Anne Linehan, Author at blogHOUSTON

Best of Westchase

August 5, 2005 Anne Linehan

Houston’s Westchase District is running a Best of Westchase contest. You can vote here.

Because the Jessica Simpson stories couldn't be bumped

August 5, 2005 Anne Linehan

Texas blogger Eric Siegmund received a nice write-up recently in his local paper about tomorrow’s Blogathon. Cool! Closer to home, our own Laurence Simon will be participating in the Blogathon (he has generated more pledges

Mayor White and the tale of two bridges

August 4, 2005 Anne Linehan

While residents in one part of town have been waiting seven years for a bridge to be built: People living in the Manchester area near the Houston Ship Channel have said they sometimes face a

An HPD conundrum

August 4, 2005 Anne Linehan

If an illegal immigrant minor is riding a motorized scooter, does HPD have to call in the Feds to issue the $500 ticket?

Unfortunate headline placement

August 4, 2005 Anne Linehan

Imagine you are skimming Chron.com first thing in the morning, barely starting on your coffee, and you see these headlines (third and fourth) right below the main page picture: Some roast highway bill over its

U. S. – Arab Forum coming to Houston

August 4, 2005 Anne Linehan

Houston is set to host the second U.S.- Arab Economic Forum in September: More than 1,500 American and Arab business, political and civic leaders will gather in Houston Sept. 14-16 for the 2005 U.S.-Arab Economic

Chief Hurtt encourages closer bonds between HPD and FBI

August 3, 2005 Anne Linehan

Yesterday, USA Today ran a story about how the FBI is working with local law enforcement agencies to thwart terrorism: Since the 9/11 attacks, more than 6,000 state and local police officers have been granted

Local memorial to honor fallen Texans

August 3, 2005 Anne Linehan

KHOU-11 reports on a new memorial to honor Texans killed in the Iraq war: A local monument located in the 6100 block of Fairmont Parkway now displays the names of servicemen and women from Texas

An op-ed that lacks elegance, wit and insight

August 3, 2005 Anne Linehan

Why would the Chronicle‘s editorial page decision-makers decide to run this nasty piece of olds, when they could have chosen to run an opinion piece by Mark Steyn or Michael Barone or anything from Townhall.com

Redstone's new golf course is open

August 3, 2005 Anne Linehan

Tom Kirkendall points out that the new Redstone Tournament Course is open for business: Inasmuch as the new course is central to the Houston Golf Association’s plan to revive the Shell Houston Open, which had