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HISD talks make-up days; Gayle Fallon whines

September 20, 2008 Anne Linehan

Here’s HISD exploring how to handle make-up days: To the disappointment of some, Saavedra said students will have to make up seven days of school they missed. He is considering adding an hour to the

Editorial LiveJournalists lecture HISD

September 19, 2008 Anne Linehan

Add another Chron editorial to the list of examples of why Banjo Jones’ Modest Proposal is a good idea: All schools in the Houston Independent School District, which closed the Thursday before Ike made landfall,

METRO's "transit backbone" still offline; buses back in service

September 19, 2008 Kevin Whited

Barry Klein passed along and highlighted some information on METRO in this Chronicle story that ran in Thursday print editions: Because of continuing electrical outages on the region’s HOV-lane system, Metro cannot operate normal park-and-ride

Houston SPCA

September 19, 2008 Anne Linehan

The Houston SPCA has taken in many lost and abandoned animals from Galveston and is now sponsoring “Operation Save A Life”: In the wake of Hurricane Ike, many animals have been lost, abandoned, and injured

Editorial LiveJournalists forget when 9/11 took place

September 18, 2008 Kevin Whited

Matt Bramanti noticed that the Chron Editorial LiveJournalists were playing Editorial Humorists today: Last weekend, as Hurricane Ike buffeted Southeast Texas, another massive storm pummeled Wall Street, leaving financial institutions reeling and triggering the most

Emergency agenda

September 17, 2008 ubu roi

An emergency meeting of the Houston City Council has been called, and there are only four ordinances on the agenda. Summary of the items: 1. Extends the disaster declaration beyond the initial seven days authorized

Here's comes Ike, ready or not! (Discuss)

September 11, 2008 Kevin Whited

Hurricane Ike seems determined to pay us a visit. Here’s wishing everyone who must evacuate is safely on the road. Here’s wishing everyone who doesn’t need to evacuate stays OFF the major roads. We’re gonna

Mayor White pulls trigger on downtown hotel development scheme

September 10, 2008 Kevin Whited

On a day when most Houstonians are focused on that little hurricane out in the Gulf, Mayor White decided to announce that he’s moving forward with plans to sell the Hilton Americas and boost downtown

A "modest proposal" from Banjo Jones

September 10, 2008 Kevin Whited

A few days ago, Banjo Jones posted some thoughts on areas the Chronicle might consider cutting as part of its latest round of downsizing: I have an idea on one way the paper can handle

City, vendor negotiate agreement on muni courts computer system fiasco

September 9, 2008 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Matt Stiles reported today that the City of Houston will get back some of the millions it has wasted on a deeply flawed computer system for the municipal courts: The city will receive