September 2009 - Page 2 of 3

Shay: Council turf battle over NASA?

September 21, 2009 Kevin Whited

KTRK-13’s Miya Shay blogs about a little turf battle between At-Large Councilmember and Mayoral Candidate Peter Brown and Councilmember Mike Sullivan. Apparently, Brown suggested that Council take up some vague resolution in support of NASA.

Linkpost: 09/20/09

September 20, 2009 Kevin Whited

The little blog may have taken the weekend off, but many folks were posting away. Here’s a selection from local blogs. Oh, and how about those Texans?!

Chron: METRO approves massive new budget, fare increases; public in the dark until last minute

September 17, 2009 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Carolyn Feibel reports that METRO approved a massive new budget today that contains another round of fare increases. Feibel reported this morning on the proposed fare increase. There hasn’t been much awareness or

Senate-Candidate White orders investigation into Mayor White's favorite "low-income advocacy group"

September 17, 2009 Anne Linehan

KTRK-13 ran this tidbit yesterday afternoon: Houston Mayor Bill White is taking a closer look at the city’s connection to the low-income Houston advocacy group ACORN. That comes after the group’s CEO, Bertha Lewis, ordered

TV news elaborates on recent print stories

September 16, 2009 Kevin Whited

On Sunday, the Chronicle broke the news that area taxpayers might have to bail out the Sports Authority, despite repeated promises that such a thing could NEVER happen. In a followup blog post, Anne Linehan

Linkpost: 09/15/09

September 15, 2009 Kevin Whited

The local blog talk backlog has gotten a little ridiculous, so here is a selection of good links from the last few days. City Council Candidate Lives A Life Of Danger, He Says (Hair Balls)

Rice Prof gives good grades to SAFEclear program he helped design

September 15, 2009 Kevin Whited

In today’s Chronicle, Carolyn Feibel reports on a study by Bob Stein (Houston’s expert on everything) that found a correlation between SAFEclear response times and a reduction in traffic accidents: Houston’s mandatory towing program has

King argues for fare rollback, community discussion on METRO's goals/resources

September 14, 2009 Kevin Whited

Last week, we posted the most recent METRO transit utilization data from Tom Bazan, which show a significant, ongoing decline in ridership across the system. On Sunday, the Chronicle ran the latest public-policy op-ed from

Chron editorial board struggles with basic facts (again), should have just linked to local blogs

September 14, 2009 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Caucasian Think Tank* had a few problems in their one editorial in today’s tiny newspaper. The trouble starts with the lede: Houston Community College Board Chairman Abel Davila pulled one of the more

Sports Authority may need infusion of taxpayer cash

September 13, 2009 Anne Linehan

Five years ago, the Harris County-Houston Sports Authority came face-to-face with declining tax revenues, and had to issue millions in new bonds to make up for the shortage (via Kevin Whited’s Publiustx.net): Issuing the bonds