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TV news elaborates on recent print stories

September 16, 2009 Kevin Whited

On Sunday, the Chronicle broke the news that area taxpayers might have to bail out the Sports Authority, despite repeated promises that such a thing could NEVER happen. In a followup blog post, Anne Linehan

Linkpost: 09/15/09

September 15, 2009 Kevin Whited

The local blog talk backlog has gotten a little ridiculous, so here is a selection of good links from the last few days. City Council Candidate Lives A Life Of Danger, He Says (Hair Balls)

Rice Prof gives good grades to SAFEclear program he helped design

September 15, 2009 Kevin Whited

In today’s Chronicle, Carolyn Feibel reports on a study by Bob Stein (Houston’s expert on everything) that found a correlation between SAFEclear response times and a reduction in traffic accidents: Houston’s mandatory towing program has

King argues for fare rollback, community discussion on METRO's goals/resources

September 14, 2009 Kevin Whited

Last week, we posted the most recent METRO transit utilization data from Tom Bazan, which show a significant, ongoing decline in ridership across the system. On Sunday, the Chronicle ran the latest public-policy op-ed from

Chron editorial board struggles with basic facts (again), should have just linked to local blogs

September 14, 2009 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Caucasian Think Tank* had a few problems in their one editorial in today’s tiny newspaper. The trouble starts with the lede: Houston Community College Board Chairman Abel Davila pulled one of the more

Sports Authority may need infusion of taxpayer cash

September 13, 2009 Anne Linehan

Five years ago, the Harris County-Houston Sports Authority came face-to-face with declining tax revenues, and had to issue millions in new bonds to make up for the shortage (via Kevin Whited’s Publiustx.net): Issuing the bonds

Linkpost: 09/10/09

September 10, 2009 Kevin Whited

It’s a “slow news week” edition of the blog links, so click away for some good local blogging! And don’t forget to check our Local News Headlines links through the day! The Landry's debacle (Houston's

"Ladies for Locke" draws rebuke

September 10, 2009 Kevin Whited

Nancy Sims, who describes herself as the primary female blogger covering the mayoral race, isn’t pleased with some recent campaign literature that targets female voters. Specifically, the “Ladies for Locke” invitation, posted on Sims’s “Mayoral

Transit system continues to suffer from declining ridership, collisions

September 9, 2009 Kevin Whited

Tom Bazan passes along the latest information he has obtained from METRO via his public information requests. Here is the METRO ridership/revenue spreadsheet compiled through July 2009. Here is the Main Street light rail accident

Better wait a few days before trying the Chron recipes (cont'd)

September 7, 2009 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle corrections page (which frequently declines to correct factual errors like this one) is usually pretty good about correcting errors on previously published recipes (doh!), which occur with such regularity that we recommend waiting