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Month: April 2008

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Headed to Piraeus (and mostly points beyond)

April 30, 2008 Kevin Whited

I wanted to put up a short announcement that I’ll be headed out of country to Greece for a couple of weeks, and won’t be posting here (although I may check in from time to

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"The dubious nature of municipal stadium subsidies"

April 30, 2008 Anne Linehan

Tom Kirkendall highlights an op-ed that goes along nicely with the current debate on the Dynamo’s desire for a soccer stadium that is majority city-funded. An excerpt: Clearly, stadiums built with public funds have evolved

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METRO moves to second choice contractor; Solutions cost is a moving target

April 30, 2008 Anne Linehan

METRO is no longer negotiating with Washington Group International to build the revised Solutions plan (via the Chron’s Rad Sallee): Metropolitan Transit Authority officials announced Tuesday they have ended talks with Washington Group International to

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Report: Houston should align transit projects with land use planning

April 29, 2008 Anne Linehan

The Houston Business Journal highlights a report issued by the Urban Land Institute that says Houston needs to address infrastructure issues related to a car-dependent society: Houston is one of 23 large metro areas in

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What would Richard Vacar do?

April 29, 2008 Anne Linehan

Cab drivers who work at Bush Intercontinental have filed a lawsuit in an effort to get the city to improve their working conditions: Two miles from all the terminals at Bush Intercontinental Airport, sits this

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Covering the news important to…Washington, D.C. journalists

April 28, 2008 Anne Linehan

Remember Jeff Cohen’s emphasis on the HOUSTON portion of the Chronicle’s masthead? Yeah, well, The HOUSTON Chronicle’s DC bureau had the annual White House Correspondents dinner well-covered this year: The White House Correspondents’ Association has

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METRO extends deadline to transfer balances to Q Cards

April 27, 2008 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Rad Sallee reports that METRO has extended the deadline to transfer balances from the old stored-value cards to the new Q Cards: Some Metropolitan Transit Authority riders who had unused balances when their

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Continental calls off merger talks with United

April 27, 2008 Kevin Whited

The New York Times reports that Continental Airlines has ended merger discussions with United Airlines: Continental Airlines said Sunday that it had abandoned merger talks with United Airlines and was planning to remain an independent

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Sheriff's office won't appeal email decision

April 27, 2008 Kevin Whited

Back on April 8, we noted that KTRK-13 had won another legal round in its effort to obtain emails from the Sheriff’s office via public information request, but that the sheriff was considering an appeal

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City considers heavy-trash changes

April 27, 2008 Kevin Whited

We recently noted that the city was considering revisions to the recent changes (read: cuts) it made to heavy trash collection. Carolyn Feibel reports on some of the details of the possible changes: Houston could

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