January 2007 - Page 5 of 10

Light rail no boon to Wheeler Watch Clinic

January 18, 2007 Kevin Whited

Several days ago, the Chronicle‘s Mason Lerner reported that the promise by light-rail boosters of increased foot traffic and untold commercial possibilities hasn’t worked out so well for one business on Main: In its 50

So this is running government like a business?

January 18, 2007 Kevin Whited

Slampo’s been poking around on the webpages of the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs, and has a few observations: In addition to advising the mayor on immigration policy—which we thought he himself has

New Metro service "improvements" coming January 21st!

January 17, 2007 Anne Linehan

It’s a new year and Metro has decided it’s time for some new service adjustments. (Alas, Metro no longer calls them service “improvements.” What a shame.) Metro is so excited about this latest round of

Houston survives latest severe weather

January 17, 2007 Kevin Whited

This morning on KPRC-950, Michael Berry and guest Ken Hoffman discussed one of the Chronicle columnist’s favorite topics: Houston’s out-of-control weathermen. The streaming audio of the show is available here (downloadable version here). It’s pretty

How about some municipal crackblogging?

January 16, 2007 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Dwight Silverman comments on an interesting article by New York Times columnist David Carr on journalists and blogging: When I’m trying to sell a colleague on doing a blog (Ken Hoffman, you listening?),

City to replace ailing trees along Allen Parkway

January 16, 2007 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Rad Sallee posts an update on trees being removed from the median along Allen Parkway: Former Houston Chronicle business writer Greg Hassell wonders why trees are being removed from the Allen Parkway median

Launch of METRO's stored-value card system delayed again

January 16, 2007 Kevin Whited

Yesterday, the Chronicle‘s Rad Sallee reported that the date for METRO’s launch of its much delayed stored-value card system has slipped once again (although METRO spins the slippage more positively): To work out the expected

HPD faulted for inadequate tracking of overtime expenditures

January 16, 2007 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Matt Stiles stole a bit of City Controller Annise Parker’s thunder today, as his analysis of HPD overtime from payroll records was posted before the release of Parker’s report on the same subject.

Nothing like stating the obvious

January 16, 2007 Kevin Whited

The following observation appears in R.G. Ratcliffe’s Chronicle story about the inauguration and coming legislative session: “When I take my hand off the Bible, I’ll be 100 percent governor. I won’t be 39 percent governor.

Rumbo continues downsizing in Houston

January 16, 2007 Kevin Whited

The Houston Business Journal reports that the Spanish language newspaper Rumbo is further scaling back its operations: Spanish-language newspaper chain Rumbo, which had previously been published daily, has started publishing its Houston paper weekly. The