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Year: 2008

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Greek festival time (finally!)

November 20, 2008 Kevin Whited

Thanks to Hurricane Ike, the 42nd annual Greek Festival (put on by Annunciation Orthodox Church) was postponed from its usual time in early October. Not to worry — your chance for good souvlaki and spanokopita

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Outstanding red-light camera ticket? No car registration for you!

November 20, 2008 Anne Linehan

City Council has approved MayorWhiteChiefHurtt’s latest plan to get red light runners to pay their tickets: The City Council on Wednesday approved a measure that will allow the state to deny vehicle registration to drivers

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Armchair quarterbacking at HPD

November 19, 2008 Jason

Remember the police chase in which a man claiming to be a federal agent was shot and killed after he initiated a pursuit? Well, Houston Police Chief Harold Hurtt has disciplined two officers involved in

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METRO addresses Danger Train collisions, financial deals gone bad

November 19, 2008 Kevin Whited

METRO’s expensive blogger would like you to know that the organization has a plan for dealing with those pesky cars that keep running into the Danger Train: For the past few months, left-hand turn accidents

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City to repay $15 million in HUD funds

November 18, 2008 Anne Linehan

Back in March, we noted that the city had been told to repay $15.5 million in HUD grants due to misuse of the funds. After months of negotiations, the city has finally agreed to repay

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Chron: Suspected illegal immigrants out on bail frequently disappear (UPDATED)

November 17, 2008 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle has posted some troubling reporting by Susan Carroll on illegal immigration and crime in the Houston area. Here’s an excerpt from the story: A Houston Chronicle investigation found dozens of cases in Harris

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A new Chron Eye for the Death Row Killer Guy!

November 17, 2008 Kevin Whited

Allan Turner offers up a Chron Eye for the Death Row Killer Guy* today. The Death Row Killer Guy’s lawyer declined to talk to the Chronicle, and the newspaper could not reach members of the

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Dolcefino shines light on arts spending, draws fire from arts community

November 16, 2008 Kevin Whited

Over the past week, KTRK-13’s Wayne Dolcefino spent some time looking at publicly funded art in Houston. In this report, Dolcefino criticizes the expense of various projects and the lack of completed projects, and talks

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There's (more) poo poo in the bayou!

November 16, 2008 Kevin Whited

Last week, KTRK-13 reported on another nasty mess in one of our bayous: Volunteers made a gross discovery in Buffalo Bayou while trying to clean up a park. They found sewage leaking into the bayou.

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Papal exhibit coming to local museum

November 14, 2008 Kevin Whited

The Houston Business Journal reports that Houston will be hosting a unique papal exhibit later this month: Houston’s National Museum of Funeral History will host the world’s first papal exhibit outside of the Vatican on

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