Anne Linehan, Author at blogHOUSTON

The editorialists have a hornet in their bonnet

December 4, 2005 Anne Linehan

In case Chronicle readers didn’t get the point here, here and here, the editorial board has written a FOURTH editorial on Harris County schools not running summer lunch programs

HISD scores well among nation's urban school districts

December 2, 2005 Anne Linehan

I have said repeatedly that as far as large urban school districts go, HISD is one of the better ones in the U.S. Here’s the proof: Houston’s fourth- and eighth-graders beat their counterparts in most

FEMA tries flexing its (worthless) muscle again

December 2, 2005 Anne Linehan

Uh oh: Unless federal policy changes soon, Houston will find itself in an embarrassing position three months from today — breaking a key promise made to hurricane evacuees in their most desperate hour. Despite written

Milo Hamilton: How to keep sponsors happy

December 1, 2005 Anne Linehan

Astros’ announcer Milo Hamilton is writing a book: This Thanksgiving, play-by-play Astros announcer Milo Hamilton marked his 60th anniversary in broadcasting. Now he’s sharing his stories of life in the big leagues with all of

Was that a news story worth considering?

December 1, 2005 Anne Linehan

After watching this Mark Greenblatt story last night, I wondered what he might have left out. Was there any context missing? Was it one-sided and presented so as to make CCCS look as bad as

Council considers broader panhandling measure

December 1, 2005 Anne Linehan

City Council is mulling Councilman Michael Berry’s proposal to broaden panhandling restrictions on Houston roadways: What began as a limited plan to ban younger children from soliciting charity money on Houston streets is now a

Metro's "stray current" problem has not gone away

December 1, 2005 Anne Linehan

A KTRH-740 newsbreak just reported a story with which blogHOUSTON readers are familiar, thanks to the determination of Tom Bazan — “stray current” associated with Metro’s light rail. The KTRH story said that TxDOT engineers

Rick Casey: telephone-challenged AND school voucher-supporter?

November 30, 2005 Anne Linehan

The New York Times has had an ongoing problem with its star columnists either getting their facts wrong or making up facts out of thin air, and then refusing to issue corrections. The Chronicle‘s Rick

Metro's world-class fare collection system

November 29, 2005 Anne Linehan

via Laurence Simon: The farebox on the 9 bus this morning (#3331) was broken and covered up with a world-class plastic bag. I see this at least twice a week. Roughly, that’s a 10% failure

Continuing the discussion of HPD's woes

November 29, 2005 Anne Linehan

Chris Baker (KTRH-740) is asking listeners, “How safe do you feel?,” as he discusses the state of HPD and Houston crime. (Here’s the link to Kevin’s excellent post from last night.) He also wonders why