September 2009 - Page 3 of 3

Linkpost: 09/10/09

September 10, 2009 Kevin Whited

It’s a “slow news week” edition of the blog links, so click away for some good local blogging! And don’t forget to check our Local News Headlines links through the day! The Landry's debacle (Houston's

"Ladies for Locke" draws rebuke

September 10, 2009 Kevin Whited

Nancy Sims, who describes herself as the primary female blogger covering the mayoral race, isn’t pleased with some recent campaign literature that targets female voters. Specifically, the “Ladies for Locke” invitation, posted on Sims’s “Mayoral

Transit system continues to suffer from declining ridership, collisions

September 9, 2009 Kevin Whited

Tom Bazan passes along the latest information he has obtained from METRO via his public information requests. Here is the METRO ridership/revenue spreadsheet compiled through July 2009. Here is the Main Street light rail accident

Better wait a few days before trying the Chron recipes (cont'd)

September 7, 2009 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle corrections page (which frequently declines to correct factual errors like this one) is usually pretty good about correcting errors on previously published recipes (doh!), which occur with such regularity that we recommend waiting

Linkpost: 09/05/09

September 5, 2009 Kevin Whited

Here are some local blog links to click open when you’re taking a break during all those glorious football games. Happy Labor Day Weekend everyone! Rally for Reform? Paid Activists Support Single Payer System (Big

Harris County Sheriff's Office makes the right call on media access

September 4, 2009 Kevin Whited

We were amused yesterday when Harris County Republican Party chairman Jared Woodfill issued his latest* over-the-top** email blast. According to Woodfill, Democratic Sheriff Adrian Garcia had irresponsibly signed off on a plan for a quasi-terrorist

Council drama (real and fake) plays out over The One's lucrative contract

September 2, 2009 Kevin Whited

Today’s City Council meeting had two types of theatrics, one of which we are not accustomed to seeing under Mayor Bill White. There was the very real drama of a councilmember who dared to defy

Linkpost: 09/02/09

September 2, 2009 Kevin Whited

It’s a midweek local blogtalk compilation, for your clicking pleasure! The Zindler tapes: The return of "The Roving Mike" (Bayou City History) Marvin Zindler: Houston’s original podcaster? Gene Green Town Hall 9-1: 65% of My

Mayor's spokesman confirms BARC move, following last week's denial

September 1, 2009 Kevin Whited

An email from a city official was floating around earlier today, and KRIV-26’s Isiah Carey has confirmed the news with Mayor Bill White’s communications director Frank Michel: BARC will be moving out from under the