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Time: DeLay to abandon reelection bid

April 3, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Galveston Daily News just sent out an email blast, and now Drudge has posted a link to a Time article with news about Rep. Tom DeLay: Rep. Tom DeLay, whose iron hold on the

Patrick continues political evolution (the series)

April 2, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Kristen Mack has documented another instance in which local talker Dan Patrick continues his transition from “insurgent” to typical politician: Early in the campaign, Patrick called for a $1,000 limit on campaign donations.

A new Chron eye

March 28, 2006 Kevin Whited

There is a new Chron Eye for the Death Row Killer Guy. This one isn’t as horrible as some, but it’s really not clear why the newspaper devoted so much column space to the story

Texans invest in security software

March 28, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle posts some tongue-in-cheek news about the Texans: DAVID Carr could only dream of such protection. Carr, the Houston Texans quarterback, was sacked 68 times last season, more than any other player in the

Slow posting

March 27, 2006 Kevin Whited

I’ll be involved in some business travel over the next week, and posting is likely to be slow or even nonexistent from me. Would you all please try not to let Houston fall apart during

TXDOT paints stripe on Spur 527 suicide merge

March 25, 2006 Kevin Whited

On Thursday, KHOU-11’s Jeremy Desel followed up on Chronicle Move It columnist Rad Sallee’s earlier reporting on the dangerous merge on the reopened Spur 527. Desel reports that TXDOT actually broke out some paint in

MST's Ouroboros shines

March 25, 2006 Kevin Whited

Main Street Theater is currently putting on Ouroboros, a difficult play by Tom Jacobson that centers on two couples who continue to run across each other in different cities in Italy. The catch is that

Chronicle should have stuck with AP copy on Martinez stay

March 25, 2006 Kevin Whited

With the recent revelation that a conservative blogger hired by the Washington Post was actually a plagiarist (a story carried in today’s Chronicle), it’s probably worth asking what constitutes legitimate use of wire copy in

Patrick continues political evolution (cont'd)

March 25, 2006 Kevin Whited

Fresh off his convincing victory over three primary opponents, Texas Senate candidate and local talker Dan Patrick will be getting a little help from Texas lobbyists to retire his campaign debt. The Chronicle‘s Clay Robison

HPD to boost police academy classes?

March 25, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Monica Guzman reports that HPD is finalizing a plan to boost HPD cadet classes in order to address the worsening manpower problem: If the city approves funding, HPD’s 20 proposed academy classes could