Commentary

NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION FIGURES for the six-month period that ended in September have been released by the Audit Bureau of Circulations, and it’s more bad news for newspapers overall and the Houston Chronicle especially, which saw

THE CHRON’S MARY FLOOD reports that a woman is suing City Council because she is “aggravated” and “offended” by the prayers at City Council. The woman singled out Councilmember Anne Clutterbuck. Favorite line from Flood’s

TEXAS WATCHDOG asks, “Did Pam Holm inflate her job title in ads for city controller’s race?”

THE DALLAS VILLAGE VOICE CORPORATE ALT-WEEKLY’S LIVELY UNFAIR PARK BLOG interviews Houston’s own Senate candidate Bill White (hat tip to the Houston Village Voice corporate alt-weekly’s less lively blog).

BRADLEY OLSON reports on the recently energized Locke/Brown competition for black votes. Bay Area Houston blogs that “the Black community should tell both candidates to grab a pole and go fishing for the next 8

SELF-DESCRIBED “INSIDER” NANCY SIMS gives out her latest “Sam” award, this time for mayoral debate/forum performance. As outsiders, we would have been more inclined to follow Slampo’s lead and give a little love to the

CPAS BOB LEMER, AUBREY FARB, AND TOM ROBERTS have produced an independent, detailed analysis of City of Houston finances. It’s not pretty.

FROM TODAY’S MOVEIT! COLUMN: At its October meeting, the Metro board gave the go-ahead for the future conversion of highway HOV lanes to so-called “HOT” lanes (high-occupancy toll) like the ones operating on the Katy

SLAMPO’S PLACE blogs about last night’s mayoral debate and the current state of the campaign. It’s the most entertaining, compelling analysis of this race we’ve seen to date.

THE CHRON’S MIKE SNYDER looks at the coffers of the mayoral campaigns and their related advertising choices. There are also new quotes from the local media’s go-to sources on the race, Marc Campos and Nancy