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Year: 2007

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Former talk radio host sentenced to jail

February 27, 2007 Kevin Whited

KPRC-2 reports that former local talk radio host Jon Matthews was sentenced to jail today: A former Houston radio talk show host will spend three years in prison after he violated his probation for an

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KHOU: HPD cracks down on handicapped parking abuse

February 27, 2007 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11’s Rucks Russell reports that HPD cracked down today on people caught abusing handicapped parking placards: “They’re trying to save a few dollars by not having to pay for parking,” HPD Sgt. Mike Lundholm said.

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City of Houston Agenda 2-27-07

February 27, 2007 ubu roi

Events have conspired to keep me from doing a full post on the agenda for the second week in a row, but I managed the time for a brief post. Thanks to Matt Stiles of

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METRO still hopes to collect from Siemens for stray current expenses

February 26, 2007 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Rad Sallee today reports METRO’s response to a letter from Siemens (noted in this post from last week) rejecting METRO’s insistence that the contractor reimburse METRO work related to the ongoing stray-current problem:

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Someone set up Councilmember Johnson a Google Calendar reminder

February 26, 2007 Kevin Whited

Apparently, Councilmember Jarvis Johnson likes to use Chronicle reporter Matt Stiles as his own reminder service. As the reporter notes on the Newswatch: City Hall blog, he’s twice reported that Johnson has been late filing

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Breaking news you CAN get elsewhere (02-26-2007 edition)

February 26, 2007 Kevin Whited

The Chron.com Froot Loop Bureau checks in with this rewrite of a report from KTRK-13 this morning: A man was stabbed after getting into a fight with another man overnight in east Houston, according to

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Short yellow light times stop Lubbock's red light cameras

February 25, 2007 Anne Linehan

The Newspaper.com points to a news story about Lubbock postponing installation of red light cameras after a local news outlet discovered yellow light times at intersections scheduled to receive cameras were a tad on the

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Houston's water meters continue to malfunction

February 25, 2007 Anne Linehan

The ongoing saga of the city’s unreliable water meters continues as KHOU-11 reported last week: “When you open up the bill and it’s nearly $3,000, it’s quite a shock,” Dwight Cook said. Cook’s January bill

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Hug-a-Bear drive helps children in crisis situations

February 24, 2007 Anne Linehan

This is the sixth year local Christian radio station KSBJ-89.3 has collected stuffed animals for a very worthwhile cause. The Hug-a-Bear drive provides cuddly stuffed animals for HPD officers to give to children faced with

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Is Chron's DC bureau the "most useless" one ever?

February 24, 2007 Anne Linehan

Last night Kevin alluded to yesterday’s lame Julie Mason column about how the Washington DC press corps doesn’t care for White House spokesman Tony Snow — a topic of dubious news-value. The lameness started right

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