Anne Linehan, Author at blogHOUSTON

Does downtown's growth need to slow down?

February 22, 2005 Anne Linehan

Last week we learned the Hyatt Regency was in foreclosure, and now KHOU-11 has a bit more on the problems facing downtown hotels: Experts point to the downtown Hyatt as a casualty of a saturated

Activists, councilmembers want tougher smoking ban

February 22, 2005 Anne Linehan

KHOU-11 is reporting that anti-smoking activists and some city councilmembers are lobbying for a tougher smoking ban than the one Mayor White is proposing: Anti-smoking activists are showing their strength at Houston’s City Hall. They’re

The "privatizing schools" meme

February 22, 2005 Anne Linehan

Chronicle headline: Privatization is put on hold There was no plan to privatize three HISD schools, except in the Chronicle‘s sloppy reporting from last week. But once a story gets started — even one that’s

Maybe L.A. needs SAFEclear

February 21, 2005 Anne Linehan

Houston’s traffic isn’t bad enough to make AAA’s newest list of the nation’s worst traffic bottlenecks, according to this Chronicle story: When it last came out in 2000, the list included the epic confluence of

Culberson responds to Chron's charge that he derailed Metro funding

February 21, 2005 Anne Linehan

In our forum, commenter rorschach points out that the Chronicle is running a letter to the editor from Rep. John Culberson criticizing the Chronicle for the way it reported and editorialized Metro’s federal funding delay:

Move It! tackles SAFEclear and AAA

February 21, 2005 Anne Linehan

Nearly two months into SAFEclear, Lucas Wall’s Move It! column today covers the issue of motorists who already pay for a roadside assistance program like AAA. Houston bloggers were covering this early on, with Houston

San Jacinto Monument's observation deck is closed

February 20, 2005 Anne Linehan

The San Jacinto Monument’s observation deck has been closed while officials find the money to repair a major safety problem: Perhaps the biggest draw of the San Jacinto Monument is the observation floor where visitors

Now the Chronicle's garage needs a makeover

February 20, 2005 Anne Linehan

Check out the very last letter to the editor today: Garage is eyesore The Chronicle has been an avid supporter of Houston’s downtown renaissance. I think it would be wonderful if it would go the

Trying to decipher the Chronicle's Texas Poll story

February 19, 2005 Anne Linehan

Today’s Chronicle has a story on the latest Texas Poll results. The story, by Don Jordan, reports on how Texans responded to questions regarding terrorism and the Iraq war. Unfortunately, the story left me with

The "outsiders" outrage that won't die down

February 19, 2005 Anne Linehan

We previously noted the Chronicle‘s inaccurate coverage of HISD Superintendent Abe Saavedra’s State of the Schools speech last week, where Jason Spencer mischaracterized what Superintendent Saavedra said, by writing that “outsiders” would be brought in