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Month: September 2006

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Let's rename it The Lee P. Brown Emergency Center

September 8, 2006 Anne Linehan

The problems keep on coming at the Houston Emergency Center (via KTRK-13): The phone system at the center went down around 9:15am Friday. The center could not receive any 911 calls so they immediately re-routed

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HPRA hosts East End anti-BRT speaker

September 8, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Houston Property Rights Association sends out this info on today’s lunch speaker: This Friday the HPRA lunch time speaker is Percy Gonzalez, a long time East End businessman who heads up the East End/Harrisburg

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Council expands (little-enforced?) civility ordinance

September 7, 2006 Kevin Whited

Last week, Councilmember Ada Edwards compared a proposed civility ordinance to racism: “We just can’t keep moving people from point to point,” she said. “It reminds me of the signs that said ‘no blacks served

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There's still time to join our football pool (update: no more time!)

September 7, 2006 Kevin Whited

There’s still a little bit of time to join our blogHOUSTON Bad Sports football pool. There’s no charge, and you can test your skill picking winners of the week’s NFL and top college games. We’ll

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Reporter and bicyclist crack on doctor-councilwoman

September 6, 2006 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11’s Doug Miller and Houston bicyclist Bob Stein team up for a little hit on Councilmember and Congressional candidate Shelley Sekula-Gibbs tonight: Shelley Sekula Gibbs is asking voters for their support for a general election

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Hurtt's no-chase policy cited by man who fled authorities

September 6, 2006 Kevin Whited

KPRC-2 reports that one bad guy didn’t get the word that Chief Hurtt’s ill-advised no-chase policy had been temporarily suspended: A man who thought law enforcement officers could not chase him led deputies on a

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Letter: US steeped in "classicism"

September 5, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle ran an unintentionally entertaining letter from a Katrina refugee today: I read Harper Jones’ Aug. 27 letter, “A muck of poverty,” with disdain. While statistics may help confirm Jones’ assertion that Houston’s crime

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Hoffman: Just say no to dogs in restaurants

September 5, 2006 Kevin Whited

Chronicle columnist and dog lover Ken Hoffman takes Councilmember Michael Berry to task today: Houston City Councilmember Michael Berry is set to propose an ordinance that would allow restaurants the option of permitting dogs on

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Push polling in HD 134 race?

September 5, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle asserts that push polling is taking place in the race for State House District 134 (here in Houston). Evan at Perry vs. World thinks that is highly unlikely, and suggests that some journalists

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Light rail boondoggle (cont'd)

September 5, 2006 Anne Linehan

In the back and forth of the light rail debate, a big point that often gets missed is the overall benefit of light rail. Or lack of benefit, more accurately. Metro has already spent hundreds

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