Kevin Whited, Author at blogHOUSTON

Sorry about the disruption

April 28, 2006 Kevin Whited

Our web host experienced a massive denial of service attack earlier today, and it rendered quite a few familiar sites unavailable in addition to ours. As Matt Bramanti notes, the problem has been isolated, and

Chron: Clark to transfer to Illinois facility (Updated: Perhaps not)

April 28, 2006 Kevin Whited

On Monday, Anne Linehan posted about Andrea Clark, the most recent Houston hospital patient to run up against the state’s futile-care law. Right Wing News had previously posted on the topic (and continues to follow

Sheila Jackson Lee arrested outside Sudanese embassy

April 28, 2006 Kevin Whited

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee was arrested today with four other members of Congress, for protesting outside the Sudanese embassy: Five Congress members were willingly arrested and led away from the Sudanese Embassy in plastic handcuffs

KTRH: METRO, Siemens disagree on stray-current problem

April 27, 2006 Kevin Whited

KTRH-740 reports on the ongoing concerns over stray current along the METRO rail line: At a cost of hundreds of thousands of dollars, Metro has already fixed damage along the line thought to have been

Gibbs & Bruns back out of travel firm lawsuit revenue stream

April 27, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Houston Business Journal‘s Jenna Colley reports that Mayor White has suffered a setback in his bid to sue internet travel firms: Prominent Houston law firm Gibbs & Bruns LLP has bowed out of plans

Fighting crime: A van AND an acronym!

April 27, 2006 Kevin Whited

Yesterday, we learned that HPD would be breaking out a new crimefighting van to take on the rising murder rate. Today’s reporting suggests that HPD is breaking out all the stops. Not only will there

KPRC: City continues to pursue loan for controversial developer

April 26, 2006 Kevin Whited

In November of last year, Richard Connelly shined some light on a seemingly arcane bit of business on Mayor White’s agenda: It’s probably not a great idea for a city government to do business with

Murder rate up; City to deploy crime van

April 26, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Houston Police Department has released crime statistics for the first quarter of 2006, and the numbers aren’t good. Since most media outlets in town are likely to be reporting the White Administration’s spin on

Press-release reporting, Austin-bureau style

April 25, 2006 Kevin Whited

A security breach has compromised the personal information of students of the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas, according to a press release from the school. The press release recounts a previous

Speaking of thieves…

April 25, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s blogging features editor is all riled up today on the subject of intellectual thieves (and for the record, this sort of thing riles us up too): But see, when I steal, I footnote.