Kevin Whited, Author at blogHOUSTON

Corsicana's police chief dislikes police unions, loves Chief Hurtt

September 11, 2006 Kevin Whited

Chief Hurtt is really scrambling for support. There’s a letter in today’s Chronicle from G.M. Cox, the president of the Texas Police Chiefs Association and the chief of police in Corsicana (just south of Dallas).

Best Chron Eye of 2006?

September 11, 2006 Kevin Whited

Matt Bramanti was the first to alert us today to a new Chron Eye for the Death Row Killer Guy, the latest installment of the local Hearst daily’s semi-regular effort to redeem death row killers

Urban Socrates adds to Third-Ward rail debate

September 11, 2006 Kevin Whited

Houston’s expert on everything (including bicycling) makes an appearance today in Rad Sallee’s Chronicle coverage of the debate over the rail alignment in the Third Ward: All three routes that the Metropolitan Transit Authority is

Council committee to review chase policy

September 10, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle today ran a front-page story by Matt Stiles on Chief Hurtt’s temporarily suspended chase policy. The headline at the top of the Chron.com page (and in the Chron email newsletter) reads as follows:

TSU removes Slade from classroom

September 10, 2006 Kevin Whited

On Friday, the Chronicle‘s Matthew Tresaugue reported that Texas Southern University has decided against allowing disgraced former president Priscilla Slade to teach classes, and has begun the process of attempting to revoke her tenure. That

Editorial LiveJournalists focus on very important issue

September 10, 2006 Kevin Whited

This weekend, the Chronicle Editorial LiveJournalists opined on the following important matter: Now in his third and final term on council, Berry risked raising the hackles of a good chunk of the electorate by describing

While the Chron librarian is fixing some spelling errors…

September 10, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle reader representative today describes the Chronicle‘s efforts to make sure a name is spelled right in the newspaper archives: We’ve misspelled the name of Beyonc

Councilmember's spouse considers political run

September 10, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Kristen Mack has an interesting quote from Professor Richard Murray in a politics column that discusses the possibility of Councilmember Michael Berry’s wife Nandy running for Shelley Sekula-Gibbs’ seat should it come open:

Why let ignorance get in the way of opining?

September 9, 2006 Kevin Whited

The outrage of the week for the Chronicle‘s Editorial LiveJournalists seems to be a movie that none of the LiveJournalists has seen (and which may be pulled by ABC before anyone sees the final cut).

HPRA hosts East End anti-BRT speaker

September 8, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Houston Property Rights Association sends out this info on today’s lunch speaker: This Friday the HPRA lunch time speaker is Percy Gonzalez, a long time East End businessman who heads up the East End/Harrisburg