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Mayor White assists "well-heeled" residents in high-rise fight

October 27, 2007 Anne Linehan

As we all know, some wealthy/influential Houstonians are in a tizzy about a high-rise going up in their neighborhood, so Mayor White has sprung into action, proposing a new ordinance aimed directly at cutting the

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Soccer stadium negotiations creep along

October 26, 2007 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle sport section’s Bernardo Fallas checks in today on the Dynamo’s downtown stadium negotiations: Through the Dynamo, AEG is in the advanced stages of negotiating a public-private partnership with the city of Houston that

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Red light cameras generate $6 million for HPD

October 26, 2007 Anne Linehan

The Chronicle‘s Mike Glenn has details of what HPD plans on doing with its new windfall: Red light cameras installed at 50 intersections throughout the city have generated more than $6 million for the city

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Lennon art to be displayed at Galleria this weekend

October 25, 2007 Kevin Whited

As the Chronicle‘s Andrew Dansby reports, John Lennon fans may be interested in an exhibit running this weekend at the Galleria: John Lennon was an art student before he started his band. By the time

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Houston Marathon inadvertently creates market for entries

October 24, 2007 Kevin Whited

For its upcoming race in January, the Houston Marathon decided to allow registered runners to transfer their entry to someone else for a fee (the rationale being, if one is unable to participate for some

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The Gray Lady covers Tex-Mex

October 24, 2007 Kevin Whited

Tex-Mex cuisine and the Houston Press‘ inimitable Robb Walsh get lots of play in this New York Times story. There’s no way to do it justice with an excerpt. Just go read. BLOGVERSATION: Cook’s Tour

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Blogging it, METRO-style

October 24, 2007 Kevin Whited

METRO’s $76,000/year blogger informs that METRO is working with Houston Grand Opera for the first time: Walk into the lobby of the Wortham Center where two performances of the opera will be staged, and you’ll

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KTRK-13: Chief Hurtt to take up blogging

October 23, 2007 Kevin Whited

KTRK-13’s Miya Shay posts that her colleague Andy Cerota has learned that Chief Hurtt will be starting his own blog. We’ve missed his podcasts, and hope the blog proves to be as interesting. It will

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Black Monday at the Chronicle?

October 23, 2007 Kevin Whited

Word reaches us that Chronicle publisher Jack Sweeney circulated an email internally at the Chronicle yesterday warning of another round of staff reductions. The downsizing will apparently be “in the 5 percent range,” and is

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METRORail: The Frank and Frank show

October 23, 2007 Anne Linehan

Neal Meyer has done quite of bit of digging and uncovered some interesting details about a consultant Metro began using a couple of years ago…a consultant who goes way back with Metro CEO Frank “Procurement

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