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Anne Linehan is a co-founder of blogHOUSTON.
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City to repay $15 million in HUD funds

November 18, 2008 Anne Linehan

Back in March, we noted that the city had been told to repay $15.5 million in HUD grants due to misuse of the funds. After months of negotiations, the city has finally agreed to repay

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'We stopped in because we saw the bulldog'

November 10, 2008 Anne Linehan

How many of you have been driving down the freeway, when a giant inflatable gorilla caught your eye, and you said, “I gotta go shopping!”? Well, if some city councilmembers have their way, the big

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City removes negligent apartment owner, enters "uncharted territory"

November 8, 2008 Anne Linehan

The Chronicle’s Matt Stiles and Bradley Olson have details on the city’s actions this week in removing the owner of a rundown apartment complex: In the latest case involving La Casita Apartments, 313 Sunnyside, Mayor

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Pasadena to get METRO service

November 2, 2008 Anne Linehan

Meanwhile, the outer reaches of Harris County still get nothing. Except taxed, of course. The last Chron Move It! column had news of Pasadena’s new service: Metro approved a proposal to expand bus service to

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In anticipation of the the Grand Parkway's F-2 segment…

November 2, 2008 Anne Linehan

…a Dallas developer has bought a chunk of land at Spring Steubner and Kuykendahl for a new retail center: The undeveloped land bought by Hopkins Commercial Real Estate Inc. is located at the southeast corner

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Houston priorities: METRO over flooding

October 29, 2008 Anne Linehan

The Chron’s Bradley Olson follows up on the city’s plan to scale back projects because of the current credit crisis, and includes an example of the city’s priorities: The city has drawn up plans to

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October sales tax allocations, and city finances

October 19, 2008 Anne Linehan

I meant to get this posted last weekend when Tom Bazan emailed a heads up, but life intervened… Anyway, the October sales tax allocation to the City of Houston and to METRO stands in contrast

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Finally: Houston to upgrade emergency radio system

October 15, 2008 Anne Linehan

More than four years after the city learned it needed to upgrade its emergency radio system, and after several news stories questioning the lack of attention to the problem, Mayor White is finally ready to

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City: Pay your red-light ticket or we won't let you reregister your car

October 14, 2008 Anne Linehan

According to the Chronicle, the city has been searching for a way to get everyone to pay up: City officials hope to step up enforcement of Houston’s red-light cameras by getting the state to deny

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What do METRO, Diana Ross, and an elephant all have in common?

October 13, 2008 Anne Linehan

Bet you can’t guess: Starting today, you’ll see a giant elephant with sunglasses standing on the rail. At least, you’ll see this image in brochures on our buses and trains – and later this week,

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