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Carol Alvarado's grueling 40 hour work-month

May 8, 2008 Anne Linehan

Tom Bazan forwarded METRO’s contract with Carol Alvarado which he received following a TxPIA request. Here are several excerpts: Consulting services will be provided as requested and will include consulting on issues such as, but

Why are concealed carry applications on the rise?

May 8, 2008 Anne Linehan

State officials may be baffled, but I have a theory: METRO says their ridership numbers have been increasing. PREVIOUSLY: “Metro says you can legally carry a gun on a bus if you have a concealed

Klein ISD bond proponents getting ruffled

May 7, 2008 Anne Linehan

Anyone who drives around the Klein ISD area has seen the big VOTE YES signs all over the place. Well, the VOTE NO side invested in some signs as well (not nearly as many of

Carol Alvarado's paperless trail

May 7, 2008 Anne Linehan

Back in April Tom Bazan filed a TxPIA request with METRO regarding Carol Alvarado’s employment as a consultant: I received the METRO contract [LA0800024] engaging Consultant Alvarado, and an invoice for services performed on behalf

Mayor White talks TIRZs

May 7, 2008 Anne Linehan

Via KUHF-88.7: Tax Increment Reinvestment Zones keep a lot of the tax revenues within its boundaries. But that means taxes generated above a set baseline are not shared with the rest of the city. Mayor

Scariest job in Houston?

May 7, 2008 Anne Linehan

If it’s not, it’s in the top two or three. The Chron’s Dane Schiller visits with the men cleaning the windows and granite of the Chase Tower: When cleaning granite and washing windows on the

Mapping METRORail

May 6, 2008 Anne Linehan

Christof Spieler has the latest on METRO’s light rail alignments.

MLS prez: Letter to Mayor White was private

May 6, 2008 Anne Linehan

Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber is confident the city of Houston will meet the Dynamo’s needs for a soccer stadium: “We’re having our challenges in Houston, but ultimately we’ve been through a lot of

The "logical" thinking of the Chron's editorial board

May 6, 2008 Anne Linehan

The Chron’s editorial board lists the reasons why a federal gas tax holiday is such a bad idea: The proposal insults the intelligence of American voters, assuming they will be swayed by a few dollars

If METRO went where people needed to go…

May 5, 2008 Anne Linehan

…METRO wouldn’t need to run an ad campaign. And if it didn’t take umpteen transfers and hours to complete a trip, maybe more people would find it convenient. As it is, METRO doesn’t generally make