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Anne Linehan is a co-founder of blogHOUSTON.
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Houston does a little land-grab; Spring Branch ISD isn't happy

July 12, 2005 Anne Linehan

When the Supreme Court’s Kelo decision came down (eminent domain), Mayor Bill White assured us that the city of Houston is not interested in condemning land for private development. But he didn’t say anything about

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Cable line falls; light rail shuts down for two hours

July 11, 2005 Anne Linehan

Houston’s 7.5 miles of downtown light rail came to a halt yesterday: Houston’s light rail system came to a complete halt after a cable line hit the ground, knocking out the rail’s power. It happened

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TMC officials concerned about "stray current" damage

July 11, 2005 Anne Linehan

KTRH-740 is reporting that Texas Medical Center officials are concerned about potential damage caused by the “stray current” associated with Metro’s light rail: Texas Medical Center officials want answers from Metro about the light-rail line’s

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Third time isn't a charm to kill red light cameras

July 10, 2005 Anne Linehan

Rick Casey spotted something in the Texas House tax reform bill: The tax bill has tucked in it, and noticed by virtually no one, a measure that would kill Mayor Bill White’s proposal to install

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Mayor White — working to improve Houston's schools?

July 9, 2005 Anne Linehan

The Suffolk (VA) News-Herald has this entry in its Editors Blog about Houston sprawl: If there’s a city where sprawl isn’t just tolerated but celebrated, it’s Houston. After all, this is a place where people

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Dr. Lee P. Brown joins Unity National Bank board

July 9, 2005 Anne Linehan

Former Mayor Lee P. Brown has been busy: A local business group led by Dr. Lee P. Brown, the former Houston mayor, and Kase L. Lawal, chairman and chief executive officer of CAMAC International Inc.,

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Minutemen generate Houston hysteria

July 9, 2005 Anne Linehan

I started reading this Chronicle story about the upcoming Apocalypse, otherwise known as the Minutemen-are-coming-to-town, and I could barely get past the second paragraph I was laughing so hard: “The city of Houston is a

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More on Major League Soccer in Houston

July 9, 2005 Anne Linehan

This Soccer Times story makes Major League Soccer in Houston sound like an almost-done deal: This left Houston as probably the only option that appealed to Grupo Televisa. However, the league has been stymied for

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Director of Planning and Development is retiring

July 8, 2005 Anne Linehan

The director of Houston’s Planning and Development Department, Robert Litke, is stepping down: Longtime City of Houston Planning & Development Department Director Robert Litke is retiring at the end of August. Litke, who has been

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Predicting the new light rail light route

July 8, 2005 Anne Linehan

Tory Gattis is pondering the exact route the new UH-to-Galleria light rail line might take: People have started speculating on specific routing for the new east-west Metro light rail line from the Galleria to UH,

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