Month: March 2008

Not everyone is happy with the new location currently under construction for HPD’s Mounted Patrol (via KHOU-11): When they’re not on patrol, the 37 horses in HPD’s Mounted Patrol unit live in Memorial Park. The

Following up on what the city of Houston did a year or so ago (thanks to some prodding by KHOU-11), KHOU reports Harris County will now be posting health department restaurant inspections online as well:

Matt Bramanti spots an interesting post about the excellent (albeit brief) D.C. adventure of Doctor-former-Congresswoman Shelley Sekula Gibbs on Politico’s Shenanigan’s blog. This part amused us: Here’s a nice example of Gibbs’ style: She left

This weekend’s news included the sad story of a convenience store owner who was murdered in northwest Houston: Family and friends hung red and white carnations on the door of the Independence Heights store that

The Chronicle‘s Rad Sallee has the following update today on that bicyclist who was rammed by a Danger Train that ran a stop signal: The driver of a light rail train that struck a cyclist

Chron reporter Matt Stiles recently blogged about HCC and its stonewalling of his public information requests. Today, he blogs about the latest excuses for the stonewalling from the HCC IT people, and concludes: This is

The Chronicle‘s Mike Snyder reported over the weekend that Houston will have to repay at least $15 million in federal housing funds, one of the highest repayments ever demanded of a local agency: The required

Cory Crow notes that hotel development shill consultant John Keeling has made yet another appearance in the local media, this time in a Chronicle column by Nancy Sarnoff: Every major convention city has at least