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HCAD chief appraiser mischaracterizes critic's complaint

August 14, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle letters page today repeats a past problem of printing letters with factual inaccuracies. Today’s factually-challenged letter comes from Jim Robinson, chief appraiser for the Harris County Appraisal District. Here’s an excerpt: In his

Non-political rats plague downtown

August 14, 2005 Kevin Whited

Yesterday, the Chronicle posted a story from Bill Murphy entitled “Part of downtown being plagued by rats.” He’s not referring to our elected officials. Here’s an excerpt: As downtown’s nightlife grows and residents move into

Copying without proper attribution is a no-no

August 14, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle runs the following Q&A with Randy Cohen on the editorial page today: Q: I have been translating some articles from Hungarian into English for publication in a historical encyclopedia by a major American

Credit where it's due

August 14, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle editorial board led a house editorial yesterday as follows: SOME media observers commented during Discovery’s 14-day flight on the morbid nature of much of the news coverage, as if viewers were hyped to

I-45 Coalition Meeting Today

August 13, 2005 Kevin Whited

The I-45 coalition will be hosting a town hall meeting this afternoon to discuss TxDOT’s I-45 expansion plans. Officials from TxDOT will present their plans, and Gonzalo Camacho will present his alternative tunnel concept that

Chron sues for constitutional right to sell papers in streets

August 12, 2005 Kevin Whited

KPRC-2 reports that the Houston Chronicle is part of a lawsuit asserting a constitutional right to sell newspapers on League City streets: The Houston Chronicle and the Galveston County Daily News maintain in the lawsuit

Patrick O'Connor to speak to HPRA

August 11, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Houston Property Rights Association will feature Patrick O’Connor at its regular lunch meeting Friday. O’Connor recently filed a lawsuit against the Harris County Appraisal District, accusing the district of not complying “with taxpayer-friendly sections

Articles by Kevin Whited

HCAD chief appraiser mischaracterizes critic's complaint

Non-political rats plague downtown

Copying without proper attribution is a no-no

Credit where it's due

I-45 Coalition Meeting Today

Chron sues for constitutional right to sell papers in streets

Patrick O'Connor to speak to HPRA

Why is the Mayor fixated on a new parking bureaucracy? (Updated)

METROrail suffers 106th collision; METRO calls it #100 (Updated)

Chron misses true outrage of LITE-UP switcheroo