Anne Linehan, Author at blogHOUSTON

Bill White's 9 Steps to Financial Freedom (#1)

September 26, 2009 Anne Linehan

Senate-candidate White donned his mayoral cap this week to caution Houston’s mayor-wannabes about excessive spending during the current recession (via the Chron’s Bradley Olsen): White warns against new spending Mayor tells voters to be wary

Senate-Candidate White orders investigation into Mayor White's favorite "low-income advocacy group"

September 17, 2009 Anne Linehan

KTRK-13 ran this tidbit yesterday afternoon: Houston Mayor Bill White is taking a closer look at the city’s connection to the low-income Houston advocacy group ACORN. That comes after the group’s CEO, Bertha Lewis, ordered

Sports Authority may need infusion of taxpayer cash

September 13, 2009 Anne Linehan

Five years ago, the Harris County-Houston Sports Authority came face-to-face with declining tax revenues, and had to issue millions in new bonds to make up for the shortage (via Kevin Whited’s Publiustx.net): Issuing the bonds

The elephant that's always in the room

August 30, 2009 Anne Linehan

Today the Chron’s Ericka Mellon profiles HISD’s potential new superintendent Terry Grier as a man of reform, pushing hard, and making bold moves. HISD Superintendent Dr. Abe Saavedra also is a reformer who has pushed

Topiary inspiration

August 19, 2009 Anne Linehan

METRO has announced a new “Swiftline” bus service, not to be confused with the “Quickline” bus service. You’ll recall the Quickline service was behind schedule, not necessarily quick, and inspired METRO to create topiary bunnies.

Where in Texas is Mayor White? (cont'd)

August 15, 2009 Anne Linehan

Last Tuesday Senate-Candidate White was in Longview, talking about bringing people together, and getting things done: “I know how to bring people together and get things done,” White said. Er, exactly. Anyway, it’s so soothingly

Witness Mayor White's business expertise

August 9, 2009 Anne Linehan

You know how Mayor White loves to talk about how he runs the city like a business? He’s fond of using his management experience as a selling point in his senate campaign. Today’s Chronicle story

Does Mayor Bill White hate puppies? (cont'd)

August 2, 2009 Anne Linehan

We are baffled as to why Mayor White refuses to expend any political capital fixing the horrifying conditions at BARC. He has no problem browbeating local industries about pollution and work schedules; he loves to

Feds: Houston's crime rate is too low to qualify for COPS funding

July 29, 2009 Anne Linehan

KPRC-2 has Mayor White’s reaction to the news that Houston is one of several major cities that will not be receiving federal Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) funding: “This is the wrong decision for the

Dangerous time/place/behavior update (local reporter edition)

July 21, 2009 Anne Linehan

It’s been a while, but it seems we have another dangerous time/place/behavior situation (via Mike McGuff): A Houston television reporter was carjacked and kidnapped at gunpoint early Monday and forced to drive to Beaumont, KPRC