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Anne Linehan is a co-founder of blogHOUSTON.
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Aha! This is why Houston rushed installation of 20 more red light cameras

September 29, 2007 Anne Linehan

Remember when the city hurriedly installed 20 more red light cameras, even though the 50 that Council approved had already been installed? Suspicion was that this was to beat a new state law that imposed

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Some mobility concerns get Mayor White's attention

September 28, 2007 Anne Linehan

Mayor White has come out against a big high-rise condo project in the Rice University area, and he has promised legislation to deal with projects like this in the future. Cory blogs about this at

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Houston Press "Best Of" time

September 27, 2007 Anne Linehan

The Houston Press‘ annual “Best Of” issue is out, and lots of interesting choices have been made. Perhaps some could even be called…unexpected. Check it out, if you haven’t already. Thanks to Banjo Jones for

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Wayne Dolcefino vs. Metro, part 2

September 27, 2007 Anne Linehan

As promised, KTRK-13’s Wayne Dolcefino tells us how to ride Metro’s transit offerings for free: we’ve found a way you can ride the bus or the rail absolutely free anytime you want. “Are you referring

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Metro: Frank Wilson's too busy to ride public transit

September 26, 2007 Anne Linehan

Last night on KTRK-13, Wayne Dolcefino took a look at what it cost to make those goofy videos on Metro’s website: Just how much of your money is METRO spending to convince you to ride

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The financial benefits of Houston's arts

September 24, 2007 Anne Linehan

According to a new study, Houston’s vibrant arts scene contributes substantially to the local economy (via Houston Business Journal): “The Business of the Arts: A Look into The Economic Impact of the Arts on the

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Trending in the right direction

September 24, 2007 Anne Linehan

Homicides in Houston are down fourteen percent from last year (via the Chronicle): Between Jan.1 and Sept. 17 last year, the city’s homicide count was 290, Police Chief Harold Hurtt said. In the same period

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Houston billionaires give to local politicians

September 23, 2007 Anne Linehan

The ever-enterprising Matt Stiles took last week’s list of Houston billionaires and gave it a local politics-angle: Business reporter Purva Patel has a story today about the Houstonians who made Forbes magazine’s annual list of

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Metro works for the "greater" good…all 0.9% of it

September 23, 2007 Anne Linehan

Last week I ran across this post on Reason’s Out of Control blog which included a link to some interesting data: Houston’s public transit market share in 2005 was 0.9%. For some clarification, Tom Bazan

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Mayor White talks leadership…during the week he was lacking some

September 22, 2007 Anne Linehan

So, last week Mayor White admitted he lacked leadership by ignoring his instincts, and instead doing what Council wanted: “One thing I’ve learned from this experience is to go with my instinct,” said White, who

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