Year: 2009

THE CHRON’S HOUSTON POLITICS BLOG notes that Mayor White’s spokesman Frank Michel has himself a new gig.

KHOU-11’S SHERRY WILLIAMS posts a cheerleading-style report on a City of Houston program that paid roughly one-third of the cost of a $110,000 home for a new homeowner. A Houston Hope executive tells Williams that

TEXAS MONTHLY’S PAUL BURKA followed the lead of other bloggers in noting that Houston Mayor Bill White still has no plans to shift from his quest for a U.S. Senate seat to the Texas governor’s

THE CHRON’S HOUSTON POLITICS BLOG reports that Harris County Commissioners Court yesterday questioned County Attorney Vince Ryan’s decision to assist the City of Houston with its air pollution prosecutions (which apparently came without input from

A CONVICTED MURDERER is set to be executed in Huntsville tonight. Even with its depleted local newsroom, the area newspaper of record was able to put together a new Chron Eye for the Death Row

THE CHRON’S TRANSPORTATION REPORTER informs today that two advocacy groups have released a report that gives Houston poor marks for walkability. There’s no link to the report or the organizations, minimal discussion of the methodology,

ATTORNEY MURRAY NEWMAN, who sat second chair with Kelly Siegler during the 2004 trial, blogs about what to do with Susan Wright.

MIKE MCGUFF blogs that the stars may be aligning for a Sam Malone/Maria Todd reunion on Houston radio.

LOCAL DEM POLITICAL CONSULTANT MUSTAFA TAMEEZ suggests the mayoral candidates devote one day per week to answering social-media questions personally in the leadup to the runoff. I’m all for greater interaction with the public, but

LAZY CHRON COLUMNIST RICK CASEY summarizes a forthcoming academic journal article on the death penalty and crime deterrence. That’s apparently much easier than staying attuned to city news, working sources, making phone calls, requesting public