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Anne Linehan is a co-founder of blogHOUSTON.
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NYC has the solution to Houston's "explosive crime situation"

July 26, 2006 Anne Linehan

KUHF-88.7 ran a story yesterday about Houston Police Officers Union President Hans Marticiuc asking Mayor White and City Council to referee a meeting between the union and HPD Chief Harold Hurtt. This, of course, was

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Third Ward residents oppose rail through TSU

July 25, 2006 Anne Linehan

Some Third Ward residents attended last night’s Metro (New and Improved) Solutions meeting to protest Metro’s desire to run light rail through the TSU campus (Rosanna Ruiz, Chronicle): Dozens gathered around aerial maps at the

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Metro gives CEO Wilson undisclosed raise

July 24, 2006 Anne Linehan

This is what quasi-governmental agencies with unelected officials do: The Metropolitan Transit Authority board voted Thursday to give President and CEO Frank Wilson a raise. But they wouldn’t say how much. [snip] After the meeting,

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Quasi-governmental agencies laugh at public meetings

July 23, 2006 Anne Linehan

In the forum here, Neal Meyer comments on something that’s been bugging me for awhile now: public meetings. What good are they, really? We’ve all watched Metro go through the motions of public meetings, but

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Northside residents aren't happy with their new rail alignment

July 23, 2006 Anne Linehan

Yesterday Metro held a public meeting for its proposed North Corridor rail line, and not unlike the other proposed rail lines, there were protesters who are unhappy with Metro’s New and Improved Metro Solutions. Let’s

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An incomprehensible tragedy

July 21, 2006 Anne Linehan

If you’ve followed the news the past couple of days, you probably heard about a terrible accident up here in Spring, involving five pre-teens, two of whom died. The accident happened one street over from

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Chief Hurtt responds to critics

July 21, 2006 Anne Linehan

KHOU-11 has Chief Hurtt’s response to the results of the Houston Police Officers Union survey: “This chief has handed out less discipline to officers than any chief in the last 20 years of the Houston

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Red light cameras increase accidents (con't)

July 19, 2006 Anne Linehan

Philadelphia, PA; Fort Collins, CO; Portland, OR; and Washington, D.C. are among the cities that have seen accidents increase as a result of red light cameras, belying proponents’ claims that the cameras are all about

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Weird Astrodome resort plan isn't dead yet

July 18, 2006 Anne Linehan

The idea is to create a convention venue that has all amenities under one roof — a destination resort. Guests wouldn’t have to leave the Astrodome for anything, which makes sense, because there isn’t much

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MetroRail's "ridership" numbers: 12 million passengers a year!

July 17, 2006 Anne Linehan

About one year ago, the Chronicle‘s Rad Sallee wrote quite a story on Metro, exposing how Metro has really hurt the riders who need Metro’s services the most. Included in that story was a look

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