Year: 2009

TEXAS WATCHDOG reports interesting details on the vague “conflict of interest” aside raised by the KPRC-2 story on the Parking Commission that Anne Linehan posted about yesterday: Joe Martin and Bruce LaPree were on the

THE CITIZEN-LED PARKING COMMISSION: KPRC-2 recently ran a story about drivers complaining how their cars were being booted even though they had paid to park. Color us unsurprised; after all, Liliana Rambo’s Parking Commission has

VOTERS WHO SUPPORTED Klein ISD’s bond referendum last year are now dismayed to learn the district has begun rethinking how to spend the bond money: Klein ISD says the new scenarios are being presented because

THIS BLOG POST by Chron basketball writer Jonathan Feigen (he of the sometimes tortured prose) explains the latest Tracy McGrady controversy in detail, from an informed perspective. In contrast, here’s a blog post from KTRK-13

THE ANNISE PARKER CAMPAIGN emails that they’ve secured the endorsement of the Chron Caucasian Think Tank*. We’re disappointed. We were hoping for another lame dual endorsement that we could mock. * Cory Crow’s moniker for

WE HAVE A NEW DANGEROUS TIME/PLACE/BEHAVIOR UPDATE, via KPRC-2: Weekends, Eleanor Tinsley Park, visiting a park. Remember Chief Hurtt’s motto — you’re pretty safe in Houston, except when you aren’t.

REMEMBER ONE AND A HALF YEARS AGO when the Chron’s Matt Stiles investigated dangerous apartment buildings, and the city began “in earnest” to crack down on slum-like properties? You’ll recall state Rep. Hubert Vo was

CORY CROW comments on The Bill White-a-Palooza.

BEST EXCUSE FOR A CRASH we’ve seen in a while: “‘She told the officer and the officer relayed to me that she was coming home and was eating cake and that she lost control of

TEXAS WATCHDOG can’t get a response from the Gene Locke campaign about the candidate’s tax returns, but apparently “sources” have told KPRC-2’s Mary Benton that they will be released in a few days. We’re expecting