Kevin Whited, Author at blogHOUSTON

Audacity: Lee Brown claims he fought hard to fix HPD crime lab!

June 17, 2009 Kevin Whited

Yesterday, KPRC-950 talker Chris Baker called our attention to the latest installment of Houston’s Crime Lab Follies, a wrongful conviction lawsuit seeking millions from the City of Houston (as reported by the Chronicle‘s Mary Flood):

Chron.com "as good an example of what not to do with a newspaper site as any"

June 17, 2009 Kevin Whited

Banjo Jones notes some recent ratings of newspaper websites by Douglas McIntyre of Wall Street 24/7. McIntyre is not a fan of Chron.com, giving the site a D+: This site is a bit of a

San Francisco passes on Chief Hurtt

June 17, 2009 Kevin Whited

The two Hearst Chronicles report that San Francisco will not be hiring HPD Chief Harold Hurtt: San Francisco has bypassed Houston Police Chief Harold Hurtt to fill its top cop spot. San Francisco Mayor Gavin

METRO adds a new trick to the Danger Train files

June 16, 2009 Kevin Whited

From KHOU-11 via the Houston Chronicle Froot Loops bureau comes this report on a train derailment in Houston: A Metro light rail train derailed around 12:30 a.m. this morning near the intersection of Greenbriar and

Another blog slowdown

May 31, 2009 Kevin Whited

I’m heading off on a mostly internet-free adventure for a couple of weeks, so posting here is likely to be slow for a while. We’re going to turn off new registration in the forum this

State lege rebukes The Houston Way (at least on Rivercrest issue)

May 28, 2009 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Bradley Olson posts that the state legislature has taken action related to the Rivercrest street closing issue: A bill that would require the city of Houston to hold a public hearing before making

Before interpreting legal cases, we recommend reading them carefully

May 28, 2009 Kevin Whited

We finally found a little time to read Judge Sim Lake’s thorough, meticulously crafted decision on the redistricting lawsuit brought against the City of Houston by Vidal Martinez and Carroll Robinson. If you haven’t had

Westchase embraces surveillance cameras; Chron cheers

May 28, 2009 Kevin Whited

In the leadup to Memorial Day last week, Mattress Mack and other Westchase district leaders excitedly announced a “private-public partnership” to install security cameras all over their part of town: The proposed camera system was

Chron.com: Where people go to die twice!

May 28, 2009 Kevin Whited

A reader alerts us to this death notice currently on Chron.com (dated May 27, 2009): Ted Busch, a former first assistant district attorney of Harris County who had a reputation as a dedicated, demanding prosecutor,

Chron.com: Dumbed down and trashed up (cont'd)

May 27, 2009 Kevin Whited

It’s almost become pass