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Month: October 2007

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Looking for Channel 13's update….

October 31, 2007 Jason

Remember this story? A Pct. 4 deputy responded to a family disturbance and ended up arresting a woman. After that the charges, and the report, seemed to disappear. When I first heard about this I

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High-rise Clear Thinking; Mrs. White to the rescue; Mistreated Mayor

October 31, 2007 Kevin Whited

Clear Thinker Tom Kirkendall today blasts Mayor White for “capriciously manipulating local governmental power to sidetrack development of a condominium project in a neighborhood where he raises … substantial political campaign funds.” Unsurprisingly, the Chronicle‘s

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Lifestyles of the less well-heeled

October 31, 2007 Anne Linehan

When voters aren’t as “well-heeled” and “civically-active,” this is what happens: After a lengthy debate that at times got tense, the Houston City Council approved a low-income housing complex planned for Beltway 8 and the

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Texans, Rodeo oppose Astrodome redevelopment boondoggle

October 30, 2007 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Bill Murphy reports that both Houston Texans and the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo have come out against the Astrodome convention-hotel boondoggle: The $450-million plan to reinvent the Astrodome as an upscale convention

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METRO changes video policy, effectively smears local media

October 30, 2007 Kevin Whited

METRO’s PR representative Raequel Roberts has apparently decided that real-time, independent reporting on METRO does not fit well with the public organization’s PR objectives. Here is the substance of a letter emailed to various local

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Marticiuc out, Blankinship in at HPOU

October 30, 2007 Kevin Whited

Hans Marticiuc is out and Gary Blankinship is the new president of the Houston Police Officers’ Union, according to results posted on the organization’s website. KHOU-11’s Jeff McShan has more on the new HPOU president:

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Cohen notes it's an "interesting time" to be a journalist, hits the links

October 30, 2007 Kevin Whited

The Houston Press‘ Rich Connelly posts the memo sent out by editor Jeff Cohen related to yesterday’s pre-Halloween slaughter at 801 Texas Avenue: Newsroom restructuring I believe that journalism is a public service. But, also,

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Lifestyles of the well-heeled (cont'd)

October 30, 2007 Kevin Whited

We missed this gem from a few days ago by the Chronicle‘s Mike Tolson: Love the Texans but hate fighting traffic on game days? You might consider catching a ride with team owner Bob McNair

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Lone Star Emmy winners announced

October 29, 2007 Kevin Whited

Lone Star Emmy award winners have been announced, and Houston is well represented once again. The full list of winners is here. Follow the [Read More] link for an edited version that includes only the

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Worse than the Froot Loops Bureau

October 29, 2007 Kevin Whited

There is an interesting news brief posted on Chron.com at the moment: A man walking along an east Houston road was fatally shot by the driver of a gray 4-door older model compact car early

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