Kevin Whited, Author at blogHOUSTON

YouTube: Council gets egged

September 22, 2006 Kevin Whited

Last week, “Senator Robert Horton” (who regularly addresses City Council) was arrested for tossing an egg at Council. Here’s my video capture of the event. The audio is slightly out of sync with the video,

Officer Rodney Johnson, RIP

September 22, 2006 Kevin Whited

Various media outlets reported the bad news yesterday: An HPD officer had been shot and killed in the line of duty. Here is the Chronicle‘s account: A 12-year veteran of the Houston Police Department was

Poor taste: Chron.com runs front-page photo of smirking cop killer

September 22, 2006 Kevin Whited

On its front page, Chron.com is currently running an image identified as a “2003 family photo” of Juan Leonardo Quintero, the illegal alien who shot an HPD officer in the back yesterday, killing him. I

KTRH: Cop killer is illegal immigrant

September 22, 2006 Kevin Whited

KTRH-740 is reporting (mp3 download) that “sources” tell them that the man who killed the HPD officer yesterday was an illegal immigrant, in addition to having a rap sheet. This is a hot topic on

Wong asks governor for help with Houston crime

September 20, 2006 Kevin Whited

KTRK-13 reports that State Rep. Martha Wong has asked Gov. Rick Perry for help with Houston’s surging crime problem: A local lawmaker is demanding the governor step in to help fight crime in our area.

METRO has a nice approach to customer service

September 20, 2006 Kevin Whited

On Monday, the Chronicle ran a Q&A column featuring METRO officials addressing questions about the coming changes to the fare structure. One exchange was enlightening: Q: Travis Chatman, interviewed at a bus stop after the

Crime lab investigation stalled; Mayor has no opinion

September 19, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle reports that the city is still dragging its feet on spending the money necessary for Michael Bromwich’s team to finish its investigation of HPD’s crime lab: The only comprehensive investigation of the Houston

AP: Houston fourth most dangerous big city in US in 2005

September 19, 2006 Kevin Whited

There’s good news and bad news in the FBI’s latest statistics on crime in the nation’s ten largest cities. The good news is, Houston isn’t worst. That dishonor goes to Dallas. The bad news is,

Editorial LiveJournal: Oriana Fallaci

September 18, 2006 Kevin Whited

James Howard Gibbons, editor of the Chronicle‘s opinion pages, today offers up another personal reflection that the newspaper calls an Editorial Journal (we prefer the term Editorial LiveJournal). The title of this one is kind

"Run from you" now available from KPRC-950

September 18, 2006 Kevin Whited

Last week, Michael Berry debuted a fun parody song “Run from you” on his show on KPRC-950. The song mocks Chief Hurtt’s no-chase policy. It’s now posted to the KPRC-950 website for download here.