May 2009 - blogHOUSTON

Another blog slowdown

May 31, 2009 Kevin Whited

I’m heading off on a mostly internet-free adventure for a couple of weeks, so posting here is likely to be slow for a while. We’re going to turn off new registration in the forum this

State lege rebukes The Houston Way (at least on Rivercrest issue)

May 28, 2009 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Bradley Olson posts that the state legislature has taken action related to the Rivercrest street closing issue: A bill that would require the city of Houston to hold a public hearing before making

Before interpreting legal cases, we recommend reading them carefully

May 28, 2009 Kevin Whited

We finally found a little time to read Judge Sim Lake’s thorough, meticulously crafted decision on the redistricting lawsuit brought against the City of Houston by Vidal Martinez and Carroll Robinson. If you haven’t had

Westchase embraces surveillance cameras; Chron cheers

May 28, 2009 Kevin Whited

In the leadup to Memorial Day last week, Mattress Mack and other Westchase district leaders excitedly announced a “private-public partnership” to install security cameras all over their part of town: The proposed camera system was

Chron.com: Where people go to die twice!

May 28, 2009 Kevin Whited

A reader alerts us to this death notice currently on Chron.com (dated May 27, 2009): Ted Busch, a former first assistant district attorney of Harris County who had a reputation as a dedicated, demanding prosecutor,

METRO: Your tax dollars at work

May 28, 2009 Anne Linehan

This is METRO in action. This is METRO applauding itself. This is Tom Bazan’s latest on METRO’s declining ridership numbers: METRO fixed-route bus boardings again experienced a huge decline of -26.02% for April 2009 over

Chron.com: Dumbed down and trashed up (cont'd)

May 27, 2009 Kevin Whited

It’s almost become pass

What Memorial Day means to the Chronicle editors

May 25, 2009 Anne Linehan

Unca Darrell has the sorry details of the Chronicle‘s Memorial Day editorial. Here’s a taste: The Chronicle simply does not share the intense love of country and respect for our military that most Americans feel.

METRO Solutions: $150,000 per new rail transit rider?

May 25, 2009 Kevin Whited

In a post today, blogger and blogHOUSTON commenter Neal Meyer takes apart the three-hour-commute prediction of Ray Chong, until recently one of the City of Houston’s traffic bureaucrats. That’s well worth reading in itself, but

HPD Officer in critical condition

May 24, 2009 Jason

On May 23, 2009, at around 3 a.m., Houston Police were on the scene of an accident when a suspected drunk driver injured HPD Officer Lloyd Morrison. Authorities said Officer Lloyd Morrison stopped to investigate