Anne Linehan, Author at blogHOUSTON

Union hardball at City Hall

January 6, 2006 Anne Linehan

SEIU, the union last seen successfully organizing Houston’s janitors and electing Sue Lovell to city council, is claiming victory in the fight to represent Houston city workers: The union, which recently won the right to

I used to like Alan Ashby…

January 6, 2006 Anne Linehan

until this: Alan Ashby, who recently lost his job as radio analyst for Astros games, is a candidate to become the next head of the Harris County-Houston Sports Authority, the authority’s chairman said Thursday. Ashby,

Chron lures cartoonist away from Louisville

January 6, 2006 Anne Linehan

A new face is coming to the Chronicle: Why is 2005 Pulitzer Prize winner Nick Anderson leaving a job he loves to move to the Houston Chronicle starting Feb. 13? “There are 100 reasons,” replied

When exactly are those Metro public input meetings?

January 5, 2006 Anne Linehan

Ummm: METRO will conduct two public hearings to receive comments on considered service adjustments for Sunday, January 23, 2006. According to my calendar, Sunday is January 22nd which makes January 23rd a Monday. Which is

Chron: Bad news story is mining company's fault (updated)

January 5, 2006 Anne Linehan

In what is a stunningly fast turnaround time for a Chronicle editorial, the LiveJournalists have written an apologia for yesterday’s erroneous miner story titled, “It’s Not Our Fault!”: A West Virginia official told reporters that

Erroneous headline and story in paper can't be erased

January 4, 2006 Anne Linehan

Here’s a Chronicle headline on Page One of today’s paper: Bells ring out for 12 rescued miners: “They’re alive!” shout relatives, hours after one worker is found dead by searchers. It appears the story in

Would you pay $10 to see these people play basketball?

January 3, 2006 Anne Linehan

This year the NBA All-Star game will be at the GRB on February 17, and for only $10 you can go and stargaze: In years past, the game has featured celebrities such as Sean P.

How to be an inflexible governmental agency

January 3, 2006 Anne Linehan

Yesterday was a Hurricane Rita make-up day for HISD, to the chagrin of many students, undoubtedly, and Laurence Simon pointed out that taxpayer-funded Metro ran on a Sunday schedule, so any HISD students who normally

Can Texas' concealed handgun law fill in where HPD can't?

January 3, 2006 Anne Linehan

Chris Baker wants to know if Houston has lost the war on crime. I don’t know if I’d say Houston has lost the war, but Houston city Bigs need to get serious SOON, because it’s

Next time, visit the archives and not the Mayor's spokesman

January 1, 2006 Anne Linehan

In this Matt Stiles and Kristen Mack story previewing Mayor White’s next term, there is an odd paragraph toward the end: This summer White, along with Houston Independent School District officials, went door to door