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Kevin Whited is co-founder and publisher of blogHOUSTON. Follow him on twitter: @PubliusTX
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Chron discovers ongoing pension plan problems

March 14, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Dan Feldstein begins his recent article on the continuing precarious state of municipal pension finances in a peculiar manner: City officials told the truth last year when they said new agreements lowering worker

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Chron and WaPo manufacture DeLay news

March 14, 2005 Kevin Whited

So, the Washington Post beats the D.C. bureau of the Houston Chronicle to campaign finance news about a Houston-area Congressman. What to do if you’re the Chronicle? Simple — just follow the lead of Post

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It's not a coincidence because?

March 13, 2005 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11’s Doug Miller reported last week that another building in a historic neighborhood has been lost to a fire. His report included the following: Thursday’s blaze broke out in the 1200 block of Elysian near

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Cohen hails successful libel defense

March 13, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle is hailing a Texas Supreme Court decision dismissing a libel suit brought against the newspaper by former Smith County District Attorney Jack Skeen. The court found that Skeen had not demonstrated that Chronicle

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Move Casey to the editorial page

March 13, 2005 Kevin Whited

We haven’t had much to say about Chron columnist Rick Casey lately because his columns usually speak well enough on their own (that’s not meant as a compliment). From time to time, though, it’s useful

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New DeLay allegations, but not from the local newspaper

March 13, 2005 Kevin Whited

Laurence Simon calls attention to this article on the latest campaign finance allegations against House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R), which found their way into the New York Times from the Washington Post via Reuters.

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Happy Birthday, Mayor Bob

March 12, 2005 Kevin Whited

Kristen Mack gets a jump start on former mayor Bob Lanier’s Chronicle obituary with her municipal politics column that ran on Friday. I say that because the celebration of all things Mayor Bob is not

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Rangers complete evidence audit

March 11, 2005 Kevin Whited

Last night, KPRC-2 reported that an initial audit by the Texas Rangers and HPD of some 280 boxes of “forgotten and misplaced evidence” had been completed. According to the KPRC report, which included a reaction

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Food and drink roundup (03-10-2005 edition)

March 10, 2005 Kevin Whited

There’s no restaurant review from Alison Cook this week, but it’s an otherwise informative week from Houston’s food and drink reviewers. Robb Walsh finally abandons the French obsession with a review of Himalaya Restaurant, and

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Uneven coverage of Bush international/legal moves

March 10, 2005 Kevin Whited

Yesterday, the Chronicle‘s D.C. bureau reported on President Bush’s executive order that certain Mexican nationals on death row have their cases reviewed to see if they were harmed by failure to notify them of a

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