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Month: October 2006

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KTRK CrimeTracker: Violent crime surges in West Houston

October 10, 2006 Kevin Whited

KTRK-13 has broken out the CrimeTracker to take a look at west Houston, and the results are grim: We put our exclusive Crime Tracker to work, taking a closer look at what’s happening in district

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"Ethnic bars" to be exempted from smoking ban?

October 10, 2006 Kevin Whited

On Friday, KTRH-740 talker Chris Baker spent quite a bit of time on Council’s proposed revisions to the smoking ordinance. Baker interviewed Councilmember Peter Brown on the topic, and one part of the interview (still

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Ethics committee praises Chron reporter

October 9, 2006 Kevin Whited

City Council’s Ethics Committee praised Chronicle reporter Matt Stiles today for his efforts in helping push along better campaign finance reporting in the city. KRIV-26’s Isiah Carey has the details on his blog, along with

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Sanctuary policy revisions effective today

October 9, 2006 Anne Linehan

KHOU-11’s News Blog reports that changes to HPD’s sanctuary policy are now in effect: Houston police put their new immigration policy into effect Monday. Now, anyone who’s arrested, even for a misdemeanor, could be asked

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Continental gives Mayor White's Prop. G a big boost

October 9, 2006 Anne Linehan

Continental Airlines has decided to throw all its weight behind Proposition G, Mayor White’s effort to do an end-run around Proposition 2 (via KHOU-11): Political insiders have told 11 News that Continental plans to spend

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KTRK: Council to take up graffiti ordinance this week

October 9, 2006 Kevin Whited

KTRK-13’s Mark Garay reports that Council is about to take up the latest proposal to deal with the city’s graffiti problem: It’s a million dollar problem in Houston, and one you may notice when you

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TxDOT is planting trees; Wulfe & Co. is bulldozing them

October 9, 2006 Anne Linehan

Rad Sallee has an informative Q & A with a TxDOT official, discussing all the tree planting (reforestation) TxDOT has been doing along our freeways: Q: So basically you’re planting something like a real forest,

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Hines covers Washington … via the internet and C-SPAN

October 8, 2006 Kevin Whited

It’s good that the Chronicle has its very own D.C. bureau, with a coveted spot in the White House briefing room on the fifth row with other regional newspapers AND its very own opinion columnist

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Councilmember suggests a smoking ban revenue stream

October 8, 2006 Anne Linehan

Now and then a local news story will feature an idea or quote from a local pol that seems so familiar. Here’s an example from a KTRH-740 story on the latest smoking ban debate: Meanwhile,

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Revenue caps likely to force property tax rate cut

October 7, 2006 Kevin Whited

KTRH-740’s Brent Fuller reported on Thursday that the City of Houston may have to offer a larger tax-rate cut than Mayor White had planned: A 2004 voter-approved referendum, known as the “tax cap” or “Proposition

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