February 2007 - Page 5 of 8

Breaking news you CAN get elsewhere (02-16-2007 edition)

February 16, 2007 Kevin Whited

The Chron.com Froot Loop Bureau has been watching KTRK-13 again this morning: Two fires broke out in the Houston area early this morning, destroying a family’s home and gutting another one that was vacant, according

Panic Time: It's going to be cold!

February 15, 2007 Kevin Whited

KPRC-2 (and others, we’re sure) reports that it’s going to get cold tonight: Cold air that has moved into southeast Texas is threatening to break record lows, KPRC Local 2 reported. Chilly temperatures helped a

Breaking news you CAN get elsewhere (02-15-2007 edition)

February 15, 2007 Kevin Whited

The Chron.com Froot Loop Bureau is back in action today: Two suspects led police on a chase in northwest Houston overnight, according to a morning report from KTRK (Channel 13). Authorities gave a reporter this

Chron: Judge Robert Eckels resigns

February 15, 2007 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Kristen Mack reports [UPDATE: see this thread] that Judge Robert Eckels has today confirmed speculation that he’d be stepping down: County Judge Robert Eckels announced his resignation this afternoon at the annual State

Frank "Procurement Disaster" Wilson responds to Carroll Robinson

February 14, 2007 Kevin Whited

A few weeks ago, KRIV-26 reporter Isiah Carey posted a letter from Carroll Robinson to METRO. The letter was vague. While Robinson clearly seemed to be suggesting METRO was not behaving as it should be,

Northside residents hold METRO protest march

February 13, 2007 Kevin Whited

KTRK-13’s Mark Garay reports that some north Houston residents marched in protest of METRO’s North Main trolley plans: A group of protestors walked from Northline Mall beginning at 9am Tuesday. They plan to continue walking

Editorial LiveJournalists correct confusion over election dates

February 13, 2007 Kevin Whited

Over a week ago, we noted some errors in a Chronicle editorial about the possibility of Judge Eckels leaving office early. Today, the Chronicle issued a correction: An editorial in the Feb. 4 Chronicle misidentified

City to take up pressing issue of cabbie exams

February 12, 2007 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Matt Stiles reports that Council will take up a proposal that would require an exam of taxi drivers: One of many proposed changes to the city’s “vehicles for hire” ordinance under consideration would

City of Houston Agenda 2-13-07

February 12, 2007 ubu roi

As noted by Matt Stiles in the Chronicle’s City Watch Blog, I review the council agendas each week for items of interest and post here. The reason he said I do this “occasionally” is because

Comparing and contrasting two "official" blogs about Houston

February 12, 2007 Kevin Whited

Today, Chron.com launched its City Hall blog. Three contributors have put up seven posts, and have been interacting with commenters. There is no financial incentive for the Chron.com bloggers to post, as the blog is