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Month: February 2008

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Downtown parking is always an adventure

February 27, 2008 Kevin Whited

We went downtown earlier to vote early at the Harris County Administration Building (which is little used, unlike the West Gray early voting facility) on Preston. We parked on the street, and unsurprisingly, the first

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KTRK's Dolcefino continues investigation of county government (02/26/2008)

February 27, 2008 Kevin Whited

Last night, KTRK-13’s Wayne Dolcefino continued his look at some of the relationships between Harris County government and private industry. Here’s a teaser: Friends helping friends get huge government contracts. Is that the way you

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Another example of Metro's "transparency"

February 27, 2008 Anne Linehan

Tom Bazan sent out a heads up today about an easy open records request he has made of METRO that is inexplicably being dragged out. You’ll recall last week’s news that the Texas Medical Center

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KTRK's Dolcefino continues investigation of county government (02/25/2008)

February 26, 2008 Kevin Whited

KTRK-13’s Wayne Dolcefino has been poking around in county government again, and last night he ran the first of a series of reports on apparent Harris County government cronyism and sweetheart deals. Here’s a teaser:

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Breaking down the $20 million

February 25, 2008 ubu roi

Tomorrow the council will meet to begin “deliberations” on Mayor White’s plan to pay over three times the appraised value for some land downtown, plus engineer some land swaps for the owners of the Dynamo.

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Chron: HPD report details latest crime lab problems

February 25, 2008 Kevin Whited

Last Friday (the day that damning news often goes to die), the Chronicle ran an important story by Roma Khanna on the latest problems with the HPD Crime Lab. Here are some choice excerpts (although

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Sarnoff details new Midtown development

February 24, 2008 Kevin Whited

Anyone who has driven through the Elgin/Louisiana area of Midtown recently has probably noticed some serious construction (and occasional lane closures). The Chronicle‘s Nancy Sarnoff reports on the big development: One of Midtown’s largest landholders

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Lucy ads are much more fun than actually promoting transit usage

February 24, 2008 Kevin Whited

Local blogger Christof Spieler posts some useful ideas on how METRO could better promote its services to the public: [T]ransit still works in a world where documents — bus schedules, system maps, and brochures —

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It's a good thing newspapers are staffed with fact-checkers…

February 24, 2008 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle ran a correction that was notable for its length today: An article in Feb. 18 editions repeated charges made by Republican candidate for Congress Dean Hrbacek that a law firm, Williams & Jensen,

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Doctor-Congresswoman goes to Washington (update)

February 24, 2008 Kevin Whited

Remember back when Doctor-Congresswoman Shelley Sekula-Gibbs headed off to Washington, managed to treat the existing Congressional staff so poorly they resigned, and then made all sorts of reckless accusations about that staff? As the Chronicle‘s

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