December 2007 - blogHOUSTON

Less-than-world-class New Year's greetings

December 31, 2007 Kevin Whited

We’d like to take the opportunity to wish everyone a Happy New Year! Sadly, our quirky little burg didn’t manage to resurrect the world-class New Year’s Eve Star event. Recall that Carol Alvarado was too

HISD develops K-8 schools

December 31, 2007 Anne Linehan

The Chronicle‘s Jennifer Radcliffe reports that HISD is transitioning some elementary and middle schools into K-8 campuses, hoping to improve academics: Houston leaders are anxious to add more K-8 campuses but find themselves facing an

Michael Berry worries about Big Brother…sometimes

December 30, 2007 Anne Linehan

This Chronicle story on new state laws that take effect in 2008 reminds me of something I meant to pass on before Christmas. One of the new laws requires most employees of a school district

Perhaps not the best person to call for the end of term limits…

December 30, 2007 Anne Linehan

(Almost former) Councilwoman Carol Alvarado continues complaining about Houston’s term limits in an op-ed for today’s Chronicle:

Thoughts on the Rosenthal email flap

December 30, 2007 Kevin Whited

The big local political news over the last few days (over the course of a holiday break, travel, bowl games, a server crash, end-of-year work crunch, and other assorted fun) has involved emails send by

Astrodome Hotel cheerleader resigns county position

December 29, 2007 Anne Linehan

This is welcome news (via the Chronicle‘s Bill Murphy): Under pressure from County Judge Ed Emmett, Mike Surface has resigned as chairman of the Harris County Sports & Convention Corp. Surface cited “personal and professional

Technical difficulties

December 27, 2007 Kevin Whited

Apparently, the web host had a hard drive crash earlier, which knocked us off the web for a bit. Unfortunately, they had to restore from a backup that wasn’t exactly current, so some posts and

Two more area institutions closing down

December 27, 2007 Kevin Whited

Two Houston-area landmarks will be shutting down for good at the end of the year. Jennifer Leahy and Lisa Gray report for the Chronicle that the Greenway Theater will be closing: The Greenway Theatre, which

When in doubt, go for the local

December 27, 2007 Kevin Whited

Headline on Chron.com: U.S. home prices post steepest fall since 1991 Headline on the Houston Business Journal‘s website: Study: Home prices increase in Texas markets I’m thinking the more locally focused story would be of

Holiday slowdown

December 23, 2007 Anne Linehan

There is likely to be little blogging over the next couple of days as the big holiday approaches, so… Merry Christmas, everyone! Or, as my very inclusive compatriot said last year, “Merry Whatever Holiday You