Kevin Whited, Author at blogHOUSTON

Fiddling while the newspaper burns

September 30, 2004 Kevin Whited

Chronicle “blogger” and “Star” section editor MeMo takes the official newspaper weblog into LiveJournal territory: As of today, you should see a new mugshot with MeMo. This is of no matter, except insofar as it

Could Mayor White please explain?

September 30, 2004 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Ron Nissimov sounds a little exasperated over the White Administration’s refusal to answer a simple question: On Sept. 20, Mayor Bill White said an agreement had been reached to reduce an $846 million

Ken Charles knows how to generate buzz

September 29, 2004 Kevin Whited

Back when the Dan Rather memogate controversy broke, KPRC-950 general manager Ken Charles received some media buzz when he announced that he was dropping Dan Rather’s news updates from the conservative-talk station’s rotation. Predictably, the

Eckels loses on property tax proposal

September 29, 2004 Kevin Whited

Harris County Judge Robert Eckels couldn’t find a second for his proposal to cut property taxes at yesterday’s Commissioners’ Court. Commissioners later voted to retain the same tax rate. Afterwards, conservative and liberal members alike

Disgraced former HPD captain attempts comeback

September 29, 2004 Kevin Whited

Various news outlets are reporting on disgraced former HPD Captain Mark Aguirre’s attempts to get his job back, with back pay! Here’s an excerpt from the Chronicle‘s coverage: During emotional and sometimes angry testimony Tuesday,

HPD manpower issues begin to affect public parks

September 29, 2004 Kevin Whited

The Houston Police Department has looming manpower issues that are now starting to be felt. Carolyn Campbell reports for KHOU-11 that HPD is being forced to cut down patrols at area parks in order to

Checking in on the Enron proceedings

September 29, 2004 Kevin Whited

Houston attorney and blogger Tom Kirkendall checks in on the various legal happenings with regard to the Enron prosecutions here and here. Kirkendall brings the sort of legal/business expertise to the topic that no journalist

Bias by omission on the death penalty

September 29, 2004 Kevin Whited

Sherri Sylvester of the invaluable Texas Media Watch penned a column for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram yesterday. She brought up an interesting point about bias by omission: There’s also an odd, anti-Texas-style bias that keeps

Staff restructurings and layoffs at the Chronicle

September 28, 2004 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle buried the following ominous information in the “Around the Region” column of its Business section today: The Houston Chronicle is undertaking a restructuring that will include both the creation of new niche products

Calvin Stephens appointed to UH Board of Regents

September 28, 2004 Kevin Whited

The University of Houston System has announced the latest addition to its Board of Regents, Dallas businessman Calvin Stephens: Reflecting the growing scope of the University of Houston System’s importance for the entire state, the