November 2006 - Page 6 of 8

Come out to honor our veterans tomorrow

November 10, 2006 Kevin Whited

Tomorrow is Veterans’ Day. We would encourage you to come downtown for the Veterans’ Day parade if at all possible. The event was nearly cancelled earlier this year because various groups were concerned that Houston’s

This Chron Eye is full of…

November 9, 2006 Kevin Whited

Laurence Simon noticed a new Chron Eye for the Death Row Killer Guy (courtesy of Rosanna Ruiz). He then compared it to CNN/AP coverage of the same story. The interesting results are here.

WSJ: Midtown development lags

November 9, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Wall Street Journal ran a story by Thaddeus Herrick on Houston’s Midtown yesterday. Since the Journal is subscriber only, here’s a brief (fair-use) excerpt: For two decades, a group of locals have touted the

Doctor-Congresswoman-elect-for-a-few-weeks plans tax cuts!

November 8, 2006 Kevin Whited

Doctor-Councilwoman Shelley Sekula-Gibbs, who won the special election to serve out the last weeks of Tom DeLay’s term but mounted an unsuccessful write-in campaign for the full term, told the Chronicle‘s Alexis Grant today that

Cantu developments put Pulitzer celebration on hold

November 7, 2006 Kevin Whited

Roughly a year ago, the Chronicle‘s Lise Olsen excitedly concluded that an innocent man had been executed in Texas. The anti-death-penalty newspaper’s editors and executives were, no doubt, looking forward to the newspaper’s first ever

Federal judge rules city must build wheelchair ramps under ADA

November 7, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Rad Sallee reports that a federal judge has ordered the city to construct wheelchair ramps along certain streets in order to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act: U.S. District Judge Lee Rosenthal

HPD to take on role of apartment inspectors?

November 7, 2006 Kevin Whited

Fresh from punishing property owners who are victims of graffiti, City Council will now consider punishing apartment owners whose properties suffer from crime, reports KTRH-740’s Brent Fuller: The ordinance to be considered by City Council

Proposition G supporter Larry Kellner visits area churches

November 7, 2006 Anne Linehan

Isiah Carey has the scoop on what Continental CEO Larry Kellner was doing last Sunday: The Insite has learned Continental Airlines C.E.O. Larry Kellner found his way to several African American churches last Sunday to

Metro's stray current cost approaches $1 million

November 7, 2006 Anne Linehan

Tom Bazan keeps digging and Metro has been forced to release more details of its efforts to fix MetroRail’s stray current problem. KTRH-740’s Brent Fuller reports that the price tag keeps going up: The Harris

Talking to the little people

November 5, 2006 Anne Linehan

If you need a good reason to vote for Proposition G, the Chron‘s editorial board would like you to know that throughout history, the world’s great cities have remained great when they remembered to keep