Kevin Whited, Author at blogHOUSTON

Southwest Freeway/Spur reconstruction ahead of schedule

November 21, 2005 Kevin Whited

KTRK-13’s Miya Shay reports that the Southwest Freeway expansion and spur reconstruction project is ahead of schedule: TxDOT engineer Quincy Allen says the entire project is actually ahead of schedule, though you might not see

KPRC move: Racist or family-friendly?

November 21, 2005 Kevin Whited

Laurence Simon found a post on TVspy that adds a little context to the “controversy” of KPRC-2’s demotion of anchor Linda Lorelle. To quote Laurence: gotta love them archives!

World Series appearance should boost Astros' value, revenues

November 21, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Houston Business Journal‘s Jim Greer reports that the Astros’ successful season should boost the franchise’s value: The afterglow from the best season and first National League baseball championship in the 44-year history of the

Constructive criticism of the Chron.com redesign

November 20, 2005 Kevin Whited

A commenter to Dwight Silverman’s blog left this link as an example of how he’d prefer Chron.com to look. I don’t dislike the Chron.com redesign, but I really like this guy’s suggested improvements. Maybe the

Digging deeper on the Texans' woes

November 20, 2005 Kevin Whited

This week, Chronicle sports columnists/bloggers John Lopez and Richard Justice have offered some interesting insight into the woes of the Texans. Lopez’s column from earlier in the week examined Dom Capers’ management of his coaching

Advertising exec explains the decline of Safeway-Randalls

November 20, 2005 Kevin Whited

Advertising executive Bill Penczak penned a column for the Houston Business Journal last week on the decline of Randalls supermarkets. The article doesn’t necessarily cover ground that bloggers and commenters haven’t already, but the argument

Houston's most happening political scientist reappears

November 20, 2005 Kevin Whited

One of blogHOUSTON’s favorite professional political scientists, Professor Bob Stein, made an appearance in Kristen Mack’s Friday politics column (notable for its reporting on the Aiyer/Lovell race — more on that later). Professor Stein is

HPD: 131 sex offenders in the Houston area (updated)

November 20, 2005 Kevin Whited

On Friday, KTRK-13 and the Chronicle both reported that approximately 131 sex offenders from Louisiana are believed to have settled in the Houston area. The Chronicle‘s Rosanna Ruiz reports: Lt. Robert Manzo, a Houston Police

Redesigned Chron.com goes live

November 19, 2005 Kevin Whited

The redesigned Chron.com site appears to be live now. I haven’t given all the new features a try just yet, but so far I like the feel of the site. Esthetically, I like the layout

Two editorial livejournals in a less-than-ideal state

November 18, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Editorial LiveJournalists cranked it up today with two editorials that seemed not to be in an ideal state. As is frequently the case when they rant against Chron “bad guy” John Culberson, the Editorial