Month: April 2010

THE CHRON’S JUNIOR METRO/STATE DIARIST LISA FALKENBERG surely surprised some readers (and perhaps some colleagues!) today with what was, so far as we can tell, the newspaper’s first reference to the ethical cloud that current

HAIR BALLS mocks the most recent efforts at spin coming from METRO’s bloated PR department.

THE EXAMINER’S MICHAEL REED reports that Frank Wilson is still METRO’s chief (for now) after the big board meeting today. The board also released the report commissioned by Wilson booster David Wolff. Unsurprisingly, the report

AFTER MARK GREENBLATT’S REPORT FOR KHOU-11 last week on possible METRO funding shenanigans, the rogue transit organization’s bloated PR shop rushed to deem the report “distorted and just plain wrong” (with America’s worst big-city daily

TWO CHRONICLE STORIES illustrate the problems that can result from deferring tough decisions on the city’s budget. Bradley Olson reports on rumblings that City Council may increase water rates by nearly 30% for the average

KHOU-11’S RUCK RUSSELL reports that some activists are not happy with METRO and the City of Houston over a memorial on MLK boulevard. METRO insists that they are working on plans for the memorial and

CLEAR THINKER TOM KIRKENDALL links to a report on the perilous, unsustainable financial condition of San Francisco’s transit agency, and sounds this cautionary note: Meanwhile, Houston Metro is currently proposing to sell $866 in general

CORY CROW finds Texas Watchdog‘s latest video blog chat somewhat lacking in discussion of… actual blogs.

TORY GATTIS hopes that Mark Greenblatt’s reporting on METRO’s funny funding numbers might lead the agency to rethink its light rail plans: My proposal would be to scale back the core LRT network to connecting

SLAMPO offers praise for the latest effort by the Chronicle‘s junior metro/state diarist, who nearly earned herself a promotion to “Young Adult” columnist.