Year: 2009

“UNCA” DARRELL HANCOCK finds “more good news about Texas for the Chronicle to ignore.”

NEAL MEYER posts some interesting thoughts on jitneys and elevated busways.

METRO quietly announced yesterday (via press release) that it now has a presence on Facebook and Twitter. Back when the Houston Press was mainly the work of professional journalists, those journalists dug up interesting facts,

CONTINENTAL AIRLINES has posted interesting news for Continental and United frequent fliers: Elite members of the airlines’ frequent-flier programs will be enjoying some nice new reciprocal benefits, which will start to roll out in mid-2010.

THE CHRONICLE updates the latest mayoral campaign press-release charges and responses (with a poor headline as a bonus, but no input from Bob Stein, sadly). Did the newspaper finally ask Gene Locke for his tax

CLEAR THINKER TOM KIRKENDALL blogs that Tilman Fertitta is getting “a bit of his own medicine” about now.

METRO’s EXPENSIVE BLOGGER informs that it’s time for another celebration: You’re invited to join us at an open house at Passenger Plaza, celebrating Airport Direct – a convenient and fast way to get from downtown

SLAMPO posts more about that Sunday Chron story on the soccer stadium and mayoral candidates, noting several problems with the reporting: 1) Gene Locke was never chairman of the Sports Authority (an error that has

Self-described “political insider” Nancy Sims blogs that the mayoral runoff “is a very close election.” And that turnout will be important. BH PSA: Don’t try analysis like that at home, from the outside.

THE MOST INTERESTING PART of today’s Chron story about the soccer stadium and the mayor’s race is at the end: At times, officials have declared that they’re “in the home stretch” on a deal, but