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A public meeting on the Uptown light rail bus rapid transit line

July 29, 2014 Neal Meyer

This past Monday, July 21st, 2014, a public meeting was held at the Hilton Post Oak hotel in the Galleria area concerning the construction of the Uptown light rail bus rapid transit (BRT) line. I

Jury rejects Democrat County Attorney Vince Ryan’s gambit to overturn election of Dave Wilson

July 28, 2014 Kevin Whited

Nearly two weeks ago, Houston Chronicle reporter Ben Wermund reported that Dave Wilson had prevailed against Democrat County Attorney Vince Ryan’s effort to overturn his election to the HCC board. The main problem with the

Former fiscal conservative Ed Emmett doesn’t like Astrodome demo proposal, may push another bond vote

July 26, 2014 Kevin Whited

For years now, we (and other sensible people) have questioned the lack of leadership on the Astrodome coming from County Judge Ed Emmett, who likes to project himself as a fiscally responsible, sober-minded area leader.

Houston Chronicle’s “Houston Advocate” borrows from Wikipedia without attribution

July 25, 2014 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s “Houston Advocate” reporter (whatever that means) Cindy George wrote the following in a chron.com story today entitled “Feuding Protests on Westheimer,” referencing Quds Day: The annual event was initiated by the Republic of

Houston Leadership Vacuum: Mayor Parker shares blame for pension fund mess

July 17, 2014 Cory Crow

News that the City of Houston is considering bringing a lawsuit against the firm that provided the analysis that led to the 2001 changes in the HFD system by then Mayor Lee Brown is just

Renew / Rebuild Houston: Councilmember Stephen Costello gets punked

July 13, 2014 Neal Meyer

This past week, while Houston City Council was finalizing the City’s annual budget and capital improvement plan (CIP), Houstonians were greeted with the news that Houston City Council voted to siphon off $31 million from

Chron business columnist and doodler invent, then attack, Supreme Court holding

July 2, 2014 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s relatively new business columnist could not resist opining on American constitutionalism with his most recent effort: Much of the outrage over the Hobby Lobby decision has rightfully focused on women’s rights, and the

Houston Chronicle just can’t pass up editorializing via labels

June 26, 2014 Kevin Whited

This week, the seemingly unedited Houston Chronicle Austin bureau engaged in an old practice — editorializing by labels — that is so precious we couldn’t resist sharing. Note the description of the conservative Texas Public

METRO and Chron: What METRO elite counterterror unit?

June 4, 2014 Kevin Whited

METRO police chief Victor Rodriguez apparently wants the public to think that not only does METRO not have an elite police squad within its ranks, but that it’s just plain silly for people to think

Chron investigation finds that dangerous work is dangerous (and again omits context)

May 17, 2014 Kevin Whited

The mighty Houston Chronicle, which not long ago spilled quite a bit of ink in an effort to protect 0.0005 percent of the population from insufficiently attentive backers, has found another class that needs protection.