October 2007 - Page 4 of 8

Chron announces cool front with fantastic headlines

October 22, 2007 Kevin Whited

The temperature dropped today, and Chron.com had several interesting headlines on the story through the day. Here’s the one that first appeared in the site’s RSS feed: Temperature drop to bring winter to Houston And

Helfman, et al., on reinventing HPD

October 21, 2007 Kevin Whited

Alan Helfman, Jay Wall, and William Wolff offer another of their periodic op-eds on HPD and Houston crime. Here is an excerpt: In his inaugural speech as NYPD commissioner, [William] Bratton promised to cut serious

Reflecting on White, Brown

October 21, 2007 Kevin Whited

Roy Reynolds comments on Mayor White and reminisces about his predecessor in today’s Chronicle: [Mayor] initially concentrated on long-neglected financial restructuring, including the unfunded liabilities of the employee pension fund, to put the city on

City ordinance kills property values; councilman pleads ignorance

October 21, 2007 Anne Linehan

In today’s Chronicle, Mike Snyder looks at the effect of the city’s floodplain ordinance that prohibits construction on vacant land that sits in a floodplain: The ordinance, adopted unanimously by the City Council on Aug.

Metro: Yeah, we know light rail construction is a pain…

October 20, 2007 Anne Linehan

…but it must be endured: A METRO spokeswoman said the concerns of residents and business owners are legitimate. “It’s a pain. It’s a pain that we all have to bear in the meantime (but) will

METRO picks Richmond route, scraps BRT

October 18, 2007 Kevin Whited

METRO’s board issued two big decisions today after several hours of sham testimony. Here is Rad Sallee’s coverage for the Chronicle. First, METRO chose the Richmond rail option that it has seemingly favored all along.

Houston chefs to appear on "Iron Chef America"

October 17, 2007 Kevin Whited

The Houston Business Journal reports that several Houston chefs will be appearing on The Food Network in a few days: Ibiza Food & Wine Bar chef/owner Charles Clark will take on Iron Chef Mario Batali

KHOU: "City's scrap metal law is full of holes"

October 17, 2007 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11’s Lee McGuire reports that the City of Houston is lagging in its implementation of the scrap-metal ordinance that Mayor White and his Council passed in March: Every scrap dealer in Houston was supposed to

DeBakey receives top civilian honor

October 16, 2007 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Michelle Mittelstadt reports that legendary surgeon Michael DeBakey has received the nation’s top civilian honor: With a stroke of his pen today, President Bush officially conferred the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Congressional

Did the headline writer mean to call them heavyweights?

October 16, 2007 Kevin Whited

KTRK-13’s Deborah Wrigley reports on fireworks at the county government level: Today was the public hearing on the county’s proposed tax rate which commissioners are leaning toward lowering by one cent. Instead it turned into