Commentary

THE CHRONICLE’S PRIME PROPERTY BLOG had an interesting post just before Valentine’s Day on the Fannin Street “flower district,” long one of Houston’s cheapest places to pick up fresh flowers. Mike Snyder reports that where

CORY CROW notes an unscientific online poll about METRO that the Houston Business Journal posted for its readers: Houston Business Journal … asked readers if Metro eliminated fares, would they consider riding the bus? More

MIKE MCGUFF informs that David Long, the head of the Houston Municipal Employees Pension System (HMEPS), is retiring in a few weeks. Long, an effective advocate for HMEPS, seemed not to be Mayor White’s favorite

THE CHRONICLE’S RESIDENT FAITH-BASED GLOBAL-WARMING ENTHUSIAST seems still to be in the first stage of grief (denial) over recent developments in the global–warming debate: Climate change is now firmly a plank of the Republican party,

UNCA DARRELL spotlights a laugher from the Chron editorial board’s endorsement of Bill White.

THE CHRON’S INSIDE EAST HARRIS COUNTY blog reports on increasing ridership on three circulator bus routes started by Harris County Transit Services at the beginning of the year. Elsewhere, Houston Strategist Tory Gattis offers his

THE CHRONICLE recently profiled the two Democrats trying to unseat Harris County Judge Ed Emmett. Former Council backbencher Gordon Quan, the preferred candidate for some local lefty bloggers, may need a little help with his

Sunday’s Chronicle had an “exclusive” for subscribers (available online today): A look at the city’s abandoned/derelict buildings. The poor writing notwithstanding, the “exclusive” really wasn’t even much of an enticement to subscribe to the declining

THE CHRON’S JOE HOLLEY provides a little contribution to the Bill White campaign: White works on introducing himself to Texas. Going into his second year of state-wide campaigning, White is still introducing himself to Texas

CHANNEL 11 REPORTS that METRO has allocated $5 million to give to businesses suffering due to light rail construction: Business owners adversely impacted by light rail construction will be asked to submit an application for