Commentary

MIKE MCGUFF notes that Alan Hemberger is no longer with KIAH-39 news and that Mary Flood has departed the Chronicle. McGuff beats everyone to the interesting media news these days!

THE CHRON’S BRADLEY OLSON posts some city budget remainders (and a spreadsheet) here.

TEXAS WATCHDOG reports that Sheltering Arms Senior Services of Houston has removed the director of a “stimulus” weatherization program. The move comes after some damning reporting by the Houston-based watchdog news organization on shoddy workmanship

UNCA DARRELL takes the Chron editorial board to task on… the six-month deepwater drilling ban.

HAIR BALLS has some sneering good fun with an all-too-typical case of “sudden acceleration” in Galveston (apparently, the gas pedal was mistaken for the brake). Of course, when the poster’s wife had a bout with

MATT BRAMANTI forced this correction today from the Chronicle editorial board: The editorial “Other worldly” in Thursday’s Chronicle incorrectly stated that the U.S. Olympic hockey team defeated the heavily favored Soviet squad to win the

HEY ALL, Time for a beer, we think. A group is descending on the West Alabama Icehouse today about 6pm for some cold brews, the typical blogger BS, and some cool tunes from old fav

SWAMPLOT mocks the unscientific online “poll” being spun by Astrodome redevelopment boosters as evidence that folks want to spend $1 billion+ on the boondoggle they’ve constructed. As we noted earlier today, the Harris County Sports

THIS INTERESTING LINE was tucked away in Bradley Olson’s Chronicle recap of the unanimous Council vote to approve the budget: Some council members questioned how Parker will cut $22 million in spending during the coming

TORY GATTIS asks and answers an interesting question regarding the latest Astrodome redevelopment proposal: How does demolition cost almost as much as two new Reliant Stadiums, you might ask? Well, they cleverly included their real