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HOUSTON HAS TIGHTENED UP RULES FOR BOOTING CARS, according to KHOU-11’s Lee McGuire, and look who is quoted in the story: Joe Martin, who operates the parking lot enforcement company Equipark, said most lot owners

THE HOUSTON BUSINESS JOURNAL reports that the Houston Downtown Management District will be sponsoring free trolley rides around downtown destinations this shopping weekend. The old, free downtown trolleys were once a helpful downtown amenity, but

HEADLINE from the print and e-edition versions of today’s Chronicle: “Rivals agree on key points” HEADLINE from the same story on Chron.com: “District A rivals agree on few points” The Chronicle headline writers do seem

HAPPY THANKSGIVING, EVERYONE!

“UNCA” DARRELL HANCOCK asks “How can you explain a four-column banner headline for a column about Mayor Bill,” and then answers his question.

MIKE MCGUFF posts an update on former KTRK-13 reporter Eric James, who claimed to be a carjacking/kidnapping victim this summer.

VILLAGE VOICE HOUSTON mocks Toyota for its recent announcement that pedals on some vehicles would be reshaped in response to recent reports of “sudden acceleration” (caused most frequently by drivers stomping the wrong pedal). The

VILLAGE VOICE HOUSTON announced their 2009 “turkeys of the year” awards this week. They might have considered giving one to themselves for the ongoing amateurization of a publication that once produced interesting journalism from real

KTRK-13’s WAYNE DOLCEFINO CHECKS BACK IN with the Houston Arts Alliance: Last November we questioned why the city had spent $69,000 on city art and then put it inside a poop plant. One piece of

AT THE END OF THIS CHRON STORY about how local ISDs are having to face new economic realities, is this eye-opening sentence: “Besides delaying school construction, Cy-Fair cut $41 million by eliminating 450 positions primarily