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Year: 2007

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Shocker: Northsiders complain METRO deceived them

February 11, 2007 Kevin Whited

Earlier this week, the Chronicle‘s Rad Sallee reported that northside business owners and residents are complaining that METRO has not been forthcoming about its plans for the North line: Several business owners on North Main

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Isiah Carey continues to keep city officials on their toes

February 10, 2007 Anne Linehan

Isiah Carey posted two fine stories this week for KRIV-26 that can definitely be filed under the “watchdog media” heading. First, he looked into possible payment discrepancies to a company the city’s IT department uses

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House/Senate, Illinois/Ohio, Boehner/Beoner, who can keep it straight?

February 10, 2007 Kevin Whited

Earlier this week, the Chronicle ran a “Washington Notebook” with this tidbit: Senate foes swap barbs at Press Club They come from worlds apart: Sen. Edward Kennedy, iconic liberal and a millionaire’s son from Massachusetts,

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Midtown: Houston's new skid row

February 8, 2007 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Jennifer Friedberg reports from a neighborhood meeting in Midtown: Something needs to be done about a vacant lot that has become a hang out for the homeless in Midtown, a local resident told

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A little bad news to go with the financial ratings boost

February 8, 2007 Kevin Whited

The city got some good financial news at the end of last week — a boost in its financial rating — but there was this ominous tidbit tucked away at the end of Matt Stiles’

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Dynamo "quietly" squeezing city officials for playpen

February 8, 2007 Kevin Whited

The Houston Dynamo are trying to squeeze city officials for a nice, taxpayer-subsidized playpen. That’s certainly “olds” rather than news, but the Chronicle‘s recent characterization of the team’s latest demands of city officials struck us

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Breaking news you CAN get elsewhere (02-07/02-08 edition)

February 8, 2007 Kevin Whited

(Chron.com Froot Loop Bureau, photo courtesy Matt Bramanti) The Chron.com Froot Loop bureau has been hard at work watching the morning news with breakfast over the last couple of days! The intrepid Chron.com Froot Loop

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Hide the kids if you see the "Mystery Machine" in Houston

February 8, 2007 Kevin Whited

KTRK-13 ran this disturbing report recently: Authorities were able to keep a close eye on a registered sex offender because of his attention-grabbing vehicle he drove around. Police in Waller County say they could always

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Lone Star Pundit on the latest Chron Eye

February 8, 2007 Kevin Whited

Lone Star Pundit noticed a new Chron Eye for the Death Row Killer Guy. His post is here. Nice catch, Kyle. Mr. Kathryn Kase must have thought he could sneak that one by in between

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Sorry for the slow posting…

February 7, 2007 Anne Linehan

(Note: It makes sense to move this to the top. We hope to get posting back to normal soon! Thanks!) Some of the blogHOUSTON contributors are under the weather. If you are looking for something

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