Anne Linehan, Author at blogHOUSTON

Chronicle "balances" its DeLay coverage

April 13, 2005 Anne Linehan

Whoa! There are three (count ’em — THREE!) letters today in support of Majority Leader Tom DeLay. Here’s one: Spreading partisan nonsense I am tired of the Chronicle’s vendetta against U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay because

The Chronicle DOES know Rep. Noriega is in Afghanistan

April 13, 2005 Anne Linehan

Remember that Chronicle editorial that said Rep. Rick Noriega is serving in Iraq? (Rob Booth at Lone Star Times caught it and pointed out that Noriega is serving in Afghanistan.) The Chronicle never issued a

Now Fort Bend County wants to take over its part of the Grand Parkway

April 13, 2005 Anne Linehan

Following up on these posts about state Sen. Jon Lindsay’s bill that would allow a county toll road authority to take over a TXDoT project to expedite construction and then transfer the property back to

City should be wary of Cubic parking meters

April 12, 2005 Anne Linehan

I’m sure everyone is aware that Houston is trying out some new parking meters downtown, but there was one interesting bit of information at the end of Lucas Wall’s story that really should have received

Metro sees nothing wrong with dangerous intersection

April 12, 2005 Anne Linehan

KHOU-11 ran a story last night about a particularly bad intersection downtown, with unclear signage, faded lane markings and…the Danger Train: Accident after accident appears to be waiting to happen at the intersection of Wheeler

HCTRA fulfilling developers' dreams with Grand Parkway

April 12, 2005 Anne Linehan

Some Spring residents who are in the path of the proposed Grand Parkway are receiving survey notices from the Harris County Toll Road Authority: Homes in north Harris County could soon be up for sale

Chronicle ignores adult stem cell research

April 12, 2005 Anne Linehan

Legislators in Austin are considering several bills related to embryonic stem cell research, and while the Chronicle gives us a story about the debate, the story never mentions adult stem cell research (the one that’s

Metro ridership numbers for March

April 11, 2005 Anne Linehan

The Chronicle passes on some Metro ridership numbers today: MetroRail carried more than 1 million people in March, the first time the monthly passenger total passed that milestone. Trains recorded 1,063,446 boardings last month, 25

Jack Rains on with Edd Hendee

April 11, 2005 Anne Linehan

Edd Hendee (KSEV-700) is interviewing Jack Rains right now about the Sport Authority. Rains is really a fountain of good information about that governmental entity. UPDATE: Something interesting Rains mentioned is how he has learned,

Billy Burge mp3 available at LST; Oliver Luck on damage control duty

April 11, 2005 Anne Linehan

Lone Star Times has posted the mp3 of the Billy Burge call-in from last Friday. Also, Oliver Luck will be appearing on KSEV-700 at 4:40 this afternoon with Dan Patrick — no doubt doing some