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ChronWhopper METRO crash update: Chron story off by hundreds of crashes

January 19, 2014 Kevin Whited

On 3 January 2014, we called attention to a “Highwayman” post from the Chron‘s incurious transportation secretarial journalist, who had reported what was clearly a ridiculously low number of Danger Train crashes since the start

Annise Parker quietly gives City Attorney David Feldman whopping 43% pay increase

January 15, 2014 Kevin Whited

News from the first week of 2014 that Mayor Annise Parker quietly gave City Attorney David Feldman a huge 43% pay increase made it into the city’s newspaper last week, courtesy of a memo from

Mayor Annise Parker set to nominate Diann L. Lewter to METRO board

January 13, 2014 Kevin Whited

This week’s City Council agenda reveals that Mayor Annise Parker is set to nominate a new METRO board member: CONSENT AGENDA NUMBERS 1 through 51 MISCELLANEOUS – NUMBERS 1 through 7 [snip] 2. REQUEST from

Chron columnist who originally reported Bagwell andro use now insists he never used PEDs

January 11, 2014 Kevin Whited

Houston sports journalists, who were excitedly touting Craig Biggio’s imminent selection to the Hall of Fame early in the week, instead have had to backtrack after Biggio fell just two votes shy (after falling 39

City Council tackles Houston’s infamous booze desert problem

January 10, 2014 Kevin Whited

Mayor Annise Parker and her City Council this week gave two Houston moneyed interests (big grocers and developers) a very generous Happy New Year gift. The pretext for the move was tackling the city’s poorly

METRO Rail update: January 2014

January 7, 2014 Neal Meyer

Fernando Herrera you have been against the train since you ran for Mayor of Houston. First off I am sure more than 1600 people are riding the train a month. 2) you have to look

ChronWhopper: Danger Train only had 166 collisions in its first decade

January 3, 2014 Kevin Whited

The Houston Chronicle‘s incurious transportation secretarial journalist posted a rather odd statistic on his chron.com blog at the start of 2014: Of the 166 collisions on the line during the first decade, 66 of those

Bazan: Houston Chronicle reporter misses the real story behind effort to deny Dave Wilson seat he won (updated)

January 2, 2014 Editor

The following is a guest post from Tom Bazan. Feel free to submit topical posts/essays for our consideration to [email protected]. As with our usual blog posts, the views expressed are those of the author. HOUSTON

The war for Houston’s future is over. Fiscal Responsibility has lost

December 31, 2013 Cory Crow

It has been said that Texas, and more specifically Houston, is the picture of America’s future. What with our increasingly diverse population and strong, service-related economy, there is a lot of truth to this statement,

Do the Chron headline writers even READ some stories?

December 30, 2013 Kevin Whited

Some years ago, Wendy Davis (currently a Democratic candidate for Texas governor) sued the Fort Worth Star-Telegram for libel and defamation, claiming (among other things) mental distress. The case had no merit, and was dismissed.