Yesterday, MediaBistro’s Fishbowl DC reported that Chronicle columnist Cragg Hines is retiring:
FishbowlDC has learned that Houston Chronicle Washington columnist (and former Houston Chronicle D.C. Bureau Chief) Cragg Hines is retiring after 35 years with the paper. A Gridiron fixture, Hines has become one of the great Washington monuments in the journalism community. He is leaving at the end of July.
Chronicle reader representative James Campbell confirmed the news in response to my email query last night.
In light of this news, maybe the Houston-area Coven will have a retirement party for Mr. Hines next Saturday (we can also celebrate Vernon Guy and the rest of our 300-comment club). Details to follow shortly.
So, will Hines be replaced, and will the Chronicle finally hire a moderate-to-conservative columnist to balance its stable of lefties? Or will Jeff Cohen consider shuttering that irrelevant D.C. Bureau altogether?
ANNE LINEHAN ADDS: Awwww, we’re going to miss Cragg. Will his famous fur coat end up in the Smithsonian, seeing as how he’s a “Washington monument”?
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