Kevin Whited, Author at blogHOUSTON

Chairman White oversees mandatory towing

January 7, 2005 Kevin Whited

All week long, Chris Baker has been alternating between referring to Bill White as Mayor “Boss Hogg” White or Chairman Mao. We thought we’d close a strange week spent blogging about tow trucks with a

Men's Fitness: Houston fattest city once again

January 6, 2005 Kevin Whited

Men’s Fitness once again has named Houston America’s Fattest City, after our city “lost” that dubious distinction last year. Mayor White reacted with his best John Kerry impersonation, attacking the ranking as “propaganda” while at

KPRC poll: White policies not helping mobility

January 5, 2005 Kevin Whited

A new KPRC-2 poll suggests that Houstonians are not buying Mayor White’s claims about improving mobility in the city: In an exclusive Local 2 Flashpoll, SurveyUSA asked approximately 500 Houstonians, “if they think the mayor’s

MAP: Citizen-friendly roadside assistance

January 5, 2005 Kevin Whited

Mayor White (who will be appearing on the Chris Baker program at 5:30 pm today according to Baker), Czar Saperstein, and Councilman Berry continue to spin their $AFEclear wrecker-service oligopoly scheme as a necessary solution

SAFEclear, public safety, and revenue enhancement

January 4, 2005 Kevin Whited

Mayor White, Czar Saperstein, and Councilman Berry continue to insist that their new $AFEclear initiative is rooted in concerns of public safety, and not revenues for the city. Interestingly, they ignore the fact that we

Chron eye for the death row killer guy – cont'd

January 3, 2005 Kevin Whited

We got a little nervous there for a while, but the Chronicle didn’t disappoint. The paper came through today with the latest installment of Chron Eye for the Death Row Killer Guy. Now, they did

Another example of missing the local angle

January 3, 2005 Kevin Whited

We’ve argued previously that we think the Chronicle needs to improve its local coverage significantly, and that it needs to exercise much better judgment about the wire copy that it runs (and edits). That’s because

Chron investigates HHS overhaul

January 2, 2005 Kevin Whited

Charles Kuffner calls attention to a Chronicle investigative report from R.G. Ratcliffe on potential conflicts of interest and improprieties within the Texas system of health and human services. The article typifies the gap that will

Improving the Chronicle: Some suggestions for 2005

January 1, 2005 Kevin Whited

As promised in recent posts, the blogHOUSTON bloggers have been doing some brainstorming to come up with a list of suggestions to improve the Houston Chronicle — because this great city deserves a much better

Closing 2004 with rail boosting and criminal rights

January 1, 2005 Kevin Whited

Yesterday’s editorial page featured two fun house editorials. The first was a celebration of light rail’s first year in Houston, and praise for Metro in reducing accidents along the line. One expects no less from