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Month: August 2007

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Accident on Spur 527 death ramp!

August 30, 2007 Kevin Whited

There was an accident on the Spur 527 Death Ramp earlier this evening. Here are a couple of (bad) photos from my cell phone: Of course, as TXDOT’s PR representatives love to say, there’s nothing

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Dolcefino and the Sports Authority – Part 3

August 30, 2007 Anne Linehan

Part 3 of Wayne Dolcefino’s investigation of the Sports Authority gave us a glimpse of internal board members’ emails and their unflattering portrayal of Billy Burge. The story really has to be read to be

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METRO promises a lovely world of crape myrtles; Chron applauds

August 29, 2007 Kevin Whited

On August 15, the Chronicle ran a letter from Robert McClain, who owns a business on Richmond and opposes rail on that street. Here is the letter in its entirety: LIKE many in the coalition

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Dolcefino and the Sports Authority – Part 2

August 29, 2007 Kevin Whited

The second part of Wayne Dolcefino’s look at the Houston Sports Authority aired last night. Last night’s topic was the Rockets’ expensive, money-losing parking garage. Here’s an excerpt: Toyota Center in the heart of downtown

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Houston hurries to add more red light cameras before new law takes effect

August 29, 2007 Anne Linehan

With little fanfare, the city is adding 20 more red light cameras, possibly to beat a deadline, even though the city has already installed the 50 cameras it said would be initially installed (via the

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Earthlink cuts jobs, has no comment on delayed Wi-Fi buildout

August 28, 2007 Kevin Whited

Earthlink, the company chosen by the city of Houston to build out its citywide Wi-Fi system, has made official massive job cuts that have been rumored for a while: Internet service provider EarthLink announced a

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Shut down the Sports Authority (cont'd)

August 27, 2007 Kevin Whited

On tonight’s 10pm broadcast, KTRK-13’s Wayne Dolcefino took a closer look at the Houston Sports Authority’s nice suite at Minute Maid Park. It looks as if Dolcefino has more interesting reports lined up for the

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Editorial board's rash of problems threatens to erode public confidence *

August 27, 2007 Kevin Whited

On Sunday, the Chronicle ran an editorial on NASA that was rife with errors. NASA’s Johnson Space Center Director Mike Coats issued a same-day press release detailing some of those errors. Chron.com commenters have pointed

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2pm press conference set from Minute Maid; Purpura, Garner out

August 27, 2007 Kevin Whited

Several media outlets just sent out email blasts that the Astros have called a 2pm press conference for an announcement. The That Astros Show blog (run by a journalism student who covered the Astros for

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Maybe the Midtown homeless could fix the roads?

August 26, 2007 Kevin Whited

Here’s a nice bit of excavation on West Alabama near the Spur in Midtown that has apparently been left exposed and unrepaired, since last Friday (at least): It’s a little hard to see at night,

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