Anne Linehan, Author at blogHOUSTON

Hey! We thought these things were the cause of unworldclassness

May 9, 2009 Anne Linehan

The Houston Press’ Hairballs blog notes that there’s some serious visual blight at Discovery Green: Nothing says seat belt safety like five oversized inflated balloons in the shape of a cowboy, duck, bull, Godzilla monster

Maybe topiary turtles would have been a better choice

May 7, 2009 Anne Linehan

Remember how METRO hoped sunglass-wearing elephants would make riders keep an eye out for terrorism? Well, METRO’s marketing department had another brainstorming session, and the end result is topiary bunnies to make riders think of

Hey, never mind about that flu pandemic

May 3, 2009 Anne Linehan

Here’s a headline on Chron.com: Dire warnings were premature, experts suggest When the World Health Organization raised its swine flu threat level last week to suggest the first pandemic in more than four decades was

Channel 2 investigates parking at HPD headquarters

May 3, 2009 Anne Linehan

Back in 2005, Mayor White decided he wanted a parking authority, and his right hand voiced the reasons why it was needed: “You really need an element, an entity, an authority that focuses strictly on

The TMC's power to condemn

April 26, 2009 Anne Linehan

Today’s Chron carries an op-ed by Asmara Tekle-Johnson and Hugh Rice Kelly on the Texas Medical Center’s power to condemn private property, and how it is using that power. Here’s an excerpt: The Texas Medical

Houston-area Tea Parties (updated)

April 14, 2009 Anne Linehan

Several Tea Parties are planned in and around the Houston area tomorrow, and the big one at Jones Plaza should be jam-packed: We expect quite a crowd. If we have overflow we are setting up

METRO: Mary Sit fluffs the numbers; Frank Wilson is MIA

April 12, 2009 Anne Linehan

In the never-ending quest to pad ridership numbers, METRO’s expensive blogger posted this statistic the other day: METRO carries some 108 million riders every year. That caused a reader to whip out his calculator: 108

March sales tax revenue down

April 10, 2009 Anne Linehan

A sign of the times (via HBJ): During the month, the state collected $1.58 billion in sales tax revenue, 3.8 percent less than in March 2008. In February, sales tax revenue was down 2.6 percent

Adventures in downsizing, Jeff Cohen-style

April 4, 2009 Anne Linehan

A commenter on the Chron’s reader rep blog (an oxymoron in its current form) offers this: The only things I have noticed since the Chronicle’s re-organization are: 1) The blogs are updated less frequently 2)

Pasadena gets METRO service; far-flung Harris County suburbs still have nothing

April 4, 2009 Anne Linehan

Chron.com reports that METRO is unveiling a Park and Pillage, er, Ride, in Pasadena on Monday: The city of Pasadena does not contribute sales tax revenue to Metro, so Harris County is using federal transportation