Kevin Whited, Author at blogHOUSTON

The Houston Bowl is circling the drain

April 19, 2006 Kevin Whited

Last week, USA Today reported some troubling news about the Houston Bowl: The payouts from last season’s Houston Bowl have not yet been made in full, marking an unusually long wait for the conferences involved.

METRO gives drivers the green light to hit the Danger Train

April 18, 2006 Kevin Whited

Laurence Simon posts about his experience at a METRO light rail crossing today — he literally watched the traffic lights go green while the train was in the intersection. I saw the same thing happen

City Hall performance-pay investigation continues (updated)

April 17, 2006 Kevin Whited

Remember back in early March, when the Chronicle Editorial LiveJournalists argued that there was nothing to see, and that it was time to move on from the City Hall bonus scandal? Here’s an excerpt from

TSU calls special meeting to discuss Slade

April 17, 2006 Kevin Whited

KPRC-2 reported on Friday that Texas Southern University has set a special meeting for this afternoon to discuss the future of President Priscilla Slade, who compounded her spending scandal by disregarding a request from regents

New sports podcast posted

April 17, 2006 Kevin Whited

There’s a new blogHOUSTON sports podcast posted. We talk a bit about Texans GM Charley Casserly’s impending departure, as well as the usual local sports topics.

Parking Commission chair already longing for more power, less accountability

April 16, 2006 Kevin Whited

KUHF’s Jim Bell checks in on Houston’s Public Parking Commission, which held its first meeting on Thursday. Already, the new entity seems to be focusing on ways to enhance its powers and decrease its accountability:

Chron editorial board neglects notable local example of collegiality

April 15, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Editorial LiveJournalists went on (and on and on and on) today about women and politics, with all the expected clich

City, METRO are enjoying sales tax windfall

April 15, 2006 Kevin Whited

State Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn released the latest sales tax revenue figures last Friday, and Houston and METRO are enjoying a windfall: Year-to-date, sales tax allocations to local governments are up 17 percent, compared to

Chron's Pulitzer cartoonist ignores reader rep dictate on "illegals"

April 15, 2006 Kevin Whited

Roughly two weeks ago, the Chronicle ran an editorial by reader rep James Campbell describing the paper’s policy on the language of immigration: The Chronicle’s stylebook takes its instruction from minority journalist groups. We never

KHOU: Alvarado received warnings from F&A on spending

April 13, 2006 Kevin Whited

As Anne Linehan noted in an update to this post, KHOU-11 obtained a copy of the documents compiled by the Houston Office of Inspector General on the City Hall payroll scandal. Here’s an excerpt of