Anne Linehan, Author at blogHOUSTON

Hines is generally wrong on abortion

November 10, 2004 Anne Linehan

Cragg Hines does some more post-election analysis in today’s Chronicle. Mostly it is his usual stuff, but this should be addressed: “On these values issues, Bush faces a dilemma now,” Shrum argued at a breakfast

blogHOUSTON meets Wolfgang Puck (sort of)

November 9, 2004 Anne Linehan

Wolfgang Puck is coming to his Westheimer Express restaurant tomorrow (Wednesday), from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., for a cookbook-signing event. The blogHOUSTON crew will be there also, hanging out with Wolfgang. Well, okay, he’ll

HISD is aiming for better science education

November 9, 2004 Anne Linehan

HISD is looking to improve science education at its elementary schools: HISD has a new plan to boost students’ exposure to science here in the Space City. Superintendent Abe Saavedra announced a new plan to

CenterPoint Energy's neighborliness, part 2

November 9, 2004 Anne Linehan

It looks like CenterPoint Energy is in a tree-cutting mood again: Sugar Land’s First Colony is trying to save 200 Crape myrtle and Wax myrtle trees, which were planted along the sidewalks of Austin Parkway

A teen summit for tolerance is just what we need

November 9, 2004 Anne Linehan

blogHOUSTON is getting very concerned about the Chronicle‘s editorials. Well, more for the readers who actually read the things. Today’s lecture appears to have been authored by Tolerance.org:

Zero tolerance nightmare

November 8, 2004 Anne Linehan

In Baytown there is a zero tolerance battle brewing over the expulsion of a student for having a fishing knife in his truck: More than a dozen Robert E. Lee High School students, in the

Metro and Lucas Wall – on the forefront of transportation solutions

November 7, 2004 Anne Linehan

Surely it is unintended humor, but Lucas Wall’s story in today’s Chronicle is pretty funny. You see, Metro has decided to look into starting an “express” bus route from downtown to Bush Intercontinental and Lucas

Metro spreads good cheer

November 7, 2004 Anne Linehan

Please forgive one more Metro-related post, but these letters to the editor, in today’s Chronicle, were too good to pass up: The Metropolitan Transit Authority continues to shoot itself in the foot! Do any of

New park will eat up parking spaces

November 6, 2004 Anne Linehan

Today’s Chronicle has a story about Houston’s planned Central Park and a potential problem with parking around the George R. Brown Convention Center: When the city of Houston turns 13 acres of downtown land into

HISD top job candidates are secret no more

November 6, 2004 Anne Linehan

It looks like the Chronicle dug up the names of the superintendent candidates for HISD, and, according to the Chronicle‘s reporting, we now know why the names were so hush hush: All three candidates trying