Month: November 2009

KHOU-11’S DAVE FEHLING reports on Houston’s aggressive towing companies and some of the towing hotspots in town. If you’ve lived in Houston for a while, you’re probably aware that parking in a marked tow zone

IN AN OP-ED TODAY, FORMER HARRIS COUNTY TAX-ASSESSOR COLLECTOR Paul Bettencourt follows up on the Chron‘s recent correction of both a news story and an editorial with the account of how his office processed tens

TEXAS WATCHDOG’S STEVE MILLER posts an entertaining story (on a slow news day) about Councilmember Jolanda Jones’ efforts to install a shower at the City Hall Annex, and the reaction by Councilmember Mike Sullivan. Councilmember

KPRC-2 reports that a local homebuilder and his wife have been arrested on drug trafficking charges (involving some 24 kilograms of cocaine confiscated by authorities). Here are two seemingly disconnected grafs: Jerry Heaton said by

KUHF-FM’S LAURIE JOHNSON reports that METRO chief David Wolff told the Greater Houston Partnership today that he favors abolition of the general mobility agreement that requires METRO to allocate 25% of sales tax revenues to

AFTER THE MASSIVE LAYOFFS at the Chronicle this spring, some of the pet projects of the newspaper (or at least the newspaper’s editor and his wife) were curtailed: the Chron Eye for the Death Row

THE CHRONICLE’S CHRIS MORAN reports that Councilmember Toni Lawrence will not be running against embattled County Commissioner Jerry Eversole, now that he has decided to run for re-election. Councilmember Lawrence must be relieved that she

MIKE MCGUFF posted yesterday that various Belo affiliates were rolling out new websites. KHOU-11 has joined the party with a new site that is, on first impression, a nice improvement over the old one. Just

THE CHRON’S CAUCASIAN THINK TANK took some time, but they have finally found a defense for Mayor/Senate Candidate Bill White’s waffling on the 287(g) program: He really had a better program in mind all along

THE FEISTY JOURNOS at Texas Watchdog have wasted no time in asking for the tax returns of mayoral runoff candidates Annise Parker and Gene Locke. This could prove interesting.