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Downtown HOV lanes a METRO funding sham?

April 14, 2005 Kevin Whited

Lucas Wall posted an interesting exchange in his transit question/answer column for the Chronicle earlier this week: Q: On some downtown streets (such as Louisiana and Milam), the second lane from the right curb is

Another manifestation of HPD's manpower shortage

April 12, 2005 Kevin Whited

If you think you’ve seen more graffiti around Houston lately, you’re probably not imagining it. The increased defacement of property citywide comes after HPD (under the direction of the dynamic duo of White/Hurtt, no doubt)

Banjo Jones: The "golden age" of Houston columnists

April 12, 2005 Kevin Whited

Remember back when Houston was a three newspaper town? Yeah, that was before my time too. But Banjo Jones has the details over at his blog.

Who knew bankers care so little about numbers?

April 12, 2005 Kevin Whited

Matt Bramanti discovers the latest problem on the Chronicle letters page. Today, the newspaper printed a letter that asserted: More than 226,000 children and 104,000 adults are raped every year in Texas, and most of

Where is Sam Malone? Hoffman knows

April 11, 2005 Kevin Whited

Here’s a little bit of fun from Ken Hoffman: Q: Gotta get me some scoop on why Sam Malone isn’t at KRBE anymore! Waz up with that??? Karen Winkler, Houston A: Malone quit KRBE suddenly

James Howard Gibbons' editorial LiveJournal

April 11, 2005 Kevin Whited

We’ve gotten used to Lucas Wall using his transportation column for petulant outbursts when he is inconvenienced by the city’s public transportation. Today, we were treated to a similarly petulant outburst from James Howard Gibbons

Chron conjures up new beat

April 11, 2005 Kevin Whited

Gebe Martinez, formerly of the Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau, apparently has been assigned a new beat: the anti-Delay Drum. Martinez’s new duties on the Anti-DeLay Drum beat seem occasionally to include “analysis” rather than reporting

Feldstein covers Dolcefino dustup

April 10, 2005 Kevin Whited

Today, the Chronicle‘s Dan Feldstein beefs up the Chronicle‘s previously miniscule coverage on Wayne Dolcefino’s spat with KTRK-13 over a story Dolcefino was working on the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, a story that was

Chron publishes Chris Bell outlook column

April 10, 2005 Kevin Whited

Chris Bell (D) has an article that appears in the Chronicle‘s Outlook section today. The potential gubernatorial candidate is revisiting some old themes of his: “nonpartisan” technocratic redistricting commissions (earlier thoughts of mine on that

Food and drink roundup (catching up edition)

April 9, 2005 Kevin Whited

I’ve neglected the food and drink roundup for a couple of weeks now, so tonight is catch-up time. Robb Walsh has been trying out the Philly cheese steaks at South Philly Steaks near the UH