Kevin Whited, Author at blogHOUSTON

Editorial LiveJournalists don't like some lobbying

October 15, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Editorial LiveJournalists blast City Hall lobbyists today: Mayor Bill White, who has made his disdain for City Hall lobbyists well-known during his two terms, doubts they will have much effect on the outcome.

Will hobos appreciate the Homeric undertones of the new park's name?

October 15, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Mike Snyder today updates us on Mayor White’s new downtown hobo destination park, which will be named on Monday: The explorer archetype is a powerful theme in classical literature, from Odysseus’ quest to

Fun with Council campaign finance disclosure

October 14, 2006 Kevin Whited

Slampo‘s been poring over City Council’s campaign finance reports, and is sharing the fun in the form of trivia quizzes. Here are part one and part two. Better keep checking in. Who knows what Slampo

Houston's ghostbusters

October 13, 2006 Kevin Whited

It’s Friday the 13th, and KRIV-26’s Isiah Carey posts an account of Houston’s very own paranormal investigators. They call themselves the Phenomena Police, and have a website that resembles the dvd case of a good

Dangerous time/place/behavior update

October 13, 2006 Kevin Whited

Recall that back in June, Chief Hurtt downplayed the surge in crime in Houston: “Overall in the city of Houston, you’re pretty safe,” says Hurtt. “If you’re not involved in specific types of behavior, not

Time for audio/video of editorial board interviews (cont'd)

October 12, 2006 Kevin Whited

This week, the Editorial LiveJournalists met with Iraq’s Ambassador to the United States. They also met with Carol Keeton Strayhorn. Unfortunately, the only accounts of those meetings are here, here, here, and here. That’s not

Jeff Van Gundy must be smiling

October 12, 2006 Kevin Whited

Houston Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy must be smiling. Apparently unhappy that his superstar center wasn’t behaving like a typical NBA prima donna regarding his shoe company, the usually unsmiling coach made a few cracks

Doh!

October 12, 2006 Kevin Whited

Today, the Chronicle runs an important correction to a recipe that ran in the newspaper yesterday: A recipe on Page F2 of Wednesday’s Flavor section contained directions for baking chicken in a paper bag. The

KTRK CrimeTracker: Violent crime surges in West Houston

October 10, 2006 Kevin Whited

KTRK-13 has broken out the CrimeTracker to take a look at west Houston, and the results are grim: We put our exclusive Crime Tracker to work, taking a closer look at what’s happening in district

"Ethnic bars" to be exempted from smoking ban?

October 10, 2006 Kevin Whited

On Friday, KTRH-740 talker Chris Baker spent quite a bit of time on Council’s proposed revisions to the smoking ordinance. Baker interviewed Councilmember Peter Brown on the topic, and one part of the interview (still