Month: October 2006

It took two more SafeClear-related deaths for city officials to revisit their program (here was the first) to see how tow truck drivers are getting their licenses (via the Chronicle): The city has suspended the

Four Chronicle reporters update us on the impact of the big janitors strike today: The Service Employees International Union says 1,700 janitors are on strike, no longer picking up the trash, cleaning the toilets and

Matt Stiles reports that the DA’s office has asked Houston controller Annise Parker to begin an audit of all incentive bonuses handed out to city employees, because the bonuses could violate state law: At the

We’ve often noted the fact that Metro has done a great disservice to the public it supposedly serves by drastically cutting and altering bus routes over the past several years. Reason’s Out of Control blog

The Chron‘s Jeannie Kever has the fascinating story of how some folks from the Houston Zoo are aiding efforts to save endangered frogs in Panama from a fatal virus. Room service for frogs — what