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Armed robbers hit Galleria-area pharmacy

June 10, 2005 Kevin Whited

Remember that useful report by KPRC-2 that broke down HPD response times by police beat? Here’s a refresher on some key information: The difference [in response times] comes from HPD having to compensate for a

Have the idealists hit their heads on the cave entrance?

June 9, 2005 Kevin Whited

Far from being in the mythical ideal state, the Chronicle editorial page continues to baffle. The same editorial page that likes to lecture Republicans for allegedly abandoning the principle of “local control” on some issues

Lee Brown's legacy cont'd: Expensive art for fire stations!

June 8, 2005 Kevin Whited

Rich Connelly does some original reporting for the Houston Press: Few things say “culture” more than government-sponsored art, and Houstonians should prepare themselves for seeing more and more of it. A 2001 ordinance, just now

SAFEclear costs go up up up!

June 8, 2005 Kevin Whited

In his reporting on city controller Annise Parker’s planned audit of the SAFEclear program last week, KHOU-11’s Doug Miller noted that the mayor’s estimated cost of the program had shot up to $1.5 million, from

Chron: Judge was jaywalking; No he wasn't

June 7, 2005 Kevin Whited

Last week, three Chronicle reporters contributed to a story on the city’s Renegade Downtown Jaywalking problem that contained the following: The plan drew its share of wisecracks from jaywalkers Friday, including a jurist. “It does

New Mexican restaurant to open along rail line

June 7, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Houston Business Journal reports that downtown is finally seeing some restaurant development along the rail line: Three entrepreneurs that formed a company last month to open and operate bars and restaurants in the Central

Akin's Army is disbanding

June 7, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Mike McDaniel reports that Emily Akin is leaving KPRC-2. She was asked to remain on board as a general assignment reporter while the station revamps its consumer reporting, but declined.

An alternative perspective on "In Harm's Way"

June 6, 2005 Kevin Whited

H. Sterling Burnett has penned an interesting and provocative response to a January 2005 Chronicle story on area air quality that was ominously entitled “In Harm’s Way.” Here’s an excerpt: According to the U.S. Environmental

Banking industry mysteries on the Chron letters page

June 6, 2005 Kevin Whited

Anne Linehan commented earlier on the HISD angle to a letter printed in today’s Chronicle. There’s another problem with that letter, a problem that’s consistent with the newspaper’s long-term treatment of Harris County DA and

The future of Houston's METRO?

June 6, 2005 Kevin Whited

Both Tom Kirkendall (Houston’s Clear Thinkers) and Tory Gattis (Houston Strategies) call attention to the first of a series of Washington Post articles on problems with D.C.’s mass transit agency (Metro), and wonder if Houston’s