Anne Linehan, Author at blogHOUSTON

TAKS cheating probe is complete: 12 schools cleared, three are not

May 5, 2005 Anne Linehan

Yesterday HISD announced that it had completed its investigation into TAKS cheating; twelve schools were cleared and three were not: Twelve Houston schools were cleared of any testing improprieties in a sweeping investigation by the

Is a lack of left turn signals contributing to red light running problem?

May 4, 2005 Anne Linehan

Here’s an interesting letter in today’s Chronicle, in relation to red light cameras: Missing turn signals Regarding the Chronicle’s May 3 article “No boundaries exist for red-light running”: I found it interesting that one of

The Texas dream: taxing people out of their homes

May 4, 2005 Anne Linehan

Like many people, I think Texas’ property tax appraisal system is really out of whack. Taxing entities are allowed to raise appraisals up to 10% a year and if a homeowner doesn’t agree with that

Local media helps city officials with red light camera issue (updated)

May 3, 2005 Anne Linehan

MayorWhiteChiefHurtt must have sent out a press release to local media outlets, because following up on yesterday’s KHOU-11 story about the “epidemic” of red light running, the Chronicle helpfully writes up its own story. One

Enron "wunderkind" destroys historic River Oaks home

May 3, 2005 Anne Linehan

This story about a historic River Oaks home being demolished is really disappointing: The grand old house at 2950 Lazy Lane — an updated historic property known as Dogwoods — hardly looked like a teardown.

International brouhaha in stink-free Houston?

May 3, 2005 Anne Linehan

Who knew that addressing the issue of Houston’s stinky libraries could cause an international crisis? Civil rights groups and the French government were outraged today after the Houston City Council voted to pass a law

Lucas Wall has left the building

May 2, 2005 Anne Linehan

Since we haven’t seen an actual Lucas Wall-authored story in the Chronicle for a couple of weeks now (his Move It! columns could have been prepared before he left), curiosity got the better of us.

Chronicle's circulation declines

May 2, 2005 Anne Linehan

Editor and Publisher is calling today “Bloody Monday” after circulation declines were announced at many major newspapers. Banjo Jones has the bad news for the Chronicle — a decline of 3.9%. Ouch. UPDATE: Laurence Simon

How to protest a property tax appraisal

May 2, 2005 Anne Linehan

It’s that time of year — property tax appraisals are arriving in mailboxes and many homeowners are facing big increases. A while back Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector Paul Bettencourt mentioned (on KSEV-700) that the Harris

Will the new parking meters always have babysitters?

May 2, 2005 Anne Linehan

Filling in for the now-departed Lucas Wall is Juan Alanis who today tells us how the downtown parking meter try-outs are going: The jury is still out on which one of the seven vendors will