Month: November 2010

The seemingly unfocused Parker Administration hits political turbulence in today’s edition of news and views: Radiation in Houston’s tap water, long history of contamination (Mark Greenblatt, KHOU-11 News) That old Chris Bell/Dan Jones plan to

It’s your “busybodies, fibbers, and hypocrites” edition of news and views: Few come to UH summit offering tools to fight bullying (Safiya Ravat, Houston Chronicle) Could it be that this “problem” really wasn’t such a

A friend requested we do SOMETHING to get that Chron.com “unicorn vomit” Disney screen to scroll down the page, so here’s a weekend roundup: Company: Houston red light cameras to go dark on Monday (Andy

WHERE HOUSTON LIVES* may not yet be A Place Called Perfect, but, well, we’ll just let this screencap from yesterday speak for itself: * Chron.com’s nifty little motto.

THANKS to all of our veterans! On to the news and views roundup: Houston City Council considers fee increases due to budget woes (Gabe Gutierrez, KHOU-11 News) “These times are too difficult on citizens and

It’s your Wednesday evening edition of news and views: Houston man’s $2,500 water bill leads to weeks of confusion, bureaucratic wrangling (Steve Miller, Texas Watchdog) Our near doubling of water rates probably won’t produce similar

** EXCLUSIVE MEMO! MUST CREDIT BH. EXCLUSIVE!** To: HISD Employment Office Re: PR Spokesman position To whom it may concern: Hi — Jason Spencer here. I’m inquiring about the opening in your Communications department for

It’s your Tuesday edition of news and views: HPD’s crime lab still has major rape-kit testing backlog (Cynthia Cisneros, KTRK-13 News) Red light camera revenue top on the agenda today at Houston city hall (Sonia

Time to clear out some links and get ready for next week: Frank Wilson's last hurrah (Steve Miller, Texas Watchdog) Former Yates High Principal Ronald Mumphery accused of sexual harassment, HISD records show (Lynn Walsh,

THOMAS C. LAMBERT, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER: Did you know that METRO’s hapless police chief is no longer police chief? I’ve been out of the loop, so I’m not sure when that