Month: January 2011

Pedestrian hit by car shoved into moving Metro train: If only METRO had unveiled the safety-wrapped Danger Train yesterday, this accident might not have happened.

In addition to METRO’s latest initiative, we found a few other area government *ahem* initiatives that have earned a little attention: Inside Houston’s Half-Million-Dollar Pothole Buggy (Swamplot) Never, EVER underestimate your local government’s ability to

It appears the Old METRO safety strategy of having former Chief Lambert run in front of the TV cameras and scream that Houston drivers are stupid wasn’t working as METRO had hoped, so the New

Good news! According to KHOU-11, HPD’s disastrous Crime Lab is finally, at long last, headed in the right direction: HPD’s troubled crime labs could finally be on the right track. A new report presented in

In today’s Chronicle, Bill King continues his discussion of public pension woes. This week, he offers this observation: [A]lmost every government has some mechanism that is intended to limit politicians’ power to incur public debt.

The Chron‘s Love and Relationship blogger at Mom Houston (and a Chron BRIGHT!) Mary Jo Rapini offered her deep thoughts on the problem of premature ejaculation a few days ago. According to Rapini, “masturbation is

The Examiner newspapers have added their voice to the criticism of the decision by HISD’s inexperienced new PR staffer Jason Spencer to release an important audit to his old buddies at the Chronicle (and brief

Watching Jason Spencer transition from Chron reporter/editor, to HISD spokesman could be fun. Recall his complaint about former HISD PR chief Terry Abbott: I’d never been involved in covering a school district with a “press

Last week, two news organizations decided to follow the Chronicle‘s lead and deploy journalists on the Angry Lefty Blogger beat: Dem cries foul over free GOP turkeys (Ned Hibberd, KRIV-26 News) Local Democrat questions GOP

Pardon the short notice, but a few of us have decided we’re overdue for a right-blogger get together. We’ll be descending upon the Stag’s Head Pub at 2pm today (Saturday) until ???? Come on by