Month: May 2007

Mayor White and his rubber-stamp Council may not have any good answers regarding Houston’s surging crime or HPD’s manpower issues, but don’t let it be said they’re doing nothing. Just this week, they’ve cracked down

On Thursday, the Chronicle posted the following news from the Austin bureau’s Lisa Sandberg: Overall crime rates fell in Texas last year, although Houston’s rose slightly, marked by a spike in the number of homicides,

Kristen Mack reports on the latest idea to help developers of the Astrodome Hotel get financing for the boondoggle: Sen. Kyle Janek, R-Houston, amended a House bill to qualify the project for hotel and sales

KHOU-11’s Jeremy Desel ran a story yesterday that will probably get him a scolding phone call or two from the usual downtown booster types. Here are some choice excerpts: There was a time Main Street

The Chronicle‘s Matt Stiles reports on an unusual protest that took place downtown yesterday and forced a (temporary) suspension of a previously approved change in security screening of airport cab drivers: Mayor Bill White held

KRIV-26’s Isiah Carey has an interesting post up about community activists allegedly arranging media coverage for their constituents/clients — for a few grand a pop. Here’s Carey’s advice to anyone approached by a community activist/shakedown