the Chronicle on Friday night, it’s been a little hard to keep track of who is proposing what in terms of the Westpark light-rail alignment. To recap, on

METRO goes into full panic mode

August 5, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Rad Sallee reports that METRO now seems to be in full panic mode with regard to Richmond rail, after initially dismissing Rep. John Culberson’s announcement on the same earlier in the week: The

Latest Metro service adjustments start August 13th

August 5, 2006 Anne Linehan

It’s been a couple of months since Metro last slashed bus routes, so it must be time for another round of Metro Service Improvements!

Crash and rob in southwest Houston

August 5, 2006 Kevin Whited

KTRK-13 reports another crash-and-rob instance: Thieves went to the extreme to get inside a convenience store in southwest Houston Saturday. They crashed their car into it! Now, the owner has to deal with a mess.

KTRK: Barrera to scale back duties

August 5, 2006 Kevin Whited

KTRK-13 reports that longtime Houston reporter Elma Barrera is retiring (sort of): After 34 years of hard work and dedication, reporter Elma Barrera is retiring. You may already know that Elma is the first Hispanic

Transition from Foley's to Macy's continues

August 5, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s David Kaplan checks in on the steady transition from Foley’s to Macy’s in Houston: Throughout Houston, a change is taking place. Foley’s, one of the oldest and most famous local retail brands, is

Marticiuc letter criticizes MayorWhiteChiefHurtt

August 5, 2006 Kevin Whited

In a letter to the Chronicle criticizing a recent editorial, Hans Marticiuc continues his recent approach of tying criticism of Chief Hurtt to the mayor: In the survey conducted by the HPOU of Houston police

Editorial LiveJournalists go bipolar on Lopez Obrador

August 5, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle Editorial LiveJournalists wrote the following for the July 7 edition of the newspaper: IN so-called “mature democracies” – such as ours – watching your candidate lose by a hair’s breadth is healthy. Because

Metro boss gets a $1,000 per month car allowance!

August 4, 2006 Anne Linehan

Thanks to Tom Bazan for pointing out Rad Sallee’s follow-up story on Metro President Frank Wilson’s super-secret pay raise: The Metropolitan Transit Authority revealed Thursday that the raise it voted for July 20 for President