Kevin Whited, Author at blogHOUSTON

Who should investigate Katrina response?

September 15, 2005 Kevin Whited

It was hardly surprising that Chronicle columnist Rick Casey, whose editorializing on the metro/state news pages sometimes resembles the editorializing on the actual editorial pages, endorsed the editorial board’s position that an independent commission be

Council refuses to renew MediaSource contract

September 14, 2005 Kevin Whited

Houston City Council gave Mayor White a rare setback today, refusing to approve the MediaSource contract. The Chronicle‘s Matt Stiles reports: In a confusing and unexpected vote today, a divided City Council refused to renew

Citizen-journalists look inside the shelters

September 13, 2005 Kevin Whited

Tom Kirkendall calls attention to a blog by South Texas College of Law professors Tracy McGaugh and Kathy Bergin, who are making daily trips to volunteer at the city’s official evacuee shelters: Each day, the

Blossom likes Dave Ward

September 13, 2005 Kevin Whited

Ken Hoffman chronicles the Houston media thoughts of Blossom, a Boston Terrier, in his regular pet adoption column: “I love when newscasters lose their temper on the air. Dave Ward blew his top when a

Hurtt: Crime rates haven't gone up since Katrina

September 13, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Matt Stiles reports that city officials are saying that Houston has not seen a spike in crime as a result of the influx of evacuees: Dealing with the influx of Hurricane Katrina evacuees

More on the DeLay Astrodome appearance

September 13, 2005 Kevin Whited

Yesterday, photographer F. Carter Smith emailed me regarding an earlier blog post about House Majority Leader Tom DeLay’s comments at the Reliant hurricane relief site. I’m posting his photo (bottom) and email with permission (secured

The Brown Administration legacy grows

September 13, 2005 Kevin Whited

With the trip out of town and the Katrina blogging last week, I neglected to mention that the legacy of the Lee Brown Administration managed to grow just a bit more. The Chronicle‘s Dan Feldstein,

Yes, the Chronicle can still surprise us

September 12, 2005 Kevin Whited

In this blog’s first year (yes, it’s almost been one year), we’ve documented plenty of problems in Houston Chronicle copy. We’ve criticized strange editorial decisions. We’ve occasionally played a role in getting the newspaper to

KTRK unveils new website

September 12, 2005 Kevin Whited

KTRK-13 just flipped on a big site redesign. There are RSS feeds, but they’re kind of hard to find now. You might want to use this page to update your feed readers. Our KTRK-powered headline

Astroworld to close after 2005

September 12, 2005 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11 is reporting that Astroworld will close after the 2005 season. The theme park had suffered from a lack of investment in recent years, and become run down. Still, it’s a landmark that will be