Year: 2009

CLEAR THINKER TOM KIRKENDALL’S LATEST WEEKLY FOOTBALL REVIEW is a good lunchtime read, for those lunching in the office (or just needing a quality local sports fix).

WHICH HOUSTON MAYORAL CANDIDATE loaned his campaign money at usurious interest rates? Click here to find out. It’s not the first time it’s happened.

THE CHRON’S ALISON COOK blogs about Hugo’s and Houston’s Day of the Dead festivities.

GINA GASTON, DAVE WARD, AND A KTRK GRAPHIC couldn’t quite decide tonight when the Houston Marathon will be run. They intruded on Tim Heller’s weather time to announce, finally, that it’s January 17th. You probably

THE CHRON’S DWIGHT SILVERMAN has apparently mastered the tech beat and is now interjecting on the Houston Politics blog, at least through the local elections. Do you think he’ll disclose to readers that his bosses

THIS LINE IN BRAD OLSON’S CHRON STORY on Houston voter preferences struck us as odd: “The sunny outlook for White does not translate to the Metropolitan Transit Authority, which he has played a major role

THE OBAMA MURAL AT HIS FORMER CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS near the Breakfast Klub in Midtown was apparently defaced over the weekend (KTRK-13 and KPRC-2). The taggers had more of a sense of humor than most, but

DAVE FEHLING REPORTS THAT a re-developing Houston neighborhood has a sidewalk problem — mainly because a city department allowed developers effectively to ignore the rules (KHOU-11 News). Some planning fans are touting a new poll

IS A HEIGHTS SERIAL ARSONIST just taunting HPD at this point? KTRK-13 reported last week that the latest incident took place the same night as an HPD neighborhood town hall about the issue. Time to