Anne Linehan, Author at blogHOUSTON

Mayor White has "big plans" for second term

November 9, 2005 Anne Linehan

With 165,447 Houston voters giving him the thumbs up, Mayor White rolled to a second-term win yesterday. I was going to pull from Kristen Mack’s story, but Chron.com seems to be, ummm, in some kind

Chron: no need for differing opinion

November 9, 2005 Anne Linehan

Remember the Chron editorial where the editorialists raged at Harris County Tax Assessor Paul Bettencourt? This morning Bettencourt was on Edd Hendee’s show for some election analysis, and one interesting thing he mentioned was that

Metro cancels two public meetings on bus route changes

November 8, 2005 Anne Linehan

Remember Metro had scheduled public meetings Wednesday, to discuss that really long list of bus service “improvements”? Well, Metro cancelled them: The Metropolitan Transit Authority has canceled two public meetings that were scheduled for noon

Will HPD's new camera truck lead to confiscated cars?

November 8, 2005 Anne Linehan

Check out HPD’s latest toy: There’s a brand-new pickup truck decked out with video cameras cruising around town. While people are making u-turns and gawking as it passes them, it seems that truck is helping

Chronicle sees steep 6% drop in circulation (updated!)

November 7, 2005 Anne Linehan

The latest newspaper circulation numbers have been reported by the Audit Bureau of Circulations, and the Chronicle has suffered another decline in readership: Average weekday circulation of America’s 20 biggest newspapers for the six-month period

The commuter rail pipe dream

November 7, 2005 Anne Linehan

Yesterday, Tory Gattis had an op-ed in the Chronicle exploring how overrated commuter rail is, especially when compared to other transit options: The Metropolitan Transit Authority has preliminary plans for heavy commuter lines in the

A (CIA) leak the Chron editorialists like

November 7, 2005 Anne Linehan

They don’t like the leak that “outed” the not-really-undercover CIA staffer Valerie Plame Wilson: Although not a crime, both Libby and Rove falsely gave their personal assurance to President Bush and the public that they

Mayor White to reappoint Billy Burge to Sports Authority board

November 6, 2005 Anne Linehan

Look what’s on the City Council agenda for this week: REQUEST from Mayor for confirmation of the reappointment of MR. WILLIAM F. BURGE, III, as Chair, to the HARRIS COUNTY-HOUSTON SPORTS AUTHORITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS,

Chron won't tell you why teachers unions oppose merit pay programs

November 6, 2005 Anne Linehan

The Chronicle‘s editorial board dislikes Gov. Perry’s decision to order a teacher merit pay program that “will use $10 million in discretionary federal funds to reward teachers who succeed in economically disadvantaged schools.” Here’s the

The inadequacy of public notices in newspaper classified sections

November 5, 2005 Anne Linehan

A couple of days ago I wondered about a TxDOT meeting that didn’t seem to have much public notice. Yesterday I received an email from David M. Krukewitt, P.E, of Jones & Carter, Inc., saying