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Hurricane LeeP hits New Orleans

January 19, 2007 Kevin Whited

A week ago, KHOU-11 reported that Lee Brown had been hired to help New Orleans with its crime problem (really!). Today, the Chronicle‘s Kristen Mack devoted over half of her weekly column (really!) to this

Romantic Houston

January 19, 2007 Anne Linehan

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Texas Highways magazine highlights Houston’s “Flirty Dozen” — twelve places to inspire romance. Here’s an excerpt: THE CHOCOLATE BAR Sweets for your sweet If you imagine anything appealing that

"Ice storm" leads to severe blood shortage in local hospitals

January 19, 2007 Anne Linehan

Local hospitals are having to cancel surgeries because of a shortage of blood, due in part to this week’s weather hysteria: The Texas Medical Center and other hospitals around town were hit hard by the

A tale of two headlines

January 18, 2007 Kevin Whited

This is an example of a bad headline: Continental loss narrows, profits $343 million This is an example of a better headline: Continental has profitable 2006 after cutting fourth-quarter losses

Light rail no boon to Wheeler Watch Clinic

January 18, 2007 Kevin Whited

Several days ago, the Chronicle‘s Mason Lerner reported that the promise by light-rail boosters of increased foot traffic and untold commercial possibilities hasn’t worked out so well for one business on Main: In its 50

So this is running government like a business?

January 18, 2007 Kevin Whited

Slampo’s been poking around on the webpages of the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs, and has a few observations: In addition to advising the mayor on immigration policy—which we thought he himself has

New Metro service "improvements" coming January 21st!

January 17, 2007 Anne Linehan

It’s a new year and Metro has decided it’s time for some new service adjustments. (Alas, Metro no longer calls them service “improvements.” What a shame.) Metro is so excited about this latest round of

Houston survives latest severe weather

January 17, 2007 Kevin Whited

This morning on KPRC-950, Michael Berry and guest Ken Hoffman discussed one of the Chronicle columnist’s favorite topics: Houston’s out-of-control weathermen. The streaming audio of the show is available here (downloadable version here). It’s pretty

How about some municipal crackblogging?

January 16, 2007 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Dwight Silverman comments on an interesting article by New York Times columnist David Carr on journalists and blogging: When I’m trying to sell a colleague on doing a blog (Ken Hoffman, you listening?),

City to replace ailing trees along Allen Parkway

January 16, 2007 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Rad Sallee posts an update on trees being removed from the median along Allen Parkway: Former Houston Chronicle business writer Greg Hassell wonders why trees are being removed from the Allen Parkway median