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"Pedestrial realms" to be considered by Council

June 4, 2009 Anne Linehan

The Chron’s Mike Snyder has the exciting details: The city’s urban transit corridors ordinance, which it began developing in June 2006, is expected to be considered by the City Council in July. It would offer

METRO's Quickline vs. John Nova Lomax…on a bike

June 3, 2009 Anne Linehan

Can you guess who won?

City Council budgets increase for 2010

June 3, 2009 Anne Linehan

Bradley Olson’s Chron story notes the increase is small, but with times being what they are… In an austere year for the city of Houston, when the 2010 budgets of several major departments that provide

As if the city will find fault with itself

June 2, 2009 Anne Linehan

Bet you won’t find this kind of road construction happening around any city officials’ homes: Jeff Helton says he hasn’t been able to sleep in weeks. His home overlooks Westheimer near Wesleyan, and for most

Downtown Embassy Suites breaks ground

June 2, 2009 Anne Linehan

Nancy Sarnoff noted last week that the on-again, off-again downtown Embassy Suites hotel is back on-again: Construction of the 262-suite hotel, located at 1515 Dallas Avenue at La Branch, is expected to be completed in

Houston's budget: balanced or not?

June 1, 2009 Anne Linehan

The Chron’s Bradley Olson bats the topic around with opinions from various locals. Here’s a key point: Although the mayor is right that the city has not borrowed to pay for operating expenses, Parker said,

Another blog slowdown

May 31, 2009 Kevin Whited

I’m heading off on a mostly internet-free adventure for a couple of weeks, so posting here is likely to be slow for a while. We’re going to turn off new registration in the forum this

State lege rebukes The Houston Way (at least on Rivercrest issue)

May 28, 2009 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Bradley Olson posts that the state legislature has taken action related to the Rivercrest street closing issue: A bill that would require the city of Houston to hold a public hearing before making

Before interpreting legal cases, we recommend reading them carefully

May 28, 2009 Kevin Whited

We finally found a little time to read Judge Sim Lake’s thorough, meticulously crafted decision on the redistricting lawsuit brought against the City of Houston by Vidal Martinez and Carroll Robinson. If you haven’t had

Westchase embraces surveillance cameras; Chron cheers

May 28, 2009 Kevin Whited

In the leadup to Memorial Day last week, Mattress Mack and other Westchase district leaders excitedly announced a “private-public partnership” to install security cameras all over their part of town: The proposed camera system was