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Chron's Stiles scores interview with Sheriff Tommy Thomas (updated)

June 25, 2008 Kevin Whited

Yesterday, the Chronicle‘s Matt Stiles reported on his extended interview with Harris County Sherrif Tommy Thomas. Stiles followed up with additional material on the Chron‘s Houston Politics blog, and is considering ways to make more

Fundraiser for Harris County District Attorney candidate C.O. Bradford (Isiah Carey's Insite)

June 24, 2008 Kevin Whited

Isiah Carey posts about a Clarence Bradford fundraiser, in which the former police chief promised to pursue outreach and true justice in the community (Isiah Carey’s Insite). Since this was a fundraiser, we presume no

Dad was right about law school (Houston Politics)

June 24, 2008 Kevin Whited

Carolyn Feibel reports that one of the city’s outside lawyers is giving himself a $100/hour raise (Houston Politics).

Is there a Heights highrise in the works? (Off the Kuff)

June 24, 2008 Kevin Whited

Charles Kuffner worries that dense development might be coming to an area near him (Off the Kuff).

Local law-enforcement agencies turn to the net for recruiting

June 24, 2008 Kevin Whited

KTRK-13’s Mike McGuff reports on HPD’s officer recruitment blog: The blog is the unique brain child of Mike McCoy, a senior officer with the Houston Police Department. It’s one of the few blogs that show

Houston sports media wars (Lose an Eye, It's a Sport)

June 23, 2008 Kevin Whited

Cory Crow comments on Houston sports talk (Lose an Eye, It’s a Sport).

Experiment: TXPIA Requests/Updates forum

June 22, 2008 Kevin Whited

As promised a while back, we’ve finally launched a little sub-forum experiment in local sunshine. Here’s how we envision it working: Anyone registered for the forum can add a post to this sub-forum. The initial

City settles ERACER-related lawsuits

June 22, 2008 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11’s Lee McGuire reports that Houston taxpayers will wind up spending nearly $750,000 to settle lawsuits stemming from the infamous 2002 K-Mart parking lot raid: Settling a lawsuit concerning two 2002 crackdowns on illegal street

Response to Peter Brown's op-ed (Houston Strategies)

June 22, 2008 Kevin Whited

Tory Gattis takes apart some of the more fanciful arguments advanced by Councilmember Peter Brown in today’s op-ed (Houston Strategies).

Riding the METRO #82 to work (Firebolts, Lightning Bolts, and Hell Storms)

June 22, 2008 Kevin Whited

The Mighty Wizard documents the time spent using the #82 Westheimer bus to commute to/from work, and compares it to other transportation alternatives (Firebolts, Lightning Bolts, and Hell Storms).