Anne Linehan, Author at blogHOUSTON

Chron frets that lethal injection might be painful

May 23, 2006 Anne Linehan

The LiveJournalists are concerned that death row killers might feel some pain when the lethal injection cocktail is administered: Because capital punishment is irreversible, it deserves the closest scrutiny, whether the issue is the evidence

HPD introduces New Orleans criminals to Texas law

May 22, 2006 Anne Linehan

blogHOUSTON reader Vernon Guy passes on this Time magazine story entitled, “What Happened To The Gangs of New Orleans? Before Katrina, New Orleans had a murder rate 10 times worse than the U.S. average. The

Metro's continuing stray current headache

May 22, 2006 Anne Linehan

Metro’s still trying to fix the problem of stray current leaking from its light rail tracks into the ground, potentially leading to the corrosion of anything metal underground. Metro learned of the problem last year

A very poor choice of words

May 22, 2006 Anne Linehan

Today, the LiveJournalists are upset about money the Legislature took away from “family planning” clinics last year, forcing some to close down. Now partial funding has been restored, but all is still not well: Planned

Sen. Lindsay: Constituents are hard to deal with

May 21, 2006 Anne Linehan

You know, it’s difficult to serve as an elected official. Really! The constituents are so entrenched in their ways. You don’t believe me? Just ask retiring state Sen. Jon Lindsay. Janet Elliott did in today’s

Council to consider red light camera contract…again

May 20, 2006 Anne Linehan

On again, off again. On again, off again. Now it’s on again. Next week, City Council will address the red light camera contract MayorWhiteChiefHurtt want to give to ATS. A five year contract. Has anyone

Houston's best moms

May 18, 2006 Anne Linehan

I was sitting in the doctor’s office waiting room this afternoon (dealing with the rocking chair incident) and saw a magazine I had not seen before: H Texas. In it was a story about Houston’s

Houston's civilian accident investigators

May 18, 2006 Anne Linehan

Mayor White wants a group of civilians trained to investigate accidents: Houston Mayor Bill White is proposing the city field a non-police officer “traffic management force” on two wheels — and it’s possible they could

Houston gets $24 million FEMA grant

May 18, 2006 Anne Linehan

The money will pay for evacuee housing: The Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved a $24 million grant for the city of Houston as reimbursement for evacuee housing expenses, Texas senators said Thursday. The Public

More Metro service improvements, beginning May 28

May 17, 2006 Anne Linehan

In keeping with the original Metro Solutions promise to increase bus service by fifty percent, Metro has announced a new round of bus route changes/cancellations: