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Mayor White clears way for Alvarado to regain Mayor Pro Tem title

April 22, 2007 Anne Linehan

Last week on the Chron’s City Hall blog, Matt Stiles noted a change that’s coming to the Mayor Pro Tem office; specifically, administrative duties will now be handled by the city’s finance department, as opposed

A two reporter, four contributor Chron story

April 22, 2007 Anne Linehan

How loud is the Houston Grand Prix? It took six Chronicle folks to get to the bottom of that question. Yes, it’s local and hooray for that, but come on! Six people to tackle the

For the Chron, all news is not local

April 21, 2007 Anne Linehan

Yesterday an unusual item was posted in the Metro section of Chron.com: a directory, which included a listing of the Chronicle‘s bureaus. Of note are the Chron‘s international bureaus:

A little revisionist history, courtesy of Metro's Frank Wilson

April 21, 2007 Anne Linehan

Here’s Frank “Procurement Disaster” Wilson yesterday, explaining why he delayed putting bike racks on Metro buses (via the Chronicle): He said he had postponed installing the racks until maintenance crews could bring the aging bus

HPRA hosts Randal O'Toole today

April 20, 2007 Anne Linehan

Here are details of today’s Houston Property Rights Association lunchtime meeting: On Friday, April 20, the members and guests of the Houston Property Rights Association will assemble to hear Randal O’Toole, a nationally known critic

An end to the "Boot the Mentally Retarded" revenue stream?

April 20, 2007 Anne Linehan

A KTRH-740 newsbreak reported that a settlement has been reached between the city and the Center Serving Persons with Mental Retardation. Details are to be announced at a press conference this afternoon, according to KTRH.

Metro's installing bike racks on buses…finally

April 18, 2007 Anne Linehan

Since 2000, Metro has been dangling the promise of bike racks on buses before Houston’s biking community, but never following through. Metro CEO Frank “Procurement Disaster” Wilson said last year that there was too little

New county judge wants Grand Parkway to be completed

April 16, 2007 Anne Linehan

Rad Sallee’s Q & A with Harris County’s new (appointed) judge Ed Emmett contained this depressing bit of info: Q: What projects do you especially want to push through? A: The completion of the Grand

COH and Metro thank you for your support!

April 15, 2007 Anne Linehan

Via the Houston Business Journal we see that sales tax revenues are flowing in quite nicely: Houston received a sales tax allocation of $35.7 million for April, a 13.5 percent increase over April 2006. Houston’s

City ready to evaluate municipal courts' computer system

April 9, 2007 Anne Linehan

On the Chron’s City Hall blog, Matt Stiles writes that the city is fed up with the municipal courts’ underperforming computer system, and Council will consider a contract with MITRE Corp. to figure out if