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Month: February 2007

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HPD kicks off "March on Crime"

February 28, 2007 Kevin Whited

KTRK-13 reports that Chief Harold Hurtt kicked off HPD’s “March on Crime” effort today: Houston Police Chief Harold Hurtt kicked off the department’s annual March on Crime initiative. During the month of March, HPD sends

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Chron reports record ridership for the Danger Train

February 28, 2007 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle reports that the Danger Train saw record ridership on Tuesday: Metro set a weekday record Tuesday with 56,388 passenger boardings on MetroRail. Many of the passengers were attending opening night of the Houston

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Will the downtown Pavilions overshadow the moats of urine?

February 28, 2007 Kevin Whited

Some local bloggers have either heavily blockquoted news copy or rewritten press copy on the big groundbreaking of the Houston pavilions, but Jennifer Ringwald (of Houston’s finest cover band) has a more unique take on

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Breaking news you CAN get elsewhere (02-28-2007 edition)

February 28, 2007 Kevin Whited

The Chron.com Froot Loop Bureau checked in early this morning with copy written from TWO local TV stations! Firefighters battled two blazes in the Houston area early this morning, according to televised reports from KTRK

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Former talk radio host sentenced to jail

February 27, 2007 Kevin Whited

KPRC-2 reports that former local talk radio host Jon Matthews was sentenced to jail today: A former Houston radio talk show host will spend three years in prison after he violated his probation for an

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KHOU: HPD cracks down on handicapped parking abuse

February 27, 2007 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11’s Rucks Russell reports that HPD cracked down today on people caught abusing handicapped parking placards: “They’re trying to save a few dollars by not having to pay for parking,” HPD Sgt. Mike Lundholm said.

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City of Houston Agenda 2-27-07

February 27, 2007 ubu roi

Events have conspired to keep me from doing a full post on the agenda for the second week in a row, but I managed the time for a brief post. Thanks to Matt Stiles of

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METRO still hopes to collect from Siemens for stray current expenses

February 26, 2007 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Rad Sallee today reports METRO’s response to a letter from Siemens (noted in this post from last week) rejecting METRO’s insistence that the contractor reimburse METRO work related to the ongoing stray-current problem:

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Someone set up Councilmember Johnson a Google Calendar reminder

February 26, 2007 Kevin Whited

Apparently, Councilmember Jarvis Johnson likes to use Chronicle reporter Matt Stiles as his own reminder service. As the reporter notes on the Newswatch: City Hall blog, he’s twice reported that Johnson has been late filing

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Breaking news you CAN get elsewhere (02-26-2007 edition)

February 26, 2007 Kevin Whited

The Chron.com Froot Loop Bureau checks in with this rewrite of a report from KTRK-13 this morning: A man was stabbed after getting into a fight with another man overnight in east Houston, according to

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