Month: March 2010

METRO PD WOULD LIKE YOU TO TAKE A SAFETY SURVEY: “One of our goals is to provide the highest quality of professional police services to the community. You can help by providing useful information to

THE CHRON’S MIKE SNYDER writes that Houston’s term-limits panel has generated “a broad range of opinions from local civic and community leaders and members of the public.” Marc Campos, on the other hand, has a

REGARDING THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE, Perry vs World posts: I’ve never quite figured out why a corporation would let its brands (in declining industries!) be run by people who have a habit of chasing away potential

FOOD WRITER EXTRAORDINAIRE ROBB WALSH is leaving the Houston Press and becoming a full-time freelancer. We presume the tired corporate alt-weekly will take this “opportunity” to build on the Village Voice strategy of proliferating nonprofessional

UNCA DARRELL thinks the Chron editorial board’s “end of history” healthcare sermonizing “should be filed under ‘Graveyard, Whistling Past the Political,’ with a carbon copy to ‘Thinking, Wishful.’” Ouch!

Texas Watchdog has posted an interesting followup to an earlier story. As the Texas Watchdog headline describes, the State of Texas can’t provide addresses of Houston homes retrofitted with $3.7 million in stimulus money, and

CORY CROW asks, “what is the difference between the downtown Dynamo Stadium and the Harris County Soapbox Derby Hill” (other than $32 million)?

PAUL KNIGHT writes that the City’s Dynamo Stadium plan is magic!

THE CHRON’S BRADLEY OLSON reports that Mayor Annise Parker is poised to name her new police chief this week… and that it will be acting police chief Charles McClelland. UPDATE (03-24-2010): Isiah Carey questions the

KPRC-2’S STEPHEN DEAN reports that various aides to Mayor Annise Parker have apparently been having quite a time riding around in HPD helicopters that are on patrol, occasionally posting about the adventures on Facebook. Mayor