Articles by Kevin Whited

THE HOUSTON POLITICS BLOG reports that METRO chief Frank “Procurement Disaster” Wilson may finally be going away this Friday. Of course, the last time a journalist reported that Wilson could be gone on a Friday,

The good news about United’s deal to buy Continental: We will never again have to watch other newspapers blow away the Chron‘s pitiful coverage and analysis* of the hometown airline through the decision to sell

CORY CROW suggests that Houston “needs to get its pro-business, pro-jobs mojo back.”

THE TRANSIT ORGANIZATION in Dallas is sometimes touted by the local rail-everywhere crowd as a model for Houston, but as the Dallas Morning News reports today, financial woes have put the brakes on DART’s grand

LAST WEEK, KHOU-11’S MARK GREENBLATT reported some disturbing news about a METRO application for federal funding for its rail lines. METRO, according to Greenblatt, submitted overly optimistic economic projections to the transit organization, when more

MURRAY NEWMAN recreates *ahem* a conversation between Harris County District Attorney Pat Lykos and assistants Jim Leitner and Scott Durfee.

KHOU-11’s JEREMY DESEL reports that the case backlog at HPD’s beleaguered crime lab “is still out of control.”

AN EXECUTION is looming, so that means it’s time for a new Chron Eye for the Death Row Killer Guy.

NEW AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS numbers are out, and as usual the picture isn’t pretty for the Houston Chronicle. America’s Worst Big City Daily posted a staggering 13.77% decline in daily circulation, and a 9.76%

THE MASSIVE WATER RATE INCREASES approved by Mayor Annise Parker and her Council have been touted by the administration as spreading the real costs of the water/sewer system to all users of the system —