Kevin Whited, Author at blogHOUSTON

The return of the Editorial LiveJournal

January 18, 2006 Kevin Whited

It’s been ages since a member of the Chronicle editorial board treated us to an Editorial LiveJournal. We thought we’d had so much fun at their expense that perhaps they retired them. We were wrong.

Dueling MLK parades are a potential new revenue stream

January 18, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle today reports that one day after holding a joint parade to honor Martin Luther King, two groups returned to squabbling: Less than 24 hours after holding a joint parade to honor the Rev.

Parks employee suspended after arrest

January 18, 2006 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11’s Jeff Mcshan reports the following disturbing news A city of Houston employee who is suspected of being a child predator was suspended from his job Wednesday. Thomas Randall Jennings, 55, works for Parks and

Flawed Chron/Murray/Stein survey continues to draw attention (updated)

January 18, 2006 Kevin Whited

David Benzion posts that Dr. David Hill of Hill Research Consultants was interviewed yesterday by Fox News (national) about the flaws in that poll on Tom DeLay that the Chronicle rushed to the field following

War on terror moves to Pakistan, upsets Chron editorialists

January 17, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle Editorial LiveJournalists tried to get all serious today. They’re REALLY upset about the drone attack on terrorists in Pakistan: WHEN missiles from an unmanned CIA Predator aircraft slammed into the Pakistani village of

Why bother with details in crime reporting?

January 17, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s crime reporting takes an interesting, if not entirely informative, turn today: Police are searching for four men who smashed a jewelry case inside the Memorial City Mall this morning and ran off with

Extra! Extra!

January 17, 2006 Kevin Whited

Stop the presses. A little-known Democrat with no chance of winning invoked Tom DeLay’s name in the 7th Congressional District. This merited 10 paragraphs of coverage in the Chronicle today. It’s not clear why. BLOGVERSATION:

Lakewood Church sells "the tube"

January 16, 2006 Kevin Whited

Lakewood Church has sold KTBU-55 (“The Tube”). Mike McGuff has the details.

Is there any fireable offense at the City of Houston?

January 16, 2006 Kevin Whited

A civil-service arbitrator today held that Police Chief Harold Hurtt could not fire an HPD officer who allegedly downloaded and passed around nude photos from the camera phone of a woman he arrested: A Houston

Chronicle reports on crime in the city

January 16, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle has run several stories on Houston’s crime problem. MayorWhiteChiefHurtt’s preferred bogeyman (“bad” apartment complexes) gets some play, but there are also illustrations of HPD’s manpower shortage. It’s some interesting reporting from out and