Anne Linehan, Author at blogHOUSTON

Houston debates illegal alien sanctuary policy

December 7, 2005 Anne Linehan

City council heard public comments on Houston’s unofficially official sanctuary policy for illegal immigrants and Councilmember Mark Ellis’ proposal to end the policy: Houston residents asked a divided City Council Tuesday to end an official

Best of the Web targets the Houston Symphony

December 7, 2005 Anne Linehan

James Taranto had some fun with the Houston Symphony’s attempt to be inoffensive: Handel With Care By and large we agree with those who prefer to call Christmas “Christmas,” rather than those who insist on

Council bans panhandling

December 7, 2005 Anne Linehan

City council passed a panhandling ban today: The Houston City Council passed an ordinance Wednesday that makes panhandling an illegal practice, KPRC Local 2 reported. After weeks of debate and some delay, City Council members

Downtown streets are passable — time for a party!

December 7, 2005 Anne Linehan

If you aren’t doing anything else this Friday, you can celebrate the end of downtown’s torn up streets: The City of Houston, Metro and the Downtown District wish to thank the community for its support

Lake Houston State Park to become Houston city park?

December 6, 2005 Anne Linehan

The city of Houston and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department are working on a plan for the state to hand over control of Lake Houston State Park to the city: Lake Houston State Park

Civil War cemetery not found on HISD property (updated)

December 6, 2005 Anne Linehan

Remember that little uproar last year about HISD building new school buildings on land that supposedly contained a Civil War-era cemetery? Well, that didn’t pan out: HISD hopes to soon begin construction of the new

Laura Ingraham pokes fun at weird Chron immigration story

December 5, 2005 Anne Linehan

Those of you who listened to Laura Ingraham this morning may have heard her do a dramatic reading of today’s Chronicle story titled, “Immigrants struggle with illegitimacy.” The dramatic reading featured Laura’s very amusing dramatic

If "stray current" isn't a problem, why did Metro balk at FOIA requests?

December 5, 2005 Anne Linehan

Today, Rad Sallee covers Metro’s “stray current” problem with the light rail: Electrical current escaping into the ground from the Metropolitan Transit Authority’s light rail tracks remains a puzzle to Metro engineers. But officials of

Chronicle still having trouble with proper identification (con't.)

December 4, 2005 Anne Linehan

In Friday’s Chronicle, two letters to the editor were published in response to Rick Casey’s gossip column. One was written by HISD spokesman Terry Abbott and the other was written by Rosemary Covalt. You know,

The filter that keeps us shielded from news

December 4, 2005 Anne Linehan

Did you see James Campbell’s column today? It took him fourteen or so paragraphs to explain why the Chronicle downplayed (actually, noplayed) Sen. Joe Lieberman’s optimistic view of the progress being made in Iraq, while