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METRO dispatches "queens" to hug frustrated customers

January 29, 2008 Kevin Whited

METRO’s expensive blogger today described how the transit organization is coping with extra customers at its RideStore, as people purchase Q cards, transfer value from other cards, and engage in other transactions related to the

Chron Eye for the (formerly) anti-Semitic black activist guy

January 29, 2008 Anne Linehan

It took two reporters and one photographer to work up this makeover of Quanell the Tenth. The editorial decision-making that goes on at the Chronicle is just astounding. BLOGVERSATION: Laurence Simon

There’s poo-poo in the bayou

January 29, 2008 Anne Linehan

The Chronicle‘s Lisa Jackson reports on a nasty mess Houston is trying to clean up: City of Houston environmental investigators are keeping tabs on a hot spot at the junction of Country Club Bayou and

Chron profiles GOP DA candidates

January 28, 2008 Kevin Whited

Yesterday, the Chronicle ran profiles of the four GOP candidates running for Harris County district attorney. Here are links to the stories by Alan Bernstein: Siegler’s career in court comes with controversy Lykos drops the

DA office pay raises: How the routine becomes "scandalous"

January 27, 2008 Kevin Whited

Several days ago, local media outlets reported that approximately 150 staffers in the Harris County District Attorney’s office saw previously approved pay increases go into effect. The increases had been sought by DA Chuck Rosenthal

Lee Brown's legacy

January 26, 2008 Anne Linehan

In Matt Stiles’ story about the arrest of Mike Surface and Andrew Schatte, he garnered a laugh-out-loud quote from former Mayor Lee Brown: Brown said Friday that the corruption alleged in the indictment should not

For two months, citizen tries, fails to get action on graffiti

January 26, 2008 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11’s Rucks Russell reports on a familiar problem: Steve Mueller anticipated construction of the new Highway 90 could bring some traffic headaches to the area. What the leader of the Songwood Civic Association’s Civilian Patrol

County Judge torpedoes Astrodome Redevelopment extension

January 25, 2008 Kevin Whited

Earlier in the week, Anne Linehan noted County Judge Ed Emmett’s opposition to granting the Astrodome Redevelopment utopians yet another extension of their exclusive redevelopment rights to the decrepit dome stadium. It therefore came as

FBI arrests two in local corruption investigation

January 25, 2008 Anne Linehan

It was at the end of December that we learned that Mike Surface had resigned as chairman of the Harris County Sports and Convention Corp., citing “personal and professional interests” as reasons. About one week

Mayor White will encourage Dynamo to use sports complex

January 25, 2008 Anne Linehan

A common theme in Tom Kirkendall’s posts on Houston boondoggles is how the city would be much better off spending money on infrastructure improvements. That comes to mind when reading yesterday’s Chronicle story about Mayor