Anne Linehan, Author at blogHOUSTON

There's still some $AFEclear opposition

January 14, 2005 Anne Linehan

State Sen. John Whitmire is not sold on Mayor White’s proposed $AFEclear changes: “I appreciate the city going back to the drawing board, but they need to stay there,” said state Sen. John Whitmire, D-Houston.

Unfunny radio alert

January 14, 2005 Anne Linehan

MeMo’s going to be on the radio tomorrow morning: 6. FYI: (shameless self-promotion) MeMo will be on her favorite radio show, Wait, Wait … Don’t Tell Me Saturday at 10 a.m. on KUHF 88.7 And

Chronicle beefs up circulation numbers with "freebies"

January 13, 2005 Anne Linehan

Banjo Jones notes that the Chronicle has made a New York Times top ten list: In the shady business of newspaper circulation figures, the Houston Chronicle ranks 5th in the USA for the percentage of

Metro pulls security guards from Park and Ride lots

January 13, 2005 Anne Linehan

KHOU-11 did some investigating and discovered that Metro isn’t manning security booths at Park and Ride lots anymore: Metro Park and Ride locations will no longer be watched over by security guards. Metro has decided

$AFEclear lives on

January 12, 2005 Anne Linehan

A KPRC-950 newsbreak just mentioned that Mayor White may propose that tows for people who cannot afford $75 should be subsidized by raising the towing fees for others drivers. Maybe the mayor reads blogHOUSTON. And

HISD's breakfast program to be audited

January 12, 2005 Anne Linehan

It’s been an interesting few weeks for HISD and new superintendent Abe Saavedra. Saavedra has had to focus on a cheating scandal and now it’s time for an audit of the district’s subsidized breakfast program:

Chronicle publishes more $AFEclear letters

January 12, 2005 Anne Linehan

Again, the Chronicle is running quite a few letters to the editor on the $AFEclear topic. There is one from councilman Michael Berry who isn’t happy that the Chronicle‘s editorial over the weekend characterized the

Digging a deeper $AFEclear hole

January 12, 2005 Anne Linehan

Mayor White has proposed “free” tows, in the $AFEclear program, for minor breakdowns such as when a car has a flat tire or runs out of gas. But (there’s always a but), it won’t really

A $AFEclear question

January 12, 2005 Anne Linehan

Something about $AFEclear has been gnawing at Rob Booth: Back in 2003, a law went into effect that required drivers in Texas to move over one lane or slow down by 20 miles per hour

Four Houston companies make list of best employers

January 11, 2005 Anne Linehan

Which companies are rated best for employees? Fortune magazine’s eighth annual ranking of the “100 Best Companies to Work For” is out and L.M. Sixel points out that four local companies are on the list: