Year: 2009

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

TEXAS WATCHDOG asks, “Did Pam Holm inflate her job title in ads for city controller’s race?”

THE DALLAS VILLAGE VOICE CORPORATE ALT-WEEKLY’S LIVELY UNFAIR PARK BLOG interviews Houston’s own Senate candidate Bill White (hat tip to the Houston Village Voice corporate alt-weekly’s less lively blog).

BRADLEY OLSON reports on the recently energized Locke/Brown competition for black votes. Bay Area Houston blogs that “the Black community should tell both candidates to grab a pole and go fishing for the next 8

SELF-DESCRIBED “INSIDER” NANCY SIMS gives out her latest “Sam” award, this time for mayoral debate/forum performance. As outsiders, we would have been more inclined to follow Slampo’s lead and give a little love to the