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Kevin Whited is co-founder and publisher of blogHOUSTON. Follow him on twitter: @PubliusTX
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METRO cops bug reporter, METRO vote today (ABC13.com Political Blog)

June 18, 2008 Kevin Whited

KTRK-13’s Miya Shay describes how she and a KTRK cameraman were harassed by Tom Lambert’s finest at a light-rail station (ABC13.com Political Blog). It’s surprising METRO didn’t break out the elite counterterror strike force to

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KHOU: DPS ready to audit HPD; Mayor says no; Congressmen critical

June 17, 2008 Kevin Whited

Last night, KHOU-11’s Mark Greenblatt continued his reporting on HPD’s recent difficulties in reporting crimes accurately. To recap the earlier stories: In the last year, the 11 News Defenders have uncovered crime after crime that

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Sheriff's office video. Let's go hunting! (Houston Politics)

June 16, 2008 Kevin Whited

Matt Stiles questions the tone of this video featuring the Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Task Force (Houston Politics). I think it’s pretty cool, and Cynthia Hunt’s inclusion is even better. What do you think?

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Trees for Houston unhappy over Kirby reconstruction

June 15, 2008 Kevin Whited

The Examiner news group’s Michael Reed checks in with ongoing complaints over the Kirby reconstruction that will take out trees between Richmond and Westheimer: Four months after learning a compromise it agreed to on Kirby

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Plagiarism at Hearst: A tale of two Texas newspapers

June 15, 2008 Kevin Whited

A few days ago, Bob Richter, the (not-invisible) public editor/ombudsman/reader representative of Hearst’s San Antonio newspaper reported that one of the newspaper’s columnists had resigned (no doubt under pressure): “Ramiro [Burr] caused the Express-News to

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Dash Express: Very cool, but a little stupid where it counts (Chron TechBlog)

June 15, 2008 Kevin Whited

Dwight Silverman gives a Dash Express a Houston test drive (Chron TechBlog).

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Clarence Bradford sighting! (cont'd)

June 15, 2008 Kevin Whited

A local reporter was sort of able to ask Harris County DA candidate Clarence Bradford a question this week. Here’s Chron reporter Alan Bernstein’s account: DA candidate Clarence Bradford, the former Houston police chief, asserted

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Thinking jobs and cost of living? Think Houston.

June 15, 2008 Kevin Whited

A publicist for BusinessWeek passes along the news that in their latest compilation of “Best and Worst Cities For Your Job,” Houston gets the most mentions. The accompanying article reflects on some of Houston’s strengths:

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The definition of insanity, Harris County style (Off the Kuff)

June 15, 2008 Kevin Whited

Charles Kuffner laments the “insanity” of Harris County wanting to expand its space to lock up bad guys (Off the Kuff). In their provocative book Freakonomics, Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner argue persuasively that the

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Entitled to their own facts (Unca Darrell)

June 15, 2008 Kevin Whited

Since the Chron‘s letters editor is not always up to the task, Unca Darrell does a bit of fact-checking/debunking of a letter that appeared in the Hearst daily. (Unca Darrell)

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