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Month: August 2006

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Largest muni wifi project in the U.S. and world class parking meters

August 19, 2006 Anne Linehan

It looks as if the supplier of the city’s $10,000 parking meters has been chosen: Digital Payment Technologies Corp., a leading supplier of revenue-management solutions for the global parking industry, has been awarded a three-year

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West Houston crime takes center stage

August 19, 2006 Anne Linehan

Over at Cigars…Donuts…and Coffee, Jason says that MayorWhiteChiefHurtt have quite a predicament on their hands — appeasing different parts of the city, while dealing with limited police resources: Earlier this year residents and business people

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Harris County GOP picks Sekula-Gibbs as preferred write-in candidate

August 18, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Eric Hanson reports today that Harris County precinct chairs have selected one Republican candidate to rally behind as a write-in candidate for Congressional District 22: Republican Party precinct chairs endorsed Houston City Councilwoman

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Councilmember Berry to speak to HPRA Friday

August 17, 2006 Kevin Whited

Since we’re speaking of Houston personalities who have burgers named after them tonight, it’s worth noting that Councilmember Michael Berry is scheduled to speak to the Houston Property Rights Association tomorrow. The promotional email suggests

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Hoffman gets no respect from Demeris patron

August 17, 2006 Kevin Whited

Chronicle columnist Ken Hoffman has a burger named after him at Demeris barbeque. It’s a big, sloppy thing loaded with cheese and bacon, topped with an onion ring. At one time, another restaurant had this

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Civic Strategies urban journalism ranking has Chron at #19

August 17, 2006 Kevin Whited

Banjo Jones calls attention to the fact that an organization called Civic Strategies has issued its rankings of 22 urban newspapers, and that the Chronicle is at #19. So, what is Civic Strategies and why

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Food and drink roundup (08-17-2006 edition)

August 17, 2006 Callie Markantonis

The weekend is upon us. Maybe today’s food and drink roundup has something you’d like to try. Alison Cook heads over to lower Westheimer to try Chez George and loves what she finds. Humble’s Rockin’

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Fuller: Latest population tally doesn't trigger redistricting

August 16, 2006 Kevin Whited

Last week, the Chronicle‘s Matt Stiles reported that Mayor White was spreading the word that the city might need to take up redistricting due to population growth. KTRH-740’s Brent Fuller reports that it does not

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Weingarten speaks (briefly) to WSJ reporter

August 16, 2006 Kevin Whited

Since rumors started flying about the future of several landmark buildings owned by Weingarten, the firm has pretty much stiffed local reporters looking for comments. In a subscriber-only Wall Street Journal story by Thaddeus Herrick

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City Council suffers from Pass-a-Law Syndrome

August 16, 2006 Anne Linehan

A few days ago, the Chronicle‘s Matt Stiles wrote quite a story on the seemingly endless stream of ordinances passed by City Council which are not enforced: The object of concern was “pocket bikes” —

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