Anne Linehan, Author at blogHOUSTON

The twelfth annual Theater District Open House

August 27, 2005 Anne Linehan

On Sunday, downtown’s Theater District will hold its annual Open House: The Theater District in downtown Houston hosts its annual Open House, noon-5 p.m. Sunday. The free event features backstage tours, live performances, a petting

Houston to host 2011 Senior Olympics

August 27, 2005 Anne Linehan

Houston will be hosting the Senior Olympics in 2011, Mayor White announced Friday: “We have a good six years to prepare,” White said. “We want to be in good shape and get as many people

Saturday is "Reach Out To Dropouts" day for HISD

August 26, 2005 Anne Linehan

Saturday is HISD’s big day to get dropouts back in school. HISD’s press office has sent out the following information: On Saturday, August 27, 1,262 volunteers and HISD teachers and officials will go door-to-door in

Chron editorial board acknowledges Metro's bus service problems

August 26, 2005 Anne Linehan

The Chronicle‘s editorial board has written a (mostly) good editorial on Metro’s continuing ridership woes. The editorial glosses over the fact that Metro inflates light rail ridership, but it does take Metro to task for

Solving a downtown parking problem without help from parking authority

August 26, 2005 Anne Linehan

Following up on Mayor White’s successful creation of a parking commission, the Chronicle reports that a downtown group has come up with a solution for evening parking, without the help of the new parking authority:

Firefighters, city reach tentative agreement

August 25, 2005 Anne Linehan

KTRK-13 is reporting that Houston firefighters may have come to a contract agreement with the city: Houston firefighters have never stopped fighting fire, even as their contract negotiations sputtered on and off. But negotiators on

Is a new ad campaign enough to fix AstroWorld?

August 23, 2005 Anne Linehan

John Wagner notes a Washington Post story that hints at some changes in Six Flags future. The Post story speculates that Mr. Six may be fired. Wagner says Six Flags and AstroWorld need more help

A world-class downtown requires financial incentives

August 23, 2005 Anne Linehan

KTRK-13 has a story up about a developer’s proposal to change radically the look of one part of downtown: There’s a bold plan to change the face of downtown Houston. Some developers want to turn

Maybe Kingwood feeder roads need SAFEClear

August 23, 2005 Anne Linehan

KPRC-2 and KHOU-11 both have this little press release story posted about Mayor White taking a helicopter tour of Kingwood with Rep. Ted Poe to look at Kingwood’s traffic woes. The KPRC story adds this:

Rad Sallee exposes how Metro ill-serves those who depend on it

August 22, 2005 Anne Linehan

Wow, wow, wow! Rad Sallee has given us so much truth in one story about Metro ridership. In clear black and white, all of Metro’s obfuscation is on full display: [Metro President Frank] Wilson passed