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Culberson to hold town hall meetings

April 7, 2005 Kevin Whited

Rep. John Culberson (R) has announced that he will be holding a couple of town hall meetings in the district on Saturday. Here is the information from the press release: The first meeting will be

Rambling thoughts on MeMo and Journalism 2.0

April 7, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Kyrie “MeMo” O’Connor posted some thoughts to her blog yesterday that were indicative of prevailing attitudes in legacy media — and, I would contend, in need of updating and upgrading:

House bill would scuttle SAFEclear oligopoly

April 7, 2005 Kevin Whited

Kristen Mack reports that a House Committee approved a bill today that could throw a monkey wrench into SAFEclear: A House committee approved a bill today that would ban a central component of Houston’s Safe

Jordy Tollett, special hunter with very special shoes

April 7, 2005 Kevin Whited

Chris Elam forwards a story about Jordy Tollett from the Greater Houston Weekly. There are some unintentionally hilarious tidbits from the puff piece on the head of Houston’s Convention Center and Visitors Bureau. For one

Chron: All DeLay, all the time

April 7, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle obsession with the House Majority Leader is becoming a source of amusement. Today’s effort finds this bit of Tom DeLay commentary mixed in with what is ostensibly coverage of the upcoming convention of

Hoffman votes for Bullard over Chancellor

April 6, 2005 Kevin Whited

Ken Hoffman is a fun columnist, because he tucks away some real zingers in many of those otherwise innocuous humor columns. Here’s a recent example: Matt Bullard will substitute for Van Chancellor as color analyst

Houston's daily gossip source

April 6, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle continues today with its annoying practice of reporting hearsay and gossip: A West Texas Republican on Tuesday said U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison told her she wants to challenge Gov. Rick Perry in

Catching up on a non-correction

April 6, 2005 Kevin Whited

As we point out from time to time, the Chronicle correction policy is a regular source of confusion (and amusement). On 26 March, we called attention to a glaring error in a column by R.G.

Restoring the Warwick

April 6, 2005 Kevin Whited

Last week, Tom Kirkendall called attention to the purchase of the Warwick Hotel by the owners of Hotel ZaZa in Dallas. The Warwick is a Houston institution that generates warm thoughts among many longtime Houstonians.

The Bubba's charm endures

April 5, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s David Kaplan has written a nice piece on Bubba’s, the nearly famous Westpark buffalo burger shack/icehouse that now sits in the shadow of the Westpark Tollway. Kaplan doesn’t mention the crime issues that