Anne Linehan, Author at blogHOUSTON

The serial slumlord saga continues

April 11, 2008 Anne Linehan

The Chron’s Matt Stiles has more on state Rep. Hubert Vo’s apartment buildings. When the city first ordered repairs at one of his apartment complexes, Vo didn’t comply fast enough, so the city was forced

Do the restrooms have sponsors yet?

April 10, 2008 Anne Linehan

Via Swamplot and Lou Minatti we learn that Discovery Green is awash in brands/sponsors. Swamplot provides the list: McNair Foundation Jogging Trail Waste Management, Inc. Gardens Lindsey Waterside Landing & Garden Kinder Lake Anheuser-Busch Stage

State Rep. Vo is a serial slumlord

April 10, 2008 Anne Linehan

After last week’s news that state Rep. Hubert Vo is a slumlord (who owns a $4.5 million mansion), the Chron’s Matt Stiles took a field trip to visit Vo’s other properties. What he found is

Mayor White's gonna FIRE people if airport expansion runs over budget!

April 8, 2008 Anne Linehan

You probably heard yesterday that a big expansion is scheduled for Terminal B at Bush Intercontinental (via KHOU-11): Seven years and at least $1.2 billion from now, the outdated Terminal B will be five times

Frank Wilson: We'll produce details after contract is signed

April 7, 2008 Anne Linehan

After we learned last week that the cost of METRO’s proposed new light rail lines rose astronomically, the Chron’s Rad Sallee asked METRO’s President Frank “Procurement Disaster” Wilson for his reaction. In essence, Frank says,

A momentary break….

April 6, 2008 Anne Linehan

What a terrific weekend! Hopefully you have been out enjoying it, getting some sun and enjoying the great temps. Gotta stay healthy, you know. Anyway, here’s a story from Chron.com yesterday about how the Harris

Hubert Vo's "next step toward positive change": ridding himself of slumlord status! (updated)

April 3, 2008 Anne Linehan

When state Rep. Hubert Vo (D-Houston) kicked off his reelection campaign, he said: “We’ve come a long way in a short time, and now we have a chance to take the next step toward positive

FTA forces METRO to get realistic about new lines' cost

March 31, 2008 Anne Linehan

Rad Sallee’s Move It! column is devoted to the news that METRO has been given approval to go ahead with preliminary work on the North and Southeast lines. However, the Federal Transit Administration also told

Carol Alvarado, METRO consultant

March 28, 2008 Anne Linehan

The Chron’s Carolyn Feibel put up a great blog post on the Houston Politics blog today. It’s not a long post — six paragraphs — but since the subject of the post is Carol Alvarado,

A rail impasse

March 28, 2008 Anne Linehan

The Chron’s Rad Sallee notes there seems to be a bit of a problem with METRO’s East End light rail line: Metro board chairman David Wolff said Thursday that the roadblock is the former Houston