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The Houston Bowl is circling the drain

April 19, 2006 Kevin Whited

Last week, USA Today reported some troubling news about the Houston Bowl: The payouts from last season’s Houston Bowl have not yet been made in full, marking an unusually long wait for the conferences involved.

METRO gives drivers the green light to hit the Danger Train

April 18, 2006 Kevin Whited

Laurence Simon posts about his experience at a METRO light rail crossing today — he literally watched the traffic lights go green while the train was in the intersection. I saw the same thing happen

Mayor White is anxious for red light camera revenue to begin flowing

April 18, 2006 Anne Linehan

KTRH-740 is reporting that Mayor White is agitating for Council to approve the city’s red light camera contract with American Traffic Solutions: It appears a contract for red-light cameras will be pushed through Houston’s City

UH Law Center Dean resigns

April 18, 2006 Anne Linehan

UH Law Center Dean Nancy Rapoport has resigned, apparently rather unexpectedly. The Chronicle and Texas Lawyer have the story. Tom Kirkendall wonders if the latest U.S. News and World Report law school rankings are the

City Hall performance-pay investigation continues (updated)

April 17, 2006 Kevin Whited

Remember back in early March, when the Chronicle Editorial LiveJournalists argued that there was nothing to see, and that it was time to move on from the City Hall bonus scandal? Here’s an excerpt from

TSU calls special meeting to discuss Slade

April 17, 2006 Kevin Whited

KPRC-2 reported on Friday that Texas Southern University has set a special meeting for this afternoon to discuss the future of President Priscilla Slade, who compounded her spending scandal by disregarding a request from regents

New sports podcast posted

April 17, 2006 Kevin Whited

There’s a new blogHOUSTON sports podcast posted. We talk a bit about Texans GM Charley Casserly’s impending departure, as well as the usual local sports topics.

Parking Commission chair already longing for more power, less accountability

April 16, 2006 Kevin Whited

KUHF’s Jim Bell checks in on Houston’s Public Parking Commission, which held its first meeting on Thursday. Already, the new entity seems to be focusing on ways to enhance its powers and decrease its accountability:

Editorial cartoon d

April 16, 2006 Anne Linehan

Here’s Nick Anderson’s editorial cartoon dated April 14. If it seems familiar to you, that’s because it’s oddly reminiscent of a Tom Toles’ editorial cartoon that appeared in the Washington Post back in January. More

Another close call with the Danger Train

April 16, 2006 Anne Linehan

It happened again: a local media person, who couldn’t figure out why so many dumb Houston drivers were crashing into the Danger Train, experienced the problem first hand: I was driving in downtown Houston near