Kevin Whited, Author at blogHOUSTON

HBJ business humor: The bank of Lee P (cont'd)

January 16, 2006 Kevin Whited

The usually staid Houston Business Journal seems to be trying its hand at business humor today: Popular ex-mayor banks on new career Newly minted investor Lee Brown wants to expand Unity National Bank’s focus in

And why do people PAY to read Rick Casey?

January 15, 2006 Kevin Whited

Chronicle metro/state editorialist and gossip columnist comments today on the recent controversy over television stations that declined to run an attack ad by liberal advocacy groups opposed to Rep. Tom DeLay after DeLay’s legal team

Recent news reflected by new Chron poll on DeLay

January 15, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle released a survey on Rep. Tom DeLay by Richard Murray and Houston’s most happening political scientist Bob Stein over the weekend. One question on the survey seems a bit bizarre, as it appears

Neighborhood Protection unit focuses on graffiti (updated)

January 15, 2006 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11 posts some good news on the city’s worsening graffiti problem — MayorWhiteChiefHurtt are finally paying attention: You might have seen it and police confirm it — graffiti is popping up in more places. Graffiti

Maximize your potential: Read Slampo

January 14, 2006 Kevin Whited

Slampo breaks one of his New Year’s Resolutions (not to take Chronicle pontificators so seriously), and it’s all sorts of fun for readers! Up first: Metro/state editorialist and gossip columnist Rick Casey’s Friday column. Here’s

When the urge to "flame" strikes, we recommend Bikram

January 14, 2006 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Editorial LiveJournalists were predictably worked up today over the Beda Kent story: When a female firefighter has to take a civil service test 12 hours after giving birth or postpone for years her

Mack covers Houston's newest talker

January 14, 2006 Kevin Whited

Earlier in the week, KHOU-11 ran a hit piece by Doug Miller on Councilmember Michael Berry’s new radio gig. Yesterday, the Chronicle‘s Kristen Mack ran a more balanced story on the city’s newest radio talker.

Are multiple online personas illegal?

January 14, 2006 Kevin Whited

KTRK-13’s Ted Oberg checks in on an ongoing legal dispute in Fort Bend County that pits a master planned community against a blogger for using multiple pseudonyms to generate negative online conservations about the said

Shutter the D.C. bureau (cont'd)

January 14, 2006 Kevin Whited

Earlier this week, two Chronicle D.C. bureau reporters contributed to a story with the headline, “DeLay takes Texas’ clout in Congress with him.” The story suggests that Texas Congressional pork may be in jeopardy, now

Council uses debarment power for first time

January 12, 2006 Kevin Whited

Yesterday, City Council used its debarment procedure, the first time it has invoked the power that it approved for itself in 2000: In an unprecedented action, the city banned a construction company Wednesday from doing