Kevin Whited, Author at blogHOUSTON

Rick Mitchell addresses criticism of I-Fest music

April 28, 2005 Kevin Whited

Last weekend, we noted that the alt/Texas country music acts at the Houston International Festival didn’t seem as strong as usual. That could be because Rick Mitchell, who did a fabulous job with the bookings

Hospital to remove Houston man from life support

April 28, 2005 Kevin Whited

KTRK-13 posts an AP dispatch that checks in on Spiro Nikolouzos, who was mentioned in earlier blogHOUSTON posts: A man in a persistent vegetative state whose family battled with a Houston hospital to stop his

Officer awarded $600,000 in HPD sexual harassment lawsuit

April 28, 2005 Kevin Whited

Yesterday, the Chronicle ran a story by Harvey Rice about the number of women on the HPD force that included the following quote: “I don’t know what they’ve done in Houston, but I suspect they

Increasingly personal journalism from the Chronicle?

April 26, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s makeover seems not to have ended with the big layout changes that reduced the amount of actual information in the paper in favor of more text boxes and graphics. We’ve been noticing that,

Council to take up rules on library behavior (updated)

April 26, 2005 Kevin Whited

Chris Elam calls attention to a Chronicle report on new rules being requested by the Houston Public Library. Yesterday, KHOU-11’s Dan Lauck also reported on the matter: The library house rules haven’t officially been changed

A public-service suggestion from the Houston-area coven

April 25, 2005 Kevin Whited

The blog has been a little quiet tonight, as Anne and I have been in a conclave with other members of the Houston-area coven. We’ve been trying to come up with a solution to METRO’s

Morrison withdraws from Congressional race

April 25, 2005 Kevin Whited

Democrat Richard Morrison, who last year challenged House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R), has apparently announced his withdrawal from the 2006 race, citing a number of familial concerns. Here’s wishing Morrison well with those matters.

Big rig takes out METROrail (updated 04-26-2005)

April 25, 2005 Kevin Whited

KPRC-2 reports that a big rig has taken out the city’s world-class light-rail line: METRORail was ground to a halt Monday after an 18-wheeler hit overhead lines and knocked out power to the light-rail train

Casey mimics editorial board on political speech

April 24, 2005 Kevin Whited

We’ve noted before that the column of the Chronicle‘s Rick Casey is frequently used to flesh out and develop opinions that are taken by the Chronicle editorial board. Thus, it was hardly surprising on Friday

Chronicle's Hines deems blogHOUSTON part of a coven

April 24, 2005 Kevin Whited

We were delighted this morning to discover that Chronicle D.C. editorialist Cragg Hines is apparently a blogHOUSTON reader — albeit a disgruntled one. Hines seems not to have liked this post that called attention to