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“The sky is crying in Houston tonight. Bum Phillips is dead” – TH

October 19, 2013 Kevin Whited

Chron: Bill White’s “new parks” ordinance has mostly funded existing parks

October 17, 2013 Kevin Whited

We were surprised earlier this week by a nice local government watchdog/accountability piece that appeared in the Chronicle. Background: In 2007, Mayor Bill White and his Council pushed through an ordinance that was sold to

Chron: Feds must impose backup cameras NOW (to protect the 0.0005%)!

October 14, 2013 Kevin Whited

Roughly three weeks ago, the Chronicle ran an essay that was stunning for its length, its unabashed advocacy (under the guise of straight “news”), and the clear absence of sensible editorial guidance. The essay in

Mayor Annise Parker pledges to build light rail to both airports

October 10, 2013 Kevin Whited

In Tuesday’s mayoral debate, which was rendered nearly useless by the steady stream of wacky comments coming from the Green and Socialist Workers Party candidates, Mayor Annise Parker pledged to build light rail to both

A lesson in Houston Chronicle crisis management

October 9, 2013 Cory Crow

Last night, the story broke. A handful (one, two, three?) of disgruntled Houston Texans fans decided to act silly, showed up at Matt Schaub’s house (allegedly) and proceeded to heckle him and his family *.

The Chron’s could-maybe-perhaps Doomsday journalism

October 7, 2013 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s “Houston Advocate” reporter (whatever that means) has a dire Doomsday warning of something that could, maybe, perhaps happen if the federal government maybe, perhaps remains (partially) shut down: Shutdown could delay November food

Hearst DC bureau chief McCumber hates NRA (but otherwise, his bureau reports objectively wink)

October 2, 2013 Kevin Whited

Way back when, we used to comment on the Chronicle‘s strange practice of allowing its Austin Bureau chief at the time, Clay Robison, to write partisan lefty screeds on the weekends, while overseeing the bureau’s

Anchor tenant of Houston Pavilions subject of bankruptcy filing

September 30, 2013 Kevin Whited

News emerged over the weekend that Comcast SportsNet Houston is the subject of an involuntary bankruptcy filing: Affiliates of Comcast/NBC Universal filed an involuntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition Friday in Houston against Comcast SportsNet Houston,

Late Friday press-release action: HISD unveils tax-increase plans

September 27, 2013 Kevin Whited

HISD, which has been laying the groundwork to raise taxes for some time now, employed a familiar tactic for dropping bad news earlier today: the Friday 4pm press release. The important information is as follows

Bazan: Trust but verify when it comes to Astrodome boondoggle financial assertions

September 27, 2013 Editor

The following is a guest post from Tom Bazan. Feel free to submit topical posts/essays for our consideration to [email protected]. As with our usual blog posts, the views expressed are those of the author. TRUST