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Anne Linehan is a co-founder of blogHOUSTON.
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The "free" ride ended last fall

April 4, 2005 Anne Linehan

Here’s a KTRK-13 headline: METRO ends free trolley rides in downtown Except that the “free” trolley rides ended last fall when Metro instituted a 50 cent fare. It is the end of trolley rides. Period.

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Friendswood ISD property tax pressure?

April 4, 2005 Anne Linehan

Last week Lone Star Times reported on an astounding memo and related documents it obtained through an open records request, that seemingly showed two Friendswood ISD officials “manipulating the appraisal process, issuing legal threats, and

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Give us an example of why journalists need shield law

April 3, 2005 Anne Linehan

Today the Chronicle covers the proposed journalist shield law that we have previously posted on. The story confirms what we were told last week, that state Sen. Rodney Ellis’ bill is ready to be voted

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Another Voice says Annan should stay on to fix UN

April 3, 2005 Anne Linehan

Substitute President Bush, Majority Leader Tom DeLay or Defense Secretary Don Rumsfeld for UN Secretary General Kofi Annan in this Chronicle Another Voice editorial and tell me if you think the conclusion would be the

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Metro looks to real estate development for revenue

April 3, 2005 Anne Linehan

In today’s Chronicle, Nancy Sarnoff tells us that Metro is jumping in to real estate development: Metro put the word out last week that it’s looking for a developer to collaborate with on a transit-oriented

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Say it ain't so! Is Lucas Wall leaving the Chronicle?

April 2, 2005 Anne Linehan

We’ve heard that Lucas Wall may soon be leaving the Houston Chronicle for the Boston Globe, where he would also be the transportation reporter. Watch out Big Dig! If this really is true (maybe Monday’s

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Chronicle makes Best of the Web

April 2, 2005 Anne Linehan

James Taranto highlights an improbable opening sentence in a Chronicle story from yesterday: We Didn’t Think It Possible to Be This Unlucky “For the second time in a week, a woman was killed after being

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La Porte ISD superintendent missing

April 2, 2005 Anne Linehan

KTRK-13 has a story about the disappearance of La Porte ISD Superintendent Molly Helmlinger: School Superintendent Molly Helmlinger has been missing for more than a month. La Porte ISD says Helmlinger has always been responsible.

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Gebe Martinez referenced the "GOP memo," too

April 1, 2005 Anne Linehan

I recently posted about Cragg Hines buying into that most-likely-fake “GOP talking points memo” that ABC News and the Washington Post were crowing about, regarding Congress’s Terri Schiavo legislation. (As an aside, I have written

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Chronicle readers take apart the Taser story

April 1, 2005 Anne Linehan

Predictably, the Chronicle editorial board wrings its hands over yesterday’s Taser story. As I said yesterday, I am amazed at the seeming lack of critical thinking skills in “professional” journalists, and the Chronicle‘s editorial hits

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