October 2006 - Page 5 of 9

Emergency vehicle-only onramp

October 17, 2006 Anne Linehan

In Monday’s Move It! column, Rad Sallee reports that TxDOT’s new Blodgett to 59 south onramp is for emergency vehicles only. Really: For several months now, the daily list of road closings from the Texas

Downtown park named Discovery Green

October 17, 2006 Kevin Whited

Houston’s new downtown hobo destination now has a name: Discovery Green. Mike Snyder has the details for the Chronicle.

KTRK CrimeTracker: There's some percentage of crime downtown, we think

October 16, 2006 Kevin Whited

KTRK-13 broke out the CrimeTracker to take a look at downtown crime. Here’s the online report: Overall, violent crime is up 4%. Of the 138 reported violent crimes, 93 of them happened between 7pm and

How the Chron turns good news into bad news

October 16, 2006 Anne Linehan

Last week, as part of a news round up, the Chron printed a blurb about HISD seeking class-size waivers from the state. See if you can spot something a bit odd: Class-size waiver requests increase

Dave Ward: 40 years of Houston TV news

October 15, 2006 Kevin Whited

Mike McGuff points us to this H Texas feature on Dave Ward, the venerable KTRK-13 news anchor. Ward is about to celebrate 40 years on the air in Houston, and many many years of leading

Editorial LiveJournalists don't like some lobbying

October 15, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Editorial LiveJournalists blast City Hall lobbyists today: Mayor Bill White, who has made his disdain for City Hall lobbyists well-known during his two terms, doubts they will have much effect on the outcome.

Will hobos appreciate the Homeric undertones of the new park's name?

October 15, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Mike Snyder today updates us on Mayor White’s new downtown hobo destination park, which will be named on Monday: The explorer archetype is a powerful theme in classical literature, from Odysseus’ quest to

Houston's sales tax revenue up almost 20%

October 15, 2006 Anne Linehan

The Houston Business Journal reports the latest state sales tax disbursements: The state of Texas collected $1.51 billion in sales tax revenue in September, 13.7 percent more than the same period a year ago. Texas

Let's start calling them "suggested guidelines"

October 15, 2006 Anne Linehan

The Editorial LiveJournalists are relieved that FEMA is (again) not enforcing a housing recertification “deadline”: Houston social service agencies and Hurricane Katrina victims living in the city welcomed a decision by Federal Emergency Management Agency

Appraisal protests in Harris County clog up the system

October 15, 2006 Anne Linehan

It’s time for property tax bills to hit the mail, but the good news is Harris County isn’t ready (via KTRH-740): Harris County residents won’t be seeing their property tax bills the first week in