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Hurtt's no-chase policy generates criticism

September 4, 2006 Kevin Whited

Last week, the Chronicle ran a letter from a police officer critical of Chief Hurtt’s temporarily suspended no-chase policy: THE Aug. 28 letter from Sondra Tucker “Hurtt’s on the right track” was hard for me

Framing a story: How to discount good education news

September 4, 2006 Kevin Whited

On Thursday of last week, HISD sent out a press release that stressed the following news about SAT scores in the district: Scores of HISD students on the important college readiness test the SAT improved

"Distinguished" visitors address City Council (2006-08-29)

September 3, 2006 Kevin Whited

“Senator” Robert Horton and “President” Joseph Charles separately address City Council during the public comment session. UPDATE (09-04-2006): I captured another segment featuring a local activist who semi-regularly (and only semi-coherently) addresses Council, but YouTube

A new Out-of-Town-Brown

September 2, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Alexis Grant reports on the hilarity that ensued at Council when the topic of Councilmember Peter Brown’s vacation in France (and missed Council meetings) came up: [Councilmember Peter] Brown missed two meetings last

Chron finally gets Sekula-Gibbs to answer important question

September 2, 2006 Kevin Whited

Congratulations to the Chronicle! After several suggestions from this blog (and even a few emails), a professional journalist covering doctor-councilwoman Shelley Sekula-Gibbs’ bid for Congress finally decided to ask her (for the record) why she’s

The perfect time to dump news in a black hole

September 1, 2006 Kevin Whited

When is the perfect time for the city to announce news certain to go into the media black hole? On a Friday afternoon that kicks off a three-day weekend, of course! [UBU ROI TAKES OVER

West Houston residents blast MayorWhiteChiefHurtt on crime

August 31, 2006 Kevin Whited

MayorWhiteChiefHurtt were grilled by West Houston residents on Wednesday night, as 1,700 people turned out to a public meeting on (what else?) violent crime and inadequate policing. Here is an excerpt from the Chronicle‘s reporting:

Chief Hurtt to be honored on Friday

August 30, 2006 Kevin Whited

There’s an email making the rounds that a fair number of readers have forwarded to me, and maybe other readers will be interested in it: You Are Invited To A Reception Honoring Harold Hurtt –

METRO generates familiar complaints on southeast side

August 30, 2006 Kevin Whited

In departing from the METRO Solutions plan approved by voters in 2003, METRO is having some familiar problems on the southeast side: More than 120 people attended the formal public hearing, which was held to

KHOU: TXDOT will consider Camacho I-45 tunnel proposal

August 30, 2006 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11’s Wendell Edwards checks in on Gonzalo Camacho, who apparently has managed to get TXDOT at least to listen to his proposals to use tunnels to expand I-45: When he heard TxDOT was studying how