Anne Linehan, Author at blogHOUSTON

Commissioners Court voting on $450 million bond referendum today (updated)

July 26, 2005 Anne Linehan

Harris County Commissioners are set to vote — TODAY — on approving a $450 million bond referendum that would go before voters in November: Harris County voters could be asked in November to approve a

Tom Kirkendall solves the city's golf course problem

July 25, 2005 Anne Linehan

Yesterday the Chronicle ran a Matt Stiles story on Houston’s municipal golf system. Tom Kirkendall has some more thoughts on the city being in the golf course business, and a great idea on how the

Move It! covers residents' concerns about I-45 expansion plan

July 25, 2005 Anne Linehan

Rad Sallee explores the uproar over TxDOT’s I-45 expansion plan: At Friday’s meeting of the regional Transportation Policy Council — an event normally as dry as the Katy Freeway on a hot day — Woodland

Chron perplexed by teachers who want to teach at good schools

July 25, 2005 Anne Linehan

It must be tough to be an idealist and then be constantly disappointed in your fellow man: Fuller’s research, using data from the 2003-04 school year, the latest available, examined seven school districts in the

Metro: working against intelligent transit options

July 25, 2005 Anne Linehan

Yesterday I commented on the Chronicle‘s ridiculous editorial trying to boost Metro’s new expansion plan. Today Owen Courreges gives us a much more in-depth (and smarter!) response to the Chronicle‘s blatant cheerleading: The 1983 rail

Israel Houghton — powerful gospel singer and…

July 24, 2005 Anne Linehan

There’s one thing missing in this story about an upcoming Christian music concert that KHOU-11 is sponsoring: Three of the most admired Christian recording artists will share the stage for the first time at a

Fun with headlines

July 24, 2005 Anne Linehan

Opening the closet door: When spouses come out as gay, marriages suffer Who knew? KEVIN WHITED ADDS: When Newsday ran the story on July 11, it used the following headline: When spouses are in the

When does parental responsibility enter the picture?

July 24, 2005 Anne Linehan

Here are some questions for the editorial idealists at the Chronicle: 1. Why is it a school district’s responsibility to feed children all summer? 2. If parents aren’t feeding their kids, why isn’t the Chronicle

Chron argues for Metro's new expansion plan

July 24, 2005 Anne Linehan

This editorial belongs in the “what took them so long?” category: Last month, when the Metropolitan Transit Authority announced changes to its long-range rail and bus plan, many local officials and civic leaders complained that

If a Metro bus runs a red light, does the driver get a ticket?

July 24, 2005 Anne Linehan

There was a collision downtown today involving two Metro vehicles, but for once it wasn’t the train: (Screencap courtesy KHOU-11) Two Metropolitan Transit Authority buses collided downtown this morning, sending four people to the hospital.