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Now 911 dispatchers have a productivity policy (updated)

May 7, 2005 Anne Linehan

Here are two sentences from Mayor White’s most recent State of the City speech: As a community we must build consensus to put emergency services on a sound, sustainable financial basis. Public safety will come

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Here's the new definition of world-class: an $81 million park

May 7, 2005 Anne Linehan

Isn’t it nice that a New York-based company can come to Houston and tell city officials that if they would just spend $81 million on a 12-acre park, Houston “could” be redefined as a “great

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blogHOUSTON on the radio

May 7, 2005 Anne Linehan

It’s Saturday morning, which means Kevin will be on BizRadio 1320 with Charles Kuffner at about 10:15 or so. Tune in!

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Hurtt addresses HPD internal affairs issues

May 7, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Harvey Rice follows up on his solid reporting earlier this week with an update on the fallout over the $600,000 judgment against HPD in a sexual harassment lawsuit: Police Chief Harold Hurtt says

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Aldine ISD in the running for top urban school district prize

May 6, 2005 Anne Linehan

Aldine ISD is one of five finalists to be named the Broad Foundation’s top urban school district: The Broad Foundation announced today the finalists of the 2005 Broad Prize for Urban Education, an annual $1

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Dr. Saavedra surprises HISD Teacher of the Year nominee

May 6, 2005 Anne Linehan

HISD superintendent Dr. Abe Saavedra surprised a teacher yesterday by giving him the rest of the day off: Port Houston Elementary School fifth-grade teacher Jarrett Reid Whitaker was not expecting guests in his after-school science

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Harris County GOP posts guide to Houston-area elections

May 6, 2005 Kevin Whited

On Saturday, May 7, a number of Houston-area municipalities (Deer Park, Hilshire Village, Jersey Village, Morgan’s Point, Pasadena, Seabrook, West University Place) will be holding elections. The Harris County Republican Party has posted its candidate

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Tolled overpasses for Grand Parkway scrapped in Fort Bend County

May 6, 2005 Anne Linehan

Chris Elam points to this story on Fort Bend County’s Grand Parkway that says TxDOT has decided not to build tolled overpasses, due to the negative reaction from Katy residents: Pressure from Katy-area residents led

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MeMo documents downtown tow truck/HPD revenue stream

May 6, 2005 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Kyrie O’Connor verges dangerously close to blogHOUSTON territory today: Almost every day between 4 and 5 I glance down onto the street and note the tow-truck activity outside my spacious but ill-appointed office

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Food and drink roundup (05-05-2005 edition)

May 5, 2005 Callie Markantonis

Once again, it’s time for a food and drink roundup. Two weeks of food and drink reviews follow. Alison Cook traveled south of the city to check out Floyd Landry’s newest incarnation, Floyd’s Cajun Seafood.

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