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A tale of two transit projects

March 23, 2009 Anne Linehan

Cory Crow comments on the news that METRO will not receive “stimulus” funds for light rail, while Harris County has been allocated almost $200 million for the Grand Parkway: Metro has dithered, changed technology, changed

Great moments in Houston Public Works

March 22, 2009 Anne Linehan

City Disconnects Sprinklers, Threatens Day Care (KRPC-2): The owner of a Houston day care said city contractors dug up her fire sprinkler system and then the city threatened to shut her down for having no

Finally, Spring is here!

March 21, 2009 Anne Linehan

What a beautiful day it looks to be! Hope you’ll be out enjoying it. SUNDAY UPDATE: Still beautiful. Still outside. Hope you are, too!

Houston's fair housing ordinance

March 19, 2009 Anne Linehan

Local media is reporting the city is suing a homeowner in the first test of the city’s fair housing ordinance. Here’s the Chron’s story: The city of Houston on Tuesday filed its first criminal misdemeanor

Bring back the "Red, White and Blue"

March 18, 2009 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle has posted a story by political reporter Alan Bernstein that is a real head-shaker. The quick synopsis is as follows: Following last November’s elections, KUHT general manager John Hesse put the weekly Gary

Chron's Olson: "MWBE showdown at City Hall"

March 17, 2009 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Brad Olson reports that next week’s Council meeting could be entertaining: A federal judge today ordered the city to put to a City Council vote a settlement agreement over the participation of women

METRO: Our performance levels aren't bad!

March 17, 2009 Kevin Whited

METRO’s expensive blogger has posted the organization’s latest “web chat,” this time with Andy Skabowski, associate vice president of operations (long titles and bureaucratic bloat are fun!). We didn’t sit through it, but we think

Texas Watchdog reports on Sen. Ellis' apparent HISD bond conflict of interest

March 16, 2009 Kevin Whited

Texas Watchdog has posted an interesting bit of investigative journalism by Matt Pulle. Pulle takes a closer look at state senator Rodney Ellis’ support of HISD’s 2007 bond proposal. Sen. Ellis’ support came at a

Senate-candidate White tries to beef up his illegal immigration bonafides

March 15, 2009 Anne Linehan

Now that Mayor White wants to become Senator White, the “It’s the feds’ fault!” message he has cultivated for the past few years just won’t fly, so he’s having to add a bit of nuance.

Single-stream pilot program to boost recycling rates by factor of 7+?

March 15, 2009 Kevin Whited

The City of Houston has announced a test “single-stream” recycling program, in which all recyclables can be placed together for pickup. The goal is to boost the city’s recycling rate and to improve the program’s