Anne Linehan, Author at blogHOUSTON

HPD wants to use unpaid, reserve officers to fill the gaps

March 21, 2005 Anne Linehan

Here’s an eye-opening story in the Chronicle: Reserve officers — part-timers who work without pay but have full arrest powers — could return to the ranks at the Houston Police Department under a plan senior

Metro has an executive shake-up

March 21, 2005 Anne Linehan

A new face has joined Metro’s leadership: David Feeley joined Metro’s executive staff March 9. The 62-year-old, who recently returned from working in Iraq and was planning to sail across the Atlantic Ocean before being

Hello? Anyone home at Metro?

March 20, 2005 Anne Linehan

Laurence Simon had a little problem trying to call the hotline Metro lists on its signs: Folks, I’ve never talked to a live human being on that number. Ever. I’ve waited for over 30 minutes

Carnival of the Cats is one year old!

March 20, 2005 Anne Linehan

We have covered the Carnival of the Cats before, when the New York Times and Time Magazine reported on it. The Carnival just happens to be organized by local blogger Laurence Simon. Well, today is

Correcting some errors in Jason Spencer's story

March 20, 2005 Anne Linehan

Yesterday I was dismissive of a Jason Spencer story about the lower TAKS test scores at some HISD schools. What Spencer led the reader to believe is that schools with lower scores are the same

A little balance to the "peace" march

March 20, 2005 Anne Linehan

Yesterday, the Chronicle sent two reporters to cover Houston’s Iraq war protest, which drew, we are told, 200 protesters. This is my favorite part: The Houston Area Department of Peace held the “walking meditation” on

Ho-hum: Chron runs another HISD-is-bad story

March 19, 2005 Anne Linehan

You’ll have to pardon me for not getting too worked up over this Chronicle headline: Test scores fall sharply at scrutinized schools. First, the story is by Jason Spencer. Second, it’s in the Chronicle. Third,

Metro's "smart card" saga rolls on

March 19, 2005 Anne Linehan

I chuckled when I saw this Metro press release yesterday: METRO recently made buying fare passes even more convenient with the launch of the Online RideStore, where patrons can purchase fare items using a credit

Breakfast in the classroom restarted in some schools

March 18, 2005 Anne Linehan

HISD’s breakfast in “breakfast in the classroom” program has been restarted at four schools: Four Houston schools will resume serving breakfast to students in their classrooms, more than a month after state regulators found evidence

Covering Galveston's Social Security program

March 18, 2005 Anne Linehan

It’s curious to us media watchers that the Chronicle expends so much energy chasing down “news” about House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R) knowing some people, when there is some real news in its own