January 2007 - Page 2 of 10

Teachers, salaries, and bonuses

January 28, 2007 Anne Linehan

The Chronicle‘s editorial board has written a conventional-wisdom type of piece today filled with the usual nonsense about underpaid teachers. The editorial is partly a response to HISD’s handing out of bonuses last week. (More

Chron: White/HPD will cut overtime funding

January 28, 2007 Kevin Whited

As noted in an update to this post, Mayor White rushed a memo to Council after a critical report by KHOU-11’s Jeff McShan regarding alleged plans to cut back on police overtime and cadet classes.

Love to travel? Bookmark this one

January 27, 2007 Kevin Whited

If you love to travel, and also love to get a good deal on travel (since that means you can afford even MORE travel), you need to bookmark a new Chron.com site, and/or add it

Residents want West Alabama bike lanes restored

January 27, 2007 Kevin Whited

Ken Fountain reports for the Examiner newspapers that people who live near West Alabama are wondering why the street has not been restored to its previous (non-contraflow lane) configuration, now that the Spur 527 construction

Local Congressmembers want promised light rail, not bus rapid transit

January 27, 2007 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Rad Sallee reports that two area Democratic members of Congress are pushing for federal money to fund light-rail lines that METRO promised voters in the 2003 referendum: As Metro began negotiations with a

Houston Auto Show starts today

January 27, 2007 Kevin Whited

Cory Crow reminds us that the Houston Auto Show gets underway today. I haven’t been to the show in a number of years, largely for the reasons described in Brett Clanton’s story for the Chronicle:

Advantage: Insite!

January 27, 2007 Kevin Whited

While at the gym yesterday, I saw a report by KPRC-2’s Robert Arnold on the drunk driving arrest of Mayor White’s daughter, and the fact that some sources who have seen the police video have

The state of the editorial page is not good (cont'd)

January 27, 2007 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle Editorial LiveJournalists lead today’s effort as follows: A commission appointed by Texas Gov. Rick Perry to reform the property appraisal system has come out with a raft of proposals that provide little in

KHOU: Mayor slashes HPD manpower initiatives

January 26, 2007 Kevin Whited

Since the big “state of the city” address, the mayor’s PR machine has been in full spin mode on the absolutely fabulous job the administration has done on crime. The Chronicle‘s reporting after the big

METRO Communications Web Log Specialist rakes in the cash

January 26, 2007 Kevin Whited

HouStoned‘s Keith Plocek inquired with METRO about blogger Communications Web Log Specialist Mary Sit’s salary and job description, and was told he needed to file a public information request for that info. He did, and