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Kevin Whited is co-founder and publisher of blogHOUSTON. Follow him on twitter: @PubliusTX
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Dolcefino and the Sports Authority – Part 2

August 29, 2007 Kevin Whited

The second part of Wayne Dolcefino’s look at the Houston Sports Authority aired last night. Last night’s topic was the Rockets’ expensive, money-losing parking garage. Here’s an excerpt: Toyota Center in the heart of downtown

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Earthlink cuts jobs, has no comment on delayed Wi-Fi buildout

August 28, 2007 Kevin Whited

Earthlink, the company chosen by the city of Houston to build out its citywide Wi-Fi system, has made official massive job cuts that have been rumored for a while: Internet service provider EarthLink announced a

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Shut down the Sports Authority (cont'd)

August 27, 2007 Kevin Whited

On tonight’s 10pm broadcast, KTRK-13’s Wayne Dolcefino took a closer look at the Houston Sports Authority’s nice suite at Minute Maid Park. It looks as if Dolcefino has more interesting reports lined up for the

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Editorial board's rash of problems threatens to erode public confidence *

August 27, 2007 Kevin Whited

On Sunday, the Chronicle ran an editorial on NASA that was rife with errors. NASA’s Johnson Space Center Director Mike Coats issued a same-day press release detailing some of those errors. Chron.com commenters have pointed

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2pm press conference set from Minute Maid; Purpura, Garner out

August 27, 2007 Kevin Whited

Several media outlets just sent out email blasts that the Astros have called a 2pm press conference for an announcement. The That Astros Show blog (run by a journalism student who covered the Astros for

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Maybe the Midtown homeless could fix the roads?

August 26, 2007 Kevin Whited

Here’s a nice bit of excavation on West Alabama near the Spur in Midtown that has apparently been left exposed and unrepaired, since last Friday (at least): It’s a little hard to see at night,

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It's time for another installment of "We're as good as Dallas!"

August 25, 2007 Kevin Whited

From time to time — usually around sporting events — the Houston daily runs one of those insipid articles on the presumed “Houston-Dallas” rivalry. Typically, comparisons are made across several categories, and we are advised

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Whimsical transit policy: Left hand, right hand, what hand?

August 25, 2007 Kevin Whited

On Thursday, the Chronicle‘s Rad Sallee reported that METRO’s real-estate division was about to spring into action: The Metropolitan Transit Authority board today will consider the purchase of a former rail bed between downtown and

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Perils of at-grade (freight) rail/vehicular traffic interaction

August 25, 2007 Kevin Whited

Christof Spieler of the transit advocacy group Citizens’ Transportation Coalition posts an interesting 1953 report on Houston’s problems with at-grade rail lines, and continues with a discussion about the surprising salience of the report’s observations

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Newspaper vendor killed in west Houston

August 23, 2007 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle reports that another street vendor has been killed while peddling newspapers, this time in west Houston: A 70-year-old man selling newspapers by the side of the road died Wednesday after a car struck

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