Articles by Anne Linehan

MAYOR WHITE OFFICIALLY CHANGES WHICH ELECTED POSITION HE’S RUNNING FOR: White, a three-term mayor who is balding and known for something of a bland personality, is expected use self-deprecating humor to tell a Hilton Americas

MORE ON HPD’S FINGERPRINT PROBLEM: “One employee, put on administrative leave with pay after the audit into the unit ended in October, is being investigated for alleged misconduct involving ‘handling a piece of evidence,’ said

BARELY A RESEMBLANCE TO THE ORIGINAL METRO SOLUTIONS PLAN: “If no one in Congress objects during the 10-day period, Metro can begin design work on the University Line. The project carries a preliminary cost estimate

TOOTHLESS PARKING MANAGEMENT REGULATION: Liliana Rambo issues permits to valet companies and says the city has never received a complaint against Courtesy Parking Service, the valet company responsible for parking Zambas’ car. Rambo said, “We

HOUSTON HAS TIGHTENED UP RULES FOR BOOTING CARS, according to KHOU-11’s Lee McGuire, and look who is quoted in the story: Joe Martin, who operates the parking lot enforcement company Equipark, said most lot owners

KTRK-13’s WAYNE DOLCEFINO CHECKS BACK IN with the Houston Arts Alliance: Last November we questioned why the city had spent $69,000 on city art and then put it inside a poop plant. One piece of

AT THE END OF THIS CHRON STORY about how local ISDs are having to face new economic realities, is this eye-opening sentence: “Besides delaying school construction, Cy-Fair cut $41 million by eliminating 450 positions primarily

THE CITIZEN-LED PARKING COMMISSION: KPRC-2 recently ran a story about drivers complaining how their cars were being booted even though they had paid to park. Color us unsurprised; after all, Liliana Rambo’s Parking Commission has

VOTERS WHO SUPPORTED Klein ISD’s bond referendum last year are now dismayed to learn the district has begun rethinking how to spend the bond money: Klein ISD says the new scenarios are being presented because

WE HAVE A NEW DANGEROUS TIME/PLACE/BEHAVIOR UPDATE, via KPRC-2: Weekends, Eleanor Tinsley Park, visiting a park. Remember Chief Hurtt’s motto — you’re pretty safe in Houston, except when you aren’t.