blogHOUSTON logo
  • Front Page
  • Sections
    • Around The Web
    • Commentary
    • Guest Commentary
    • In Brief
    • News Releases
  • Archives
  • About
  • Headlines
HomeAuthorsAnne Linehan

Articles by Anne Linehan

About Anne Linehan
Anne Linehan is a co-founder of blogHOUSTON.
BHv1

Continental gives Mayor White's Prop. G a big boost

October 9, 2006 Anne Linehan

Continental Airlines has decided to throw all its weight behind Proposition G, Mayor White’s effort to do an end-run around Proposition 2 (via KHOU-11): Political insiders have told 11 News that Continental plans to spend

BHv1

TxDOT is planting trees; Wulfe & Co. is bulldozing them

October 9, 2006 Anne Linehan

Rad Sallee has an informative Q & A with a TxDOT official, discussing all the tree planting (reforestation) TxDOT has been doing along our freeways: Q: So basically you’re planting something like a real forest,

BHv1

Councilmember suggests a smoking ban revenue stream

October 8, 2006 Anne Linehan

Now and then a local news story will feature an idea or quote from a local pol that seems so familiar. Here’s an example from a KTRH-740 story on the latest smoking ban debate: Meanwhile,

BHv1

Cy-Fair ISD to raise tax rates; trustees don't feel residents' pain

October 6, 2006 Anne Linehan

So, officials in Cy-Fair ISD (home of the fabulous $70 million Berry Center) want to raise the property tax rate and some local residents are none too happy about that idea (KTRH-740): The school district’s

BHv1

Take a ride in an HPD helicopter

October 3, 2006 Anne Linehan

This seems rather strange: the city is holding an online auction (that’s not the strange part) to raise money for its municipal campaign, and one of the items up for bid is a ride in

BHv1

The downtown skyline at night

October 2, 2006 Anne Linehan

Charles Kuffner points to this post by Tory Gattis about the wonderful nighttime view of downtown Houston from I-45: That drive, especially at night, is one of the most spectacular drives in our city. The

BHv1

LULAC "supports" sanctuary policy revisions; warns of racial profiling

October 2, 2006 Anne Linehan

As expected, city officials announced at a Sunday afternoon press conference (!!) that they are revising Houston’s sanctuary policy (via the Chronicle): The death of officer Rodney Johnson expedited the Houston Police Department’s new policy

BHv1

If only MetroLift riders lived along the light rail line

October 2, 2006 Anne Linehan

KHOU-11 reports that MetroLift is having problems keeping to its scheduled pick-up times: “I pay for this [MetroLift] and I call and call and complain and complain and all they say is we’ll try to

BHv1

Park and Pillage safety takes a "quantum leap forward"

September 30, 2006 Anne Linehan

More than one and a half years after Park and Ride security became non-existent — resulting in Park and Rides turning into Park and Pillages — Metro is excitedly touting its new $16 million security

BHv1

Modifications to city's sanctuary policy

September 30, 2006 Anne Linehan

Following up on this hint that some changes in Houston’s sanctuary city-status were imminent, here are a couple of stories from KTRH-740 with early details. First this teaser was in a Brent Fuller/Scott Braddock story

Posts pagination

« 1 … 75 76 77 … 233 »

Stay Connected

  • facebook
  • twitter
  • linkedin
  • rss
  • mail

Latest Publications

  • One night in the hospital
    December 11, 2024
  • The U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Chevron deference and interpretations of Texas law
    July 2, 2024
  • The universal basic income blues (and blues from other anti-poverty government programs)
    June 24, 2024
  • Wall: Dear Mayor Whitmire (Seizing the HPD opportunity edition)
    May 19, 2024
  • Wall: Dear Mayor Whitmire (Crime and public safety edition)
    April 2, 2024

blogHOUSTON is an independent source for commentary on Houston-area politics, media, and culture.
CONTACT INFORMATION
blogHOUSTON
PO Box 631424
Houston, TX 77263
[email protected]

Copyright © 2004-24, blogHOUSTON

blogHOUSTON