April 2007 - Page 4 of 7

New county judge wants Grand Parkway to be completed

April 16, 2007 Anne Linehan

Rad Sallee’s Q & A with Harris County’s new (appointed) judge Ed Emmett contained this depressing bit of info: Q: What projects do you especially want to push through? A: The completion of the Grand

Pulitzers have been awarded

April 16, 2007 Kevin Whited

This year’s Pulitzer Prize winners have been announced. The Chronicle still is Pulitzer-free, as no Chron Eyes were deemed worthy of the honor (although a Chicago Tribune series that raised questions about a death-penalty case

Former city attorney elaborates on leases, center

April 15, 2007 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle has published a long letter from former city attorney John Wildenthal, criticizing the White Administration’s legal efforts to dishonor an agreement with the Center Serving Persons with Mental Retardation in order to boost

METRO sits and spins recent news stories

April 15, 2007 Kevin Whited

Two news items this week gave METRO an opportunity to try to shape views via its $76,622 Sit and Spin blog. As Rad Sallee reported for the Chronicle, Richmond rail opponent Daphne Scarborough has filed

The week: People who don't like Dan Patrick still don't

April 15, 2007 Kevin Whited

As he promised during his campaign, state senator and Houston talker Dan Patrick made news this week in the capital with his high-profile efforts to draw attention to the growth of state government. Various lefty

COH and Metro thank you for your support!

April 15, 2007 Anne Linehan

Via the Houston Business Journal we see that sales tax revenues are flowing in quite nicely: Houston received a sales tax allocation of $35.7 million for April, a 13.5 percent increase over April 2006. Houston’s

Chron editorial raises an interesting question

April 15, 2007 Kevin Whited

Several days ago, a reader called our attention to the latest foray by the Chronicle Editorial LiveJournalists into international politics. In particular, this excerpt caught our reader’s eye: Zambia’s 11-million population has been decimated in

Farewell, Ed Brandon

April 13, 2007 Kevin Whited

On the 6pm broadcast earlier, KTRK-13 had a nice farewell to longtime weatherman Ed Brandon, who closed out his career with the station tonight. KTRK has posted some additional material to its website. Brandon made

HISD officially endorses end-of-course exams over TAKS

April 12, 2007 Kevin Whited

As expected, HISD’s board today voted unanimously in favor of a resolution that calls on the state legislature to end TAKS testing, and replace it with end-of-course exams. Here is a snippet from HISD’s press

Guillotine type HOV devices are world class — when they work

April 12, 2007 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11’s Jason Whitely reports on METRO’s latest waste of money: You likely never notice them driving by. Metal cabinets line the on-ramps to five Houston HOV lanes. They’re part of a broken safety system in