Kevin Whited, Author at blogHOUSTON

Good times with Lee P. Brown!

October 15, 2008 Kevin Whited

While recovering from last weekend’s backpacking trip, we missed a gem that appeared on the Chronicle‘s (ethically challenged) editorial page from none other than Lee P. Brown, the former mayor/police chief responsible for so many

Texas Watchdog/KPRC-2: Dead people voting in Harris County!

October 9, 2008 Kevin Whited

KPRC-2 reports on an interesting case of apparent voter fraud in Harris County: The push to register voters for this year’s presidential election is breaking records. More than 1.9 million people are registered to vote

Chron editorialist gets early start on endorsements

October 7, 2008 Kevin Whited

The Harris County Clerk’s website has new campaign finance filings posted (which we like!). David Mincberg’s latest report (PDF download) is interesting. If a person clicks onto page 18, the name Andrea Georgsson turns up.

It's buyout time at the Chronicle!

October 3, 2008 Kevin Whited

A friend recently alerted us that buyouts were being finalized this week at the Chronicle Apparently, today is the day for some of the announcements. We presume this blog post from Julie Mason is related

Texas Watchdog posts Council financial info online

October 1, 2008 Kevin Whited

Texas Watchdog, which announced a few weeks ago that it was looking into city ethics info that was supposed to be public but wasn’t, has now posted Council financial disclosures (which are also required to

Post-Ike blogger gathering Saturday, Oct. 4

September 30, 2008 Kevin Whited

Now that Houston is almost back to normal following the storm, it seems like a good time for a post-Ike blogger gathering. We’re planning on hitting the West Alabama Ice House on Saturday, October 4,

METRO says "safety" prevents HOV-lane openings; Judge Emmett criticizes

September 23, 2008 Kevin Whited

A reader who resides in Clear Lake emailed us yesterday complaining that METRO continues to run its park-and-ride buses on the main lanes instead of the HOV lanes, turning her commute into a two hour

Houston blog talk linkpost: Random post-Ike edition

September 22, 2008 Kevin Whited

We had ourselves a hitchin' (Lose an Eye, It's a Sport) Ike Asides 09/18/08 (Lose an Eye, It's a Sport) Crap from Hurricane Ike 2 (Red Lights and Siren) Crap from Hurricane Ike (Red Lights

METRO's "transit backbone" still offline; buses back in service

September 19, 2008 Kevin Whited

Barry Klein passed along and highlighted some information on METRO in this Chronicle story that ran in Thursday print editions: Because of continuing electrical outages on the region’s HOV-lane system, Metro cannot operate normal park-and-ride

Editorial LiveJournalists forget when 9/11 took place

September 18, 2008 Kevin Whited

Matt Bramanti noticed that the Chron Editorial LiveJournalists were playing Editorial Humorists today: Last weekend, as Hurricane Ike buffeted Southeast Texas, another massive storm pummeled Wall Street, leaving financial institutions reeling and triggering the most