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Month: November 2009

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Texas Trib email exchange: How good a mayor was Bill White?

November 30, 2009 Kevin Whited

TEXAS TRIBUNE is running an email exchange this week between local bloggers David Benzion and Charles Kuffner. The topic: How good a mayor was Bill White? Readers here probably have some thoughts on that topic,

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Slampo on being sensible

November 30, 2009 Kevin Whited

SLAMPO blogs about the mayor’s race and “being sensible.”

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Bill King calls for more HPD investigators, smarter policing, and better metrics

November 30, 2009 Kevin Whited

PUBLIC POLICY PUNDIT BILL KING writes that an undermanned Houston Police Department needs more of the right “boots on the ground” in an op-ed that appeared in Sunday’s Chronicle. He also favors smarter policing and

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Newsbusters mocks Chron editorial on threat of global warming

November 30, 2009 Kevin Whited

LAST WEEK, WE noted the faith-based global-warming paradigm that continues to prevail at the Chron’s Caucasian Think Tank, which apparently missed the ClimateGate scandal. The Newsbusters site mocks the editorial further, highlighting some of the

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MayorWhiteLilianaRambo’s valet company revenue stream

November 28, 2009 Anne Linehan

TOOTHLESS PARKING MANAGEMENT REGULATION: Liliana Rambo issues permits to valet companies and says the city has never received a complaint against Courtesy Parking Service, the valet company responsible for parking Zambas’ car. Rambo said, “We

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Will Joe Martin become the new Bob Stein?

November 28, 2009 Anne Linehan

HOUSTON HAS TIGHTENED UP RULES FOR BOOTING CARS, according to KHOU-11’s Lee McGuire, and look who is quoted in the story: Joe Martin, who operates the parking lot enforcement company Equipark, said most lot owners

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Downtown offers free trolley rides this weekend

November 27, 2009 Kevin Whited

THE HOUSTON BUSINESS JOURNAL reports that the Houston Downtown Management District will be sponsoring free trolley rides around downtown destinations this shopping weekend. The old, free downtown trolleys were once a helpful downtown amenity, but

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Chron headline writers strike again

November 26, 2009 Kevin Whited

HEADLINE from the print and e-edition versions of today’s Chronicle: “Rivals agree on key points” HEADLINE from the same story on Chron.com: “District A rivals agree on few points” The Chronicle headline writers do seem

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THANKS

November 26, 2009 Kevin Whited

HAPPY THANKSGIVING, EVERYONE!

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Unca Darrell on the Chron’s love affair

November 26, 2009 Kevin Whited

“UNCA” DARRELL HANCOCK asks “How can you explain a four-column banner headline for a column about Mayor Bill,” and then answers his question.

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