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Month: August 2008

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Labor Day weekend

August 30, 2008 Anne Linehan

Things might be a little quiet around here (unless something interesting pops up, such as a hurricane!), so here’s hoping you all have a wonderful, relaxing holiday weekend.

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Spanish language schools pose problem for Spring Branch mom

August 28, 2008 Kevin Whited

Yesterday, Paul Knight broke an interesting story on the Houston Press‘ Hair Balls blog about a Spring Branch mom who has had difficulty enrolling her kids in school because… they speak English (not Spanish). Really!

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Houston blog talk linkpost: 08/27/08

August 27, 2008 Kevin Whited

Harvard prof on Houston (again) and transport energy (Houston Strategies) Interview with Clarence Bradford (Off the Kuff) Bad energy reporting in the energy capital of America (Lose an Eye, It's a Sport) Bad energy reporting

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Thou shalt not question HPD (updated)

August 27, 2008 Anne Linehan

KHOU-11’s Lee McGuire reports that some city councilmembers had the temerity to ask HPD for an accounting of previous funds that were allotted for recruitment advertising. This came about as HPD was requesting another $750,000

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HPD "cracks down" on the homeless…again

August 26, 2008 Anne Linehan

The last time HPD “cracked down” on the homeless was in September, 2007. Almost one year later, it’s time to do it again (via KHOU-11): Three Houston Police divisions are preparing for a zero tolerance

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Your Houston tax dollars at work

August 25, 2008 Anne Linehan

As the end of the city’s fiscal year was approaching, what did city councilmembers do with the remainder of their office budgets? The Chron’s Matt Stiles and Carolyn Feibel asked for all the spending records

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Mayor to Mincberg: Quit using me in your ads

August 24, 2008 Anne Linehan

Last week the Chron’s Liz Austin Peterson reported that Mayor White was not overjoyed with county judge candidate David Mincberg’s presumptive use of the mayoral likeness in the wannabe judge’s first TV ad: Democrat David

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Chron: School districts saved money with later start date; HISD: No we didn't

August 24, 2008 Anne Linehan

Last week the Chron’s Jennifer Radcliffe wrote a story with the following thesis: School district utility bills have gone down since the Lege ordered later start dates: Texas public school leaders may still be fuming

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This week at METRO: Frank Wilson gets a raise; bad bus drivers keep on driving

August 22, 2008 Anne Linehan

KPRC-2 has a story posted about how METRO’s “Three Strikes, You’re Out” rule for bus drivers is just more hot air from the transit agency that could power its own wind farm: Motorists reported some

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Local watchdog/news group up and running

August 21, 2008 Kevin Whited

Journalist Trent Seibert passes along word today that his new watchdog/news group Texas Watchdog is now up and running. Seibert is joined initially by former Dallas Observer staffer Matt Pulle. Texas Watchdog describes itself as

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