Anne Linehan, Author at blogHOUSTON

TxPIAs for Dummies (The METRO Edition)

June 15, 2008 Anne Linehan

We’ve written before about Tom Bazan’s regular attempts to pry ridership data, fare revenue, and other assorted items of interest out of METRO, and how METRO routinely ignores his requests. When Tom gets really insistent

Slumlord-Rep. Vo: I hope voters won't hold this against me

June 14, 2008 Anne Linehan

Slumlord-Rep. Vo pats himself on the back, saying “I kept my promise,” except that he kept his promise only after he was caught. He certainly didn’t keep his promise to his tenants until Councilman Rodriguez

Slumlord-Rep. Vo cleans up his act

June 13, 2008 Anne Linehan

Matt Stiles posts that Slumlord-Rep. Howard Vo has resolved electrical and structural issues, and his apartment complexes are now in compliance. Now, can he keep his properties in livable condition?

Councilman Rodriguez wants 200 more red light cameras!

June 11, 2008 Anne Linehan

Houston’s elected officials continue finding ways to make the city more inviting. I wonder if Councilman Rodriguez has considered checking out the engineering at all 200 intersections. Well, actually, I don’t wonder at all, because

METRO's consent agreement sidesteps committee vote

June 10, 2008 Anne Linehan

Following up on this post which noted that the City’s proposed consent agreement with METRO had moved out of committee and onto City Council’s agenda, Councilwoman Melissa Noriega emails that the consent agreement did NOT

Councilwoman Noriega will swoon for wide, shady, pole-free sidewalks

June 8, 2008 Anne Linehan

Yesterday’s Chronicle carried an op-ed by the (previously) indecisive Councilwoman Melissa Noriega, who has found something she can be decisive about: sidewalks! Not just any sidewalks, mind you. No, she wants sidewalks that are: […]

Taser audit ready

June 8, 2008 Anne Linehan

KTRK-13 got an advance look at the city’s Taser audit which shows African-Americans have been on the receiving end a majority of the time: We got these numbers ahead of the city controller’s audit expected

Chron reporter is baffled: What's there to see outside of Houston?

June 4, 2008 Anne Linehan

In a post about how Harris County commissioners don’t think they are getting their money’s worth from the GHCVB, the Chron’s Liz Peterson lets slip that she doesn’t think there’s much to see or do

Council votes to waste $150,000

June 4, 2008 Anne Linehan

KTRK-13’s Miya Shay reports that City Council has authorized spending $150,000 to defend Chief Hurtt’s ridiculous no-facial-hair policy: The city council has decided to spend $150,000 to hire outside council to defend itself against this

New METRO service "improvements" begin today

June 1, 2008 Anne Linehan

METRO has posted a new listing of service changes effective June 1st — today! Just because METRO no longer calls them “service improvements” doesn’t mean we can’t continue to relive METRO’s PR department’s glory days,