Anne Linehan, Author at blogHOUSTON

Fire the mean city employees and save $85,000

April 7, 2005 Anne Linehan

Mayor White wants Continental Airlines to teach City of Houston employees some customer service skills: Before you build in Houston, you need a building permit. But getting your plans approved can get frustrating. Rick Tolliver

The things one learns in a letter to the editor

April 7, 2005 Anne Linehan

Note to self: avoid Dr. Martin Steiner: A natural, peaceful passing Until the introduction of a feeding tube in the late 1890s, if patients could not eat or drink, they would die. That has been

Memo mystery solved; media doesn't look good

April 7, 2005 Anne Linehan

That “GOP talking points memo” mystery has been solved: Florida Republican Sen. Mel Martinez says an infamous unsigned memo passed around on Capitol Hill emphasizing the politics of the Terri Schiavo case originated in his

All DeLay, all the time

April 6, 2005 Anne Linehan

It’s yet another day of Tom DeLay bashing, as the Chronicle picks up a Washington Post story: A six-day trip to Moscow in 1997 by then-House Majority Whip Tom DeLay was underwritten by business interests

When will he get around to new police officers?

April 6, 2005 Anne Linehan

HPD Chief Hurtt wants new police badges: More than a half a million dollars could be spent by the Houston Police Department to get new badges. t’s a symbol of authority, and every Houston police

KIOL moving to a bigger signal

April 6, 2005 Anne Linehan

Via Banjo Jones, we learn that KIOL-97.5 is gearing up for a move: Moving trucks have been spotted in the vicinity of Cumulus Rocker KIOL/Houston, which is poised to annex the 103.7 signal of currently

Mean Republicans want to take $900 million from HISD!

April 5, 2005 Anne Linehan

Here’s a good example of an agenda-driven, press release-inspired “news” story: The Houston school district could lose up to $900 million over the first two years under various private school voucher bills being considered by

Propositions 1 and 2 battle in court

April 5, 2005 Anne Linehan

The Proposition 1 vs. Proposition 2 battle is now in court and Ron Nissimov has the details: A three-judge panel today skeptically questioned the city’s claim that it does not have to enact Proposition 2,

Not seen in the Chronicle…

April 5, 2005 Anne Linehan

…but I’ll keep checking. Chris Elam points out that House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has an ethics problem hanging over her head, but our “professional” journalist friends haven’t shared the story with us: House Minority

Two examples of local government at its "best"

April 4, 2005 Anne Linehan

Tom Kirkendall, at Houston’s Clear Thinkers, is reacting to a couple of today’s interesting local stories. First, Kirkendall comments on the completed audit of Houston’s Housing and Community Development Department: […] essentially concludes that the