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Month: February 2007

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Short yellow light times stop Lubbock's red light cameras

February 25, 2007 Anne Linehan

The Newspaper.com points to a news story about Lubbock postponing installation of red light cameras after a local news outlet discovered yellow light times at intersections scheduled to receive cameras were a tad on the

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Houston's water meters continue to malfunction

February 25, 2007 Anne Linehan

The ongoing saga of the city’s unreliable water meters continues as KHOU-11 reported last week: “When you open up the bill and it’s nearly $3,000, it’s quite a shock,” Dwight Cook said. Cook’s January bill

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Hug-a-Bear drive helps children in crisis situations

February 24, 2007 Anne Linehan

This is the sixth year local Christian radio station KSBJ-89.3 has collected stuffed animals for a very worthwhile cause. The Hug-a-Bear drive provides cuddly stuffed animals for HPD officers to give to children faced with

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Is Chron's DC bureau the "most useless" one ever?

February 24, 2007 Anne Linehan

Last night Kevin alluded to yesterday’s lame Julie Mason column about how the Washington DC press corps doesn’t care for White House spokesman Tony Snow — a topic of dubious news-value. The lameness started right

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Who's been misleading whom?

February 24, 2007 Anne Linehan

Last week Rep. John Culberson held a town hall-type meeting on Metro’s proposed Richmond Rail line. Also in attendance was the pro-rail group RichmondRail.org (headed by an architect with a firm that hopes to capitalize

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Pappas Restaurants needs to pay for immune globulin shots

February 24, 2007 Anne Linehan

KTRH-740 reports that Harris County is footing the bill to provide immune globulin shots for customers who may have been exposed to Hepatitis A at the Pappasitos restaurant on North I-45: Right now, Harris County

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Pavilions groundbreaking scheduled

February 24, 2007 Anne Linehan

The downtown Pavilions project will finally break ground next week, and with the announcement comes news that the development will no longer include condominiums (via the Houston Business Journal): Two new anchor tenants for the

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A new, but different, Chron eye!

February 23, 2007 Kevin Whited

We’ve frequently pointed out the Chron Eye for the Death Row Killer Guy, the anti-death-penalty Houston Chronicle‘s ongoing effort to focus sympathy on criminals who have been sentenced to die in the state of Texas.

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Chronicle's Mack reviews Council candidates

February 23, 2007 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Kristen Mack runs down the candidates for the May 12 special election to fill the seat once held by Doctor-Councilwoman Shelley Sekula Gibbs. Clearly, Melissa Noriega is the favorite, as she enjoys the

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Mayor trumpets SAFEclear program

February 23, 2007 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Matt Stiles reports that Mayor White is trumpeting his SAFEclear program: Crashes on Houston freeways have declined almost 20 percent since 2004, according to newly released statistics — an improvement Mayor Bill White

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