Month: October 2009

KTRK-13 UNDERCOVER MAN WAYNE DOLCEFINO offers Part Two of his investigation into allegedly wasteful spending by Spring ISD administrators, who still don’t want to talk to the reporter.

CHRON REPORTER R.G. RATCLIFFE, apparently charged with the task of turning a press release into a news story, writes that the Chron/Hearst will be suing Gov. Rick Perry to try to obtain a legal report

UBU ROI posts his thoughts on the Lemer/Farb/Roberts analysis of Houston’s poor financial situation.

MIKE MCGUFF posts our recent email conversation about the recent changes here, local blogging, and other stuff.

THE CHRON’S BRADLEY OLSON follows up on his earlier reporting today by noting that the Harris County Sports Authority is still on a financial course that could lead to a bailout from taxpayers. Officials with

LAST WEEK, KHOU-11’S ALEX SANZ reported that Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia continues to support the department’s participation in the 287(g) federal immigration program (which Senate Candidate/Mayor Bill White has waffled on). KPRC-2’s Mary Benton

KTRK-13’S WAYNE DOLCEFINO is taking a look this week at wasteful spending at Spring ISD. In this installment, Dolcefino examines travel expenses and quotes unhelpful superintendent Ralph Draper, who told Dolcefino “I’m not going to

ANNISE PARKER’S CAMPAIGN has released an internal poll that *shock* shows Parker leading the mayoral race. KHOU-11 has released a poll that shows Peter Brown in the lead, which is consistent with the earlier Chron

NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION FIGURES for the six-month period that ended in September have been released by the Audit Bureau of Circulations, and it’s more bad news for newspapers overall and the Houston Chronicle especially, which saw

THE CHRON’S MARY FLOOD reports that a woman is suing City Council because she is “aggravated” and “offended” by the prayers at City Council. The woman singled out Councilmember Anne Clutterbuck. Favorite line from Flood’s